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Fast Forward What Jewish Democrats hope Harris will say in her DNC acceptance speech
'People are so excited that it's not a death march to an election defeat,' said Maryland delegate Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
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News Why Doug Emhoff took the bus to Hebrew school — and more about his childhood synagogue
The history and philosophy of the New Jersey synagogue where the second gentleman had a bar mitzvah
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Fast Forward Harris campaign says Trump ‘denigrates American Jews’ as war of words over Jewish voters escalates
Trump called Josh Shapiro “the highly overrated Jewish Governor” of Pennsylvania although Shapiro did not touch on his Jewish identity or Israel in his speech
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Fast Forward Tim Walz’s surprise visit to Minnesota delegation breakfast encourages Dems, Jewish members
'He is considered a member of the Jewish community, the way he understands how we look at the world, the way he empathizes with it,' said a lawyer for the state party
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Fast Forward ‘Uncommitted’ delegates start sit-in at DNC to demand Palestinian speak from the main stage
After stirring speech from the parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the activists said the party left them with no choice
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Fast Forward Who is Cole Emhoff?
Kamala Harris’ stepson is not Jewish, but he credits her for nurturing his Jewish father’s faith
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Fast Forward Josh Shapiro, Jewish governor not tapped for VP, addresses DNC
‘Kamala and Tim’s names may be on the ballot, but it's our rights and our freedoms on the line,’ the Pennsylvania governor said
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Fast Forward Watch: How Israeli-American hostage family Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin brought the DNC to tears
Their son Hersh was taken hostage on Oct. 7
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Three arrested in murder of rabbi in United Arab Emirates; Israel denounces ‘despicable antisemitic act’
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News Trump promised peace in the Middle East. Will his 2020 plan be the blueprint?
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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