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News Congressman-elect George Santos lied about grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII
Genealogy websites show his mother’s parents were born in Brazil, not Ukraine or Belgium, as his campaign website stated
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Fast Forward Hakeem Jeffries, a staunchly pro-Israel Democrat, will lead his party in the U.S. House
Jeffries visited Israel five times in the last decade and calls Jerusalem New York City’s sixth borough
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Fast Forward ‘I know Bibi very well’: Schumer says Democrats will work closely with Netanyahu’s new government
The Senate Democratic leader and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the favorite to become the party’s House leader, hailed Israel’s democracy in wake of the election that saw the rise of extreme nationalists.
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News Preview: The midterm election that could increase Jewish representation
The balance of power in the U.S. Senate hangs on the outcome of a number of battleground states
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Fast Forward Move to make daylight saving time permanent stalls in Congress, easing worries of Orthodox Jews
The Sunshine Protection Act would result in later sunrises and sunsets, and make morning prayers difficult for many observant Jews
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats call on Oz to disassociate himself from Mastriano
Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz hasn't condemned gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano for his antisemitic statements and association with Gab
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Fast Forward In close upstate House race, an antisemitic video resurfaces
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from Hudson Valley, engaged in bitter exchange with Assemblyman Michael Lawler over a 2019 video that targeted Orthodox Jews
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Fast Forward Former NY Jewish congressman targeted with antisemitism in campaign for Congress
A campaign poster for former Rep. Max Rose, running to regain a House seat, was defaced, invoking an antisemitic trope that depicts Jewish billionaire George Soros as controlling Jewish Democrats
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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 Killing of Israeli rabbi in UAE could strengthen ties between Israel and Arab neighbors, experts say
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Opinion Despair is not a strategy. Here are 4 things those mourning the election results can do right now.
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner donates $1 million to Chabad of United Arab Emirates after rabbi murdered
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