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Special Report What it’s really like to be Jewish on a campus ‘hotspot’ of antisemitism
A year at George Washington University shows what is often missed by national groups sounding the alarm over the safety of Jewish students
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News Why are AIPAC and J Street endorsing the same candidates?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is just one of nearly 50 politicians endorsed by both groups
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News Progressives and pro-Israel groups each claim victories in May primaries
They vied in North Carolina, Kentucky and Pennsylvania and are gearing up for races in Maryland, Illinois, Texas and Michigan
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Opinion AIPAC’s far-right endorsements show how out of touch they are with American Jews
As the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I’ll never forget seeing insurrectionists with Nazi regalia marching 20 feet from my home during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. I’ll never forget locking myself in my apartment with my wife and dog, unsure whether we’d have to flee the city. My wife did not leave the…
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News Jewish swing-state voters support Biden in higher numbers than Clinton: poll
Jewish voters in the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania and Florida overwhelmingly favor Democrat Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election, according to a poll released Wednesday by J Street. Three-quarters of likely Jewish voters in Pennsylvania plan to vote for Biden, compared to 22% who support Trump. In Florida, Jewish voters break for Biden…
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Opinion Democratic Party Split Over Military Aid To Israel
This week at the J Street Conference, Bernie Sanders said he’d tell the Israeli government that, “if you want military aid you’re going to have to fundamentally change your relationship to the people of Gaza.” Pete Buttigieg promised to ensure that American “funding is going to things that are compatible with U.S. objectives and U.S….
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News Bennet at J Street: My Mother Is Jewish But Didn’t Raise Me That Way
Two sons of Holocaust survivors who both happen to be running for the Democratic presidential nomination took different tacks about their Jewish identities in visits Monday to the J Street convention, perhaps the largest annual gathering of leftist American Jews. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who has often been criticized for playing down his Judaism,…
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News At J Street Conference, Democratic Candidates Pressed On Cutting Israel Aid
This story has been updated with J Street’s statement. Democratic presidential candidates diverged on Monday over the question of whether to condition United States military aid on Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, which activists at the annual J Street conference here in Washington seem to be trying to make something of a wedge issue in…
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News Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis
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Fast Forward ‘Antisemitic hit-and-run squads’: Amsterdam temporarily bans demonstrations after Israeli soccer fans attacked by street mobs
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Theater They created a musical about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Today’s activists are listening
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Opinion Voters elected Hitler because they liked his fascist promise. Trump’s reelection repeats that history
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