Challenges and opportunities for the Jewish members of the 119th Congress
The incoming legislature will most likely welcome the largest number of Jewish Republicans in the House — and in Congress overall — since the 1990s
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Antisemitism Notebook Will the Senate quietly approve a controversial antisemitism definition?
After it stalled earlier this year, Sen. Bob Casey hopes to include the Antisemitism Awareness Act in a defense spending bill
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News ‘God wants us to do the right thing’: How Schumer persuaded House Speaker Johnson to pass foreign aid bill
In an exclusive interview, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the bipartisan passage of aid to Israel ‘was a great victory’
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Fast Forward What California’s Senate candidates said about Israel and Gaza in their first debate
Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee — plus former Dodger Steve Garvey — debated calls for ceasefire in Gaza
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Culture Bernie Sanders finds a new role in the Senate — Jewish summer camp counselor
The longtime pacifist chastised a senator and a Teamster
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Opinion Dianne Feinstein was tenacious and contradictory — just like American Jews
Sen. Feinstein’s combination of views reflected the general center of the American Jewish community
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Fast Forward GOP senators accuse Biden of initiating an ‘antisemitic boycott’ of Israel for settlement policy change
The group of 14 Republicans threatened to slow down the confirmation of Biden nominees for reversing a Trump policy that allowed the US to fund research in Israeli settlements
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Opinion Rashida Tlaib held a Nakba Day event at the Senate. Why are some Jews so mad?
After Bernie Sanders jumped in as sponsor of the event, American Jewish institutions and lawmakers erupted
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