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The Forward retweeted
Jun 11
In my morning @jdforward newsletter > ⚽ The Jews who helped bring soccer to America
Plus > U.S. escalates war with Iran • FBI charges 8 tied to U. of Michigan pro-Palestinian movement • Owner of 22 Jewish summer camps declares bankruptcy • Honoring Anne Frank on her birthday • And the real worth of an $85 yarmulke
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The Forward retweeted
Jun 4
In my morning @jdforward newsletter > Is it time to abandon ‘Zionist’ as the label for Israel’s supporters?
Plus > Elementary students dress as Hamas militants at school play • Chabad rescues a 250-year-old Brooklyn farmhouse • Dutch officials allow Kanye West to perform this weekend • Israel and Lebanon renew ceasefire • and how the Forward covered D-Day
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The Forward retweeted
May 19
I'll be speaking with Flora Cassen about her new book, which blends memoir and historical analysis to trace the arc of European antisemitism, at the Shalom Hartman Institute in New York next week.
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May 18
At Trump’s Christian revival on the National Mall, one rabbi made a Jewish case for America
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Jan 11
An arsonist torched a Mississippi synagogue. It feels hauntingly familiar: The fire at Beth Israel echoes a long history of synagogue attacks, including the 1958 bombing of The Temple in Atlanta, where @jeffsalkin served as rabbi. Read his essay >
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The Forward retweeted
2 Nov 2025
🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed.
Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon.
Here is more background ⬇️
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The Forward retweeted
10 Sep 2025
Going to thread some of the reaction from American Jewish leaders and organizations to the assassination of Charlie Kirk below ⬇️
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The Forward retweeted
16 Jun 2025
The announcement demonstrates unprecedented unity among all Orthodox voting blocs behind Cuomo, arguing that this has now become a close two-person race between the former governor and Zohran Mamdani.
16 Jun 2025
🚨 DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT in NYC mayoral race: The Hasidic sects in Borough Park who endorsed Adrienne Adams as their first choice for mayor have flipped their endorsement to Andrew Cuomo following a meeting this morning.
Here’s the new announcement ⬇️
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The Forward retweeted
16 Jun 2025
🚨 DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT in NYC mayoral race: The Hasidic sects in Borough Park who endorsed Adrienne Adams as their first choice for mayor have flipped their endorsement to Andrew Cuomo following a meeting this morning.
Here’s the new announcement ⬇️
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10 Jun 2025
Richard Iott, a former Ohio congressional candidate with a history of dressing up as Nazis, donated a total of $900 in ten monthly installments since last year to the Winsome PAC, which supports Virginia lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears.
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The Forward retweeted
6 Jun 2025
🎧EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, at the Republican Attorneys General summer national meeting in NY today:
“I don’t agree with everything the Trump administration is doing.… But you know what? God Bless [Education] Secretary McMahon…”
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5 Jun 2025
NEW: President Donald Trump signed Wednesday evening a modified version of his first term’s controversial Muslim travel ban executive order following the recent firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, which injured a dozen Jewish marchers.
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The Forward retweeted
4 Jun 2025
NEW: Trump plans to revive the Muslim travel ban with targeted changes after the Boulder attack, White House staff secretary Will Scharf told Jewish leaders.
more details ⬇️
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The Forward retweeted
22 May 2025
“It’s beyond tragic. He was a mensch,” said David Boskey of the murder of his friend Yaron Lischinsky. The two met and bonded at a Messianic congregation in Jerusalem.
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14 May 2025
Paintball players typically take to online forums to discuss game tactics and compare gear.
But this week, the niche subreddit r/paintball was overtaken by discourse about a different subject: moral outrage over Nazi hate symbols.
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The Forward retweeted
6 May 2025
When two customers at a Philadelphia sports bar asked waitresses to make a sign that said “F— the Jews,” they probably didn’t expect a free trip to Auschwitz.
I spoke with a Holocaust survivor and with @deborahlipstadt about @stoolpresidente's (now rescinded) invite to a @TempleUniv student about whether visits to concentration camps actually change minds.
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The Forward retweeted
2 Apr 2025
At 7:19 pm, Sen. @CoryBooker made history with a speech lasting more than 24 hours. At 7:20 pm, I called @RabbiShmuley, Booker’s former rabbinic confidant and perhaps his most colorful critic, to get his thoughts. The rabbi had notes. Enjoy > forward.com/fast-forward/709…
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27 Mar 2025
We had an issue this morning with our newsletter service, so if you didn't get "Forwarding the News" in your inbox today you can read it right here!
Catch up with the Jewish news you need to know:
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The Forward retweeted
25 Feb 2025
In my latest for @jdforward, I cover a Jewish internet controversy.
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The Forward retweeted
26 Feb 2025
Trump's plan to forcibly displace two million Gazans sounds like a tempting solution for Israelis and Israel's supporters.
But we must wholeheartedly reject it.
It demands a price we cannot pay: our souls.
My latest for @jdforward
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