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In meetings on the eve of the political conventions, Republican Jews focused on Israel, while Democratic Jews focused on domestic threats to American Jews.

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Do you pledge not to travel to Israel, NYC Democratic Socialists chapter asks City Council candidates seeking its endorsement

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They thought a Jewish school in Oakland would be able to accommodate their gender-fluid child. It wasn’t that simple.

Madison Cawthorn, the Republican nominee for Congress in North Carolina's 11th district, appears on ABC in June. (Screenshot from YouTube)

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‘Sad, disappointed, worried’: Madison Cawthorn’s visit to Hitler’s vacation home alarms his NC district’s Jews

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By Gabe Friedman and Ben Sales August 13, 2020 6:38 pm

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In a diplomatic breakthrough, Israel suspends West Bank annexation and United Arab Emirates agrees to normalization

By Josefin Dolsten August 13, 2020 11:36 am

Hungary’s largest Jewish group expels rabbi who said Zionism is causing another Holocaust

Rabbi Peter Finali speaks at a synagogue in Budapest, Hungary in 2016. (Peter Finali/YouTube)

Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s VP pick — here’s what Jewish voters should know

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I organized a solidarity mission from Israel to New York City during the pandemic. This is what I heard.

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We can’t kvell over Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband while we demonize interfaith marriage

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What I wish they taught us in Hebrew school

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In Belarus, young Jews among those picked off street and jailed amid police crackdown on protesters

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 13, 2020 11:17 am

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Homeless shelters are dividing Jews on NY’s Upper West Side

By Hannah Dreyfus August 13, 2020 10:43 am

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New Instagram account shares anonymous stories of anti-Semitism on college campuses

By Gabriel Greschler August 13, 2020 10:28 am

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Jewish Republicans and Democrats agree on this: Watch Florida

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Do you pledge not to travel to Israel, NYC Democratic Socialists chapter asks City Council candidates seeking its endorsement

They thought a Jewish school in Oakland would be able to accommodate their gender-fluid child. It wasn’t that simple.

‘Sad, disappointed, worried’: Madison Cawthorn’s visit to Hitler’s vacation home alarms his NC district’s Jews

Your reviews are in: JTA readers grade ‘An American Pickle’

The Israel-UAE agreement, winners and losers edition

In a diplomatic breakthrough, Israel suspends West Bank annexation and United Arab Emirates agrees to normalization

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I organized a solidarity mission from Israel to New York City during the pandemic. This is what I heard.

We can’t kvell over Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband while we demonize interfaith marriage

What I wish they taught us in Hebrew school

In Belarus, young Jews among those picked off street and jailed amid police crackdown on protesters

Homeless shelters are dividing Jews on NY’s Upper West Side

New Instagram account shares anonymous stories of anti-Semitism on college campuses

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