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Bernie Sanders tapped for Senate Democratic leadership post

Sanders was named outreach chair by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who was elected Senate Democratic leader; both are Jewish.

Trump denies seeking security clearance for Ivanka, Kushner and other children

News reports called "typically false" by the president-elect said he was also seeking the top clearances for his two adult sons.

Yeshiva U makes it official: Ari Berman will be next president

Berman, a longtime spiritual leader in Manhattan who moved to Israel in 2008, will succeed Richard Joel in July at the flagship institution of modern Orthodoxy.

Oberlin prof who posted anti-Semitic remarks dismissed

Stephen Bannon in 2014: Racism will get ‘washed out’ of nationalist right

House approves extension of Iran sanctions, facilitating a US pullout if Trump wants

‘Worst fears, best hopes’ for the Trump presidency: Rabbi Jack Moline, Interfaith Alliance

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Shaquille O’Neal dances the hora at a Jewish wedding

House bill extends fines to compliance with BDS, settlement boycotts

Politico reassures staff spooked by hate mail, anti-Semitism

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