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David Brog speaking at a CUFI event. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy)

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David Brog was the head of Christians United for Israel. Now he’s running as a Jewish candidate for Congress.

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

Noa Tishby speaks about her book, "Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth." (Photo/Forward-Rich Fury-Getty Images For Wolman Wealth Management)

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Noa Tishby, Israel’s new antisemitism envoy, says anti-Zionism is antisemitism ‘100%’

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)

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Ron Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Rabbi Yaakov Bleich (left) and Rabbi Moshe Azman (right) both claim to be the chief rabbi of Ukraine. (Photo/Forward-Sergei Supinsky-AFP-Getty Images)

World

Meet the two men who each claim to be the leader of Ukraine’s Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward March 3, 2022March 7, 2022

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman delivers the final sledge hammer blows to what Friedman described as a ceremonial wall covering the tunnel entrance to the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David.

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‘Sledgehammer:’ Trump’s ambassador to Israel hits hard in new memoir

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward February 7, 2022

Deborah Lipstadt at a showing of “Denial” at the Rome Film Festival, Oct. 17, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Elisabetta A. Villa-WireImage)

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‘Antisemitism is not a game’: Why the Senate holdup on Biden’s antisemitism envoy matters

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward January 10, 2022

Senator Bob Dole at the Rally For Soviet Jewry, Dec. 6, 1987 (Photo/Forward-Robert A. Cumins)

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Bob Dole, dead at 98, fought to free Soviet Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward December 7, 2021

Moshe Margareten lights candles at the White House Hanukkah party in 2019. (Screenshot/JTA)

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The (more modest, less partisan) White House Hanukkah party is back!

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

a white man in his 30s stands with Joe Biden, Jill Biden and a white woman in her 30s. all are smiling.

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S.F. native Aaron Keyak appointed as Biden’s deputy antisemitism envoy

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward November 19, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett departs for Washington, on August 24, 2021. (Photo/Avi Ohayon-GPO)

Will Biden and Bennett hit restart button on U.S.-Israel relations?

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward August 25, 2021