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Barry Wendell (left), a Democratic congressional candidate in West Virginia, is married to Rabbi Joe Hample (right).
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A gay Jewish liberal (and rabbi’s husband) is running for Congress in deep-red West Virginia

by Lee Chottiner and JTA February 8, 2022February 8, 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
Aaron Mostofsky, a supporter of President Donald Trump, broke into the U.S. Capitol with other rioters, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Saul LoebAFP via Getty Images)
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Aaron Mostofsky, the pelt-wearing son of a Jewish judge, pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charges

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 3, 2022
Below the fold on the front page of our May 20, 1994 issue
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That time Stephen Breyer was kicked out of the Soviet Union, and five other tidbits from our archives

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 28, 2022June 21, 2022
The inauguration of the Congressional Caucus for the Advancement of Torah Values was attended by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL); Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE); Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter; Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX); Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA); and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) in Washington, D.C. (Photo/JTA-Sruly Saftlas-CNW Group-Dirshu)
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Jewish groups decry Congress’ new ‘Torah Values Caucus’ as ‘misguided’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's "Maus" because of its language and images. (Photo/JTA-Philissa Cramer)
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In Tennessee, iconic Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ is latest victim of conservative curriculum wars

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 27, 2022
Stephen Breyer in his office in Washington, D.C., Aug. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post)
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Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 26, 2022
Gun control activist Loren Lieb (right) and her son, Josh Stepakoff, who survived a 1999 shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center.
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Jewish activist and legislators line up behind state’s proposed new gun law 

by Ryan Torok January 18, 2022January 20, 2022
Nurse and activist Jennifer Esteen is running for Assembly in the East Bay.
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Jennifer Esteen, nurse and Assembly candidate, wants to break barriers and fix what’s broken

by Dan Pine January 12, 2022January 13, 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

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