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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

In my morning @jdforward newsletter > Hasan Piker sparks new trouble for Democrats — especially in key Senate race

Plus > Netanyahu gives out cell number in campaign stunt • NYC Chabad faces eviction • Mark Ruffalo’s history of Palestinian activism • Iconic Grossinger’s turning into year-round resort • and tour Isaac Bashevis Singer’s New York

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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

In my morning @jdforward newsletter > When does criticizing Israel become antisemitism? Ask Mark Ruffalo

Plus > NYC shul welcomes new life a week after attack • GOP nominee shuns AIPAC’s help • Hasan Piker warns of ‘Jewish ISIS’ • Harry Belafonte’s love affair with Jewish culture • and much more

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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

In my morning @jdforward newsletter > There’s a new Judaism in town — or maybe it’s very, very old

Plus > Texas Railroad race turns antisemitic • Scammers target New York Holocaust survivors • IDF admits troops killed 5-year-old and her family in Gaza • Jonah’s whale story becomes action movie • A Yiddish troupe fought Jim Crow — and Nazis

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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

In my morning @jdforward newsletter > Jewish Democrats beat back primary challenges in Florida’s new GOP map

Plus > Whistleblower claims campus antisemitism crackdown was cash grab • Publisher scraps book about Mamdani over plagiarism • How Jews made 'Les Miz' Christian again • and watch while we bake challah and chat about the news

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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

In my morning @jdforward newsletter > ‘We are in a time of biblical proportions’ say survivors of synagogue attacks

Plus > Wave of small colleges settle antisemitism complaints • Five Florida races Jewish voters are watching • Kushner meets with Netanyahu on Gaza’s future • Yiddish-speaking rabbi calls AI the ‘new Satan’ • and meet the new Orthodox star playing NCAA basketball

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‘We are in a time of biblical proportions’: What survivors of past shul attacks want Central Synagogue to know
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Man charged in Central Synagogue attack linked to posts about Israel, Judaism, and Mamdani. New reporting from @saidmehr_simone...
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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

In my morning @jdforward newsletter >
The strange afterlife of a Jewish Confederate monument

Plus > Palestinian students sue Columbia University • Israeli intel spurred Trump’s secret airplane switch • Democratic socialist loses in Wisconsin • Next UN chief could be daughter of Holocaust survivors • and the eerie story of two Moshes who each translated 'The Odyssey'

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[Alyssa Katz @alykatzz]

"This is how Europe started" —the landlord of the Montreal kosher restaurant that burned down early Saturday, son of a Holocaust survivor, speaking to @jdforward's @benyamincohen. https://t.co/v6C3SKXWxh

[Michael Winograd @michaelwinograd]

A remarkable story and reporting by @jdforward's @benyamincohen. The journey connects the preservation of Jewish life in small-town America with a long-hidden family story of survival in The Netherlands, and has a McKeesport PA connection. A moving and fascinating read.

[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

I've spent the past year following Nik Jakobs across two continents for the @jdforward. He's a Jewish farmer who is rescuing sacred objects from closing congregations across small-town America — an ark, a bimah, a Torah, stained glass windows — and building a new synagogue on a two-acre cornfield in Illinois.

For the latest chapter in this series, I flew with Nik and his family to the Netherlands — to the village where nearly 100 people kept the secret that saved his family from the Nazis.

What Nik found 80 years later surprised him: The town was still keeping his family’s story alive. There was a memorial, a museum exhibit and, a sold-out play that revealed parts of the story his family had never known — including a secret love affair and a baby born in hiding. https://t.co/6wIjVBvX7C

[Manya Brachear Pashman @ManyaBrachearP]

An important read for anyone in search of thoughtful bedtime stories. @saidmehr_simone writes in @jdforward about an effort to make Jewish children's literature more inclusive. https://t.co/KDzV5wYtaJ

[Alyssa Katz @alykatzz]

Voting in the Dan Goldman or Jerrold Nadler districts in NYC today? @jdforward coverage can help. Here's @jacobkornbluh's in-depth guide to where the Upper East/Upper West Side candidates stand on Israel. https://t.co/GUC4dsNIBI

[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

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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[Benyamin Cohen @benyamincohen]

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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[Arno Rosenfeld @ArnoRosenfeld]

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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At Trump’s Christian revival on the National Mall, one rabbi made a Jewish case for America
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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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[Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh]

🚨 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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[Louis Keene @thislouis]

Going to thread some of the reaction from American Jewish leaders and organizations to the assassination of Charlie Kirk below ⬇️