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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 > forward.com/opinion/796231…

🚨 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 ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward/7…

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

The announcement demonstrates unprecedented unity among all Orthodox voting blocs behind Cuomo, arguing that this has now become a close two-person race between the former governor and Zohran Mamdani.

🚨 DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT in NYC mayoral race: The Hasidic sects in Borough Park who endorsed Adrienne Adams as their first choice for mayor have flipped their endorsement to Andrew Cuomo following a meeting this morning. Here’s the new announcement ⬇️

Richard Iott, a former Ohio congressional candidate with a history of dressing up as Nazis, donated a total of $900 in ten monthly installments since last year to the Winsome PAC, which supports Virginia lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears. forward.com/fast-forward/7…

🎧EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, at the Republican Attorneys General summer national meeting in NY today: “I don’t agree with everything the Trump administration is doing.… But you know what? God Bless [Education] Secretary McMahon…”

NEW: President Donald Trump signed Wednesday evening a modified version of his first term’s controversial Muslim travel ban executive order following the recent firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, which injured a dozen Jewish marchers. brnw.ch/21wTars

NEW: Trump plans to revive the Muslim travel ban with targeted changes after the Boulder attack, White House staff secretary Will Scharf told Jewish leaders. more details ⬇️

“It’s beyond tragic. He was a mensch,” said David Boskey of the murder of his friend Yaron Lischinsky. The two met and bonded at a Messianic congregation in Jerusalem. forward.com/news/722632/ya…

Paintball players typically take to online forums to discuss game tactics and compare gear. But this week, the niche subreddit r/paintball was overtaken by discourse about a different subject: moral outrage over Nazi hate symbols. forward.com/news/sports/72…

When two customers at a Philadelphia sports bar asked waitresses to make a sign that said “F— the Jews,” they probably didn’t expect a free trip to Auschwitz. I spoke with a Holocaust survivor and with @deborahlipstadt about @stoolpresidente's (now rescinded) invite to a @TempleUniv student about whether visits to concentration camps actually change minds. forward.com/news/717850/da…

At 7:19 pm, Sen. @CoryBooker made history with a speech lasting more than 24 hours. At 7:20 pm, I called @RabbiShmuley, Booker’s former rabbinic confidant and perhaps his most colorful critic, to get his thoughts. The rabbi had notes. Enjoy > forward.com/fast-forward/7…

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In my latest for @jdforward, I cover a Jewish internet controversy. forward.com/news/699373/li…

Trump's plan to forcibly displace two million Gazans sounds like a tempting solution for Israelis and Israel's supporters. But we must wholeheartedly reject it. It demands a price we cannot pay: our souls. My latest for @jdforward forward.com/opinion/697825…

Story ⬇️ ‘Modern-day Mein Kampf’: NYC Mayor Eric Adams under fire for Hitler reference as calls for his resignation mount His rivals slammed the mayor’s remarks as ‘offensive,’ a ‘shanda’ and ‘blatant antisemitism’ forward.com/fast-forward/6…

Here's the surprising Yiddish history of the ‘tush push,’ the Philadelphia Eagles’ unstoppable play 🏈 #SuperBowl forward.com/news/sports/69…

Trump expands on Gaza plan: “I’m committed to buying it and owning it.. We may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it… we are committed to owning it, taking it and making sure that Hamas doesn't move back..”

I wrote about the Yiddish history of the ‘tush push,’ the Philadelphia Eagles’ unstoppable play #SuperBowlLIX 🏈 forward.com/news/sports/69…