The very question of whether to acknowledge the election with congregants can be fraught.
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The win comes at a time when Trump has promised "retribution" against those who he feels sabotaged his first term in office.
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"It was really a huge sigh of relief when we got the results," said one Israeli from the United States.
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"We've built the biggest, the broadest, the most unified coalition," Trump said, listing Black voters, women, Hispanics, and Arab and Muslim Americans.
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A new virtual reality project from the Claims Conference aims to provide first-hand encounters spotlighting a "pivotal" moment in the Holocaust.
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In Minnesota, Royce White, a Republican podcaster with a history of antisemitic comments, lost his Senate race to incumbent Amy Klobuchar.
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