Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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News Jewish swing-state voters support Biden in higher numbers than Clinton: poll
Jewish voters in the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania and Florida overwhelmingly favor Democrat Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election, according to a poll released Wednesday by J Street. Three-quarters of likely Jewish voters in Pennsylvania plan to vote for Biden, compared to 22% who support Trump. In Florida, Jewish voters break for Biden…
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Culture Could Trump become the first president to flee America since Lindbergh?
This weekend, in another totally normal development, President Donald Trump floated the idea of absconding to another country. Facing dire polling and debtsand court cases set to activate should he lose a second term, he wondered aloud what he’d do if Joe Biden emerges victorious in November. “I’m not gonna feel so good,” Trump said…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jews overwhelmingly support Trump, survey finds
(JTA) — A new poll shows overwhelming support for President Donald Trump among Orthodox Jews. The poll, published Wednesday by Ami Magazine, a major Orthodox monthly, found that 83% of Orthodox respondents plan to vote for Trump in the upcoming election, while just 13% plan to vote for Joe Biden. Those numbers represent a dramatic…
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Community I thought Trump was for me. Now I’m organizing against him.
In 2018, I ended my support for Trump after a series of conversations with Sarah Silverman on Twitter. She was thoughtful and respectful and, as we spoke, my views began to shift. Eventually, I realized that this American Trumpism was wrong for America. I began to see how hateful MAGA was and I looked at…
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Culture ‘The Simpsons’ reminds us of Trump’s ‘disloyal’ Jews comments
While the question of cultural sensitivity and “The Simpsons” remains fluid, the show has always been attuned to the unique concerns of American Jewry. So it’s no real surprise that the forthcoming “Treehouse of Horror” special reminds us of the worst thing President Trump ever said about our voting trends. In the episode, which opens…
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News Pence’s ‘Jewish grandchildren’ defense of Trump versus the facts
Sen. Kamala Harris missed an easy layup when Vice President Mike Pence offered what he thought was his best defense of his boss’s record on white supremacy during Wednesday night’s debate. Pence said President Donald Trump couldn’t support antisemites because “he has Jewish grandchildren.” Harris let it go, but what she could have said was…
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News Trump flags suddenly sprouted in Borough Park. Why now?
A local rabble rouser had a request for President Donald Trump, which he tapped out and sent into the universe through Twitter on Wednesday. “We are asking for President Trump to interfere with Gov Cuomo’s hateful decision of tough lockdown on our schools and places of worship,” tweeted city council candidate Heshy Tischler. “#Cuomohatesjews.” In…
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News As seniors turn against Trump, are old Florida Jews among them?
So many seniors make their home in Florida that, for years, comedians have referred to the state as “God’s waiting room.” What every pollster’s mind these days is this: Who are they waiting to vote for? An estimated 29% of the state’s nine million voters are over 65, and recent polls suggest that support for…
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