Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of political elections.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of political elections.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of political elections.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of political elections.
Bowing to mounting pressure from Modern Orthodox circles, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein decided not to give his planned invocation at the Republican national convention in Cleveland next week. “The whole matter turned from rabbinic to political, something which was never intended,” Lookstein wrote Friday afternoon in a letter he addressed to the “Ramaz Family,” referring to…
AIPAC never spelled the threat out. But last summer, Congress got the message. Politicians had to decide whether they would vote yay or nay on President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which lifted economic sanctions in exchange for reductions to the country’s nuclear program. A vote in favor, pro-Israel activists indicated, would be viewed negatively…
These could be the best political days of Jill Stein, the other Jewish presidential candidate besides Bernie Sanders (also known as the other woman candidate, besides Hillary Clinton). Stein, longtime leader of the left-wing, environmentally oriented Green Party, is beginning to see some stars align in her favor. The factors driving this shift include unprecedented…
Can Donald Trump help a Jewish candidate in a tight U.S. Senate race? Russ Feingold, a three-term senator who lost his Wisconsin seat in 2010, has found Trump’s controversial statements a useful tool in his effort to win back his seat. Directing his criticism at incumbent senator Ron Johnson, Feingold took issue at his rival’s…
Sheldon Adelson was the first, to commit to Donald Trump’s campaign, and now other Jewish donors seem to be flocking to the presumptive Republican nominee’s camp, offering their support and prying open their pocketbooks. Several Republican Jewish Coalition leaders are on board or on their way to join Trump’s finance committees, in charge of providing…
The main Republican Jewish group has endorsed Donald Trump for president, driving a fresh wedge between politically conservative Jews whose conflict over the presumptive nominee played out online on Wednesday, the day after Trump won the Indiana Republican primary. The Republican Jewish Coalition posted on Twitter a message from its national chairman, David Flaum, congratulating…
When prominent Jewish Republican Ari Fleischer tweeted his support for Donald Trump Tuesday evening, he exposed an emerging fault line that could split both the Republican party and Jewish conservatives. Fleischer, who is on the board for the Republican Jewish Coalition and who served as White House press secretary under George W. Bush, drew sharp…
As Donald Trump moves closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination, he has offered lavish praise for Bernie Sanders, who faces increasingly slim chances in his battle with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race. Trump has begun calling for Sanders to run as an independent if he does not win the Democratic nomination and said…
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