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News Merav Ben-David, Israeli-born scientist, wants to be the next Senator from…Wyoming?
It’s hard to find a Democrat in Wyoming, let alone one who has won a Federal election. It’s even harder to find a Jew in Wyoming, let alone one who has even tried to win a Federal election. All that makes Merav Ben-David one of the most unusual candidates in the current political season. She’s…
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Fast Forward Adelsons give $25M to Mitch McConnell super PAC
(JTA) — Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated a total of $25 million to a Republican super PAC trying to ensure that Republicans maintain the majority in the U.S. Senate. A filing made Monday with the Federal Election Commission show that the billionaire casino mogul and his physician wife each wrote a check last…
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Fast Forward In Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of Joe Biden, foreign policy — and Israel — go unmentioned
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders joined his old friend Joe Biden in a live webcast to endorse him on Monday, and the two candidates left standing in the Democratic primaries emphasized that they agree on more than what they disagree on. “Today I am asking all Americans, I am asking every Democrat, I am asking…
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Fast Forward Canadian Jewish Groups Quarrel Over National Election On Sukkot
MONTREAL (JTA)—Canada’s two main Jewish groups are at odds over a lawsuit on whether it’s OK to have a national election on a Jewish High Holiday. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs – the official Canadian Jewish advocacy group — says there are enough alternative measures to accommodate Canada’s 75,000 Orthodox Jews who can’t…
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Fast Forward 2020 Candidate Marianne Williamson: Trump’s Immigration Raids Are Like Nazi Germany
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson compared President Trump’s promised immigration raids to Nazi Germany during a campaign appearance in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Vice News reported. Williamson, an author and motivational speaker, made her comments the same day that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attracted criticism for comparing migrant detention facilities on the Mexican border to concentration…
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Fast Forward Buttigieg: Palestinian Leaders Are No Partner For Peace, But Israel Needs ‘Guidance’
(JTA) — Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said Palestinian leaders are not “the right kinds of partners” for peace, but that Israel’s leaders need American guidance. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a former naval intelligence officer, made his remarks Thursday at a meeting with several dozen representatives of Jewish groups held in Washington,…
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Fast Forward Nearly Half Of Jewish Democrats Backing Biden In Presidential Primary: Poll
Nearly half of Jewish Democrats prefer former vice president Joe Biden to win the Democratic presidential nomination next year, a Morning Consult poll revealed Monday. Biden is polling at 40% overall among registered Democratic voters, more than double the second-place candidate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is sitting at 19%. But despite Sanders’s Jewish heritage,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bernie Sanders Says Israel Is Run By ‘Right-Wing, Racist Government’
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders defended his stance on Israel at a CNN town hall on Monday, saying he is “100% pro-Israel” but renewed his criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that the Jewish state is “now run by a right-wing — dare I say — racist government.” Speaking at a televised event…
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