Joe Biden is the president-elect of the United States
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News As Florida eludes Jewish Democrats, they see new potential in Arizona
When U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot outside a Tucson-area grocery store in 2011, she represented a blue island in the largely red sea of Arizona. The attempted assassination of Giffords, who is Jewish and had spent several years in the state legislature before being elected to Congress in 2006, shocked the state’s Jewish community….
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Opinion Editorial | Biden’s victory is good for all Jews
The most important thing Joe Biden said or did during this campaign was talk about what got him into it: Charlottesville. “It was a wake-up call for us as a country,” Biden said as he accepted the Democratic presidential nomination this summer, as well as a personal call to action. “My father taught us that…
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News Everything you need to know about Joe Biden’s Jewish relatives
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on August 20, 2020. Joe Biden won’t be the first president with Jewish in-laws: both Donald Trump and Bill Clinton beat him to it. But he will be the first president whose Jewish offspring-in-law have Hebrew ink on their biceps. In fact, all three of Biden’s children —…
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The Schmooze Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff made history for interfaith families. All Jews should celebrate that
When Kamala Harris becomes Vice President in January, she’ll have the privilege and burden of representing many “firsts.” She’ll be the first female, first Black, and first South Asian person to serve in the position. As if that’s not enough, Douglas Emhoff, Harris’s infamously infatuated husband and a Forward-certified “hot Jewish dad,” is making history…
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News Thankful. Hopeful. Exhausted: How Jews are feeling and what they’re wishing for in Biden presidency
“Overjoyed,” said Steve Sheffey, who publishes a pro-Israel newsletter out of Chicago. “Exhausted,” offered Rabbi Avram Mlotek, co-founder of BASE Hillel, a pluralistic outreach organization. Leor Rosen, a senior at the University of Michigan who used to be president of the campus Hillel, picked “jittery.” Josh Hammer, opinion editor of Newsweek, chose “concern.” “Dayenu,” was…
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News Here’s a Jewish reading guide to Joe Biden, president elect
On Saturday morning, major media outlets across the country declared Joe Biden the president elect. President Donald Trump has not conceded, and might not — weeks of lawsuits, tweet storms, calls for calm and general uncertainty loom between now and Inauguration Day. In the meantime, we invite you to immerse yourself in the Forward’s idea…
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Culture Ari Melber quotes Drake as we look away in horror
As with any historic election, many of us are now taking stock of where we are, or will be, when the final vote is counted. (Probably, like most of the country, we’ll be at home.) But long after Trump or Biden hits the magic number of 270, I will still be reeling from a less…
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Culture What King Solomon, Gwyneth Paltrow and other Jewish luminaries taught us about the 2020 election
If you’re anything like us, you spent last night toggling between cable TV, the infamous New York Times election needle and supposedly “soothing” Netflix picks, all while clutching the pint of ice cream you’d intended to save for the inevitable post-election civil strife. As it became clear that election night was becoming election week, we…
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