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News Jews of color host virtual ‘sukkah hop’ for Biden campaign— the first of its kind
A group of Jews of color, in partnership with Jewish Americans For Biden, is hosting a virtual sukkah hop and “friendraising” event Wednesday evening ahead of the vice-presidential debate. It is the first event of its kind featuring Jews of color, according to one of the organizers, Ginna Green, who is a political strategist and…
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News Israel, conspiracy theories, antisemitism: What to look for at tonight’s debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will face off Tuesday night in the first presidential debate ahead of this November’s election. The moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News (who is Jewish himself, and the son of journalists) has chosen to ask the candidates about each of their records, the Supreme Court, the…
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Fast Forward The Bidens tell Jewish supporters the new year will be happier with Trump out
(JTA) — Jill and Joe Biden greeted Jewish supporters for the Jewish New Year and cast the holy day’s message as an imperative to drive President Donald Trump from office. It was the second New Year’s greetings-turned-pitch for votes of the season. Trump made his own appeal Wednesday during a White House call to Jewish…
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Culture Would Tevye vote for Trump or Biden? 25 fictional Jews weigh in.
The 2020 voter faces the ballot box during a season of unprecedented challenges — not least of which is the act of voting itself. In addition to the usual gerrymandering and voter suppression, a nationwide pandemic is poised to overwhelm an underfunded postal service. As if that weren’t enough, the president, repeating long-debunked claims of…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden a “menschy dude,” says Doug Emhoff
Potential Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has a new nickname for Joe Biden: “mensch.” During a Wednesday night fundraiser with Lawyers for Biden, Emhoff referred to the Democratic presidential candidate as a “menschy dude,” Jewish Insider reported. Emhoff also used the term on September 3, at the Pennsylvania launch of Jewish Americans for Biden. “Joe Biden…
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Community Why young Jews like me need to vote for Joe Biden
Despite our reputation for recklessness, many young people are making incredible sacrifices to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus. Yet there is one risk that no amount of hand-washing or mask-wearing can protect us against — the pandemic’s economic impact. My peers who graduated from top colleges last spring were supposed to be hotly sought-after…
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Fast Forward Biden campaign platform for Arab Americans reiterates opposition to BDS movement
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign condemns boycotts against Israel in its new platform geared toward the Arab American community. In “Joe Biden and the Arab American Community: A Plan for Partnership,” released Saturday, the candidate pledges to include Arab Americans “across his administration,” combat anti-Arab bigotry in the United States and reverse…
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Opinion Young Black Voters are alienated from the Democratic Party. Can Biden fix it in time?
The Republican National Convention has in its first two days been a repudiation of the things Black voters care about: police reform, Black Lives Matter protests, and expanding housing access. Speakers touted keeping low income housing out of the suburbs, they defended the police, and they praised President Trump as the “bodyguard of western civilization.”…
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