David Ian Klein covers breaking news and international Jewish communities for the Forward. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @davidianklein.
David Ian Klein
By David Ian Klein
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Fast Forward WATCH: Who saw Election Day uncertainty coming? Bernie.
Sen. Bernie Sanders predicted the uncertainty that has now enveloped the United States presidential election. “You’re going to have a situation, I suspect, in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, other states where they are going to be receiving huge amounts of mail-in ballots,” said the Jewish senator from Vermont, whom Joe Biden defeated in the…
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Fast Forward Ben Shapiro: Trump ‘deeply irresponsible’ to say he’s won
Jewish conservative icon Ben Shapiro broke ranks with the Trump administration in a tweet Wednesday morning, calling the president’s claim of an early electoral victory “deeply irresponsible.” No, Trump has not already won the election, and it is deeply irresponsible for him to say he has. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 4, 2020 Shapiro, a…
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Life Same election. Different Jews. Very different prayers. Read a selection here.
These days, we’re the people of the tweet. Also, the Trump flag repurposed as a prayer shawl. Indeed, Jews on both the right and left have responded to the chaos of Election 2020 much as Jews have for millennia. We cried out in prayer — or at least online. “I pray that I can put…
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Fast Forward Jewish candidates could turn the Arizona state house blue today
For the first time since 1990, Democrats have a real chance of taking over the state house in Arizona, and several Jewish candidates are leading the charge. The state has long been a Republican stronghold, but demographic changes are starting to be felt in politics: the Latino population is growing and there’s also been an…
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Fast Forward Settlers pray for Trump at Abraham’s tomb in Hebron
At the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, a group of Israeli settlers prayed for a Trump victory in the November 3 election in a service Monday. Among the settlers was Marc Zell, the head of Republicans Overseas Israel. “Hebron is the first capital of the Jewish people and the burial place of our founding…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi leader responsible for ‘Operation Kristallnacht’ arrested in Michigan
The self-proclaimed leader of the white supremacist group “The Base,” was arrested in Michigan last week and charged with multiple felonies according to a statement from Michigan’s attorney general, Dana Nessel. The Base is an online Neo-Nazi group with members around the country. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center it is made up of…
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania’s Jewish attorney general is getting into it with Trump on Twitter
On election day, Pennsylvania is shaping up to be a hotly-contested battleground, and a recent Supreme Court ruling has only made things more complicated in the swing state. However, Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s attorney general who keeps kosher and was educated in Jewish day schools, is mixing it up with President Trump on Twitter. Last week,…
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Fast Forward Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated 25 years ago. Here’s how you can join the commemorations.
Jewish communities around the world are gathering online to mourn and honor Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated 25 years ago in Tel Aviv. Rabin was one of that exalted circle of Israeli leaders whose life encapsulated the history of the nation. He served in the Palmach, the paramilitary wing of the pre-state Haganah militia;…
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