4 Jewish questions for Election Day 2024 and its aftermath
How many Jews are voting for Donald Trump and how many are backing Kamala Harris? We may never really know
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Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to turn election into a show of Chabad’s local force
“Anti-semitism is on the ballot. October 7th is on the ballot,” read postcards that encourage Orthodox Jews to vote
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Trump is spending time with critics of Israel. His Jewish supporters aren’t concerned.
Donald Trump’s Jewish supporters say his record on Israel reassures them that he will stand up for the Jewish state
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Haaretz faces blowback after liberal Israeli paper’s publisher praises ‘Palestinian freedom fighters’
Publisher Amos Schocken later clarified his comments, and his own paper partly repudiated him
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American Airlines won’t fly to Israel again until at least September 2025
The delay makes American Airlines the first carrier to suspend service to Israel until at least the second half of next year
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Trump and Harris both tell Michigan voters they’re aiming to end the war in Gaza
Meanwhile, some leading pro-Palestinian critics of Harris are urging voters in swing states to cast ballots for her
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Does the Electoral College strengthen or weaken Jewish influence on the election?
The system is often criticized for making some voters — including Jewish ones — more valuable than others
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Beyond Trump and Harris: 7 congressional and governor’s races Jews should watch
From Eugene Vindman in Virginia to Elissa Slotkin in Michigan to Josh Stein in North Carolina, Jewish candidates are vying for pivotal roles
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Anonymous texts to Pennsylvania voters suggest Harris is duplicitous on Israel
The messages, which started to be sent over the weekend, come after a Republican ad campaign in Michigan seeking to damage support for Harris among Arab American voters
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Iran executes Jewish man whose family had sought to avert death sentence
The nonprofit Iran Human Rights said antisemitism had factored into Arvin Ghahremani’s case
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Meet two rabbis who are trying to fight ‘toxic polarization’ — one Jewish text at a time
On the eve of Election Day, Rabbis Rachel Schmelkin and Michael Holzman ask: can this democracy be saved?
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