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Everything you need to know about Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s next senator
This wasn’t Jon Ossoff’s first race. If his name sounded familiar last year, when he challenged Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue before heading into Nov. 5’s closely watched Georgia runoff, there’s a reason. In 2017, Ossoff ran to represent Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District. He then achieved the curious distinction of being one of the first…
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Democrats put up strong showing in Georgia; Warnock withstands Israel attacks
Democrats appeared on the cusp of taking control of Congress early Wednesday morning, as the Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in one of two Georgia Senate runoffs and Jon Ossoff was locked in a narrow race again incumbent David Perdue in the other. If he prevails, Ossoff will become the first Jewish…
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Warnock withstands Israel attacks to win in Georgia; Ossoff race too close to call
Democrats appeared on the cusp of taking control of Congress early Wednesday morning, as the Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in one of two Georgia Senate runoffs and Jon Ossoff was locked in a narrow race again incumbent David Perdue in the other. If he prevails, Ossoff will become the first Jewish…
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Catch up on everything (Jewish) to know about today’s Georgia Senate runoff
The Forward has been closely watching the two Senate races in Georgia since the summer, when Republican Sen. David Perdue ran an online ad that enlarged the nose of his Jewish opponent Jon Ossoff. The contest hasn’t gotten any prettier since then — but the stakes have increased. Both Senate races advanced to runoffs after…
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Georgia’s Senate runoffs: All the Jewish drama from a charged campaign
(JTA) — Tuesday’s two runoff elections in Georgia won’t just decide control of the U.S. Senate. They’ll also be significant symbolic wins for one or both of the polarized sides of the American Jewish community. Thanks to several dramatic developments, including an infamous campaign ad, a year-old letter about a trip to Israel and a…
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Carlos Escude, 72, Driven To Judaism By Argentine Economic Crisis
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — In April, as much of the world introduced limits on movement and commerce in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Argentinean political theorist Carlos Escude waged a one-man protest outside his home in Buenos Aires. In a video that the newspaper Perfil described as “bizarre,” Escude can be…
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I got the vaccine, but did I deserve it?
What is the ethical thing to do when a politician acting on the most cynical of motives throws you a pandemic lifeline? Even the most cynical observers were caught off guard by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis Dec. 23 announcement that the state’s vaccination priority would directly contravene Center for Disease Control guidelines. After frontline…
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A Jewish look at Tuesday’s Senate runoffs in Georgia
Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections on Tuesday have drawn intense national attention, as they will determine which party controls the Upper House. They also have several significant Jewish storylines. The Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, each raised more than $100 million between mid-October and mid-December, compared to $68 million and $64…
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Jacob Kornbluh joins the Forward as part of newsroom hiring push
As the coronavirus pandemic was first causing controversy in Orthodox enclaves of Brooklyn last spring, the Forward published a profile of Jacob Kornbluh, a Hasidic journalist for Jewish Insider, under the headline, “A prophet in his own city.” Then and throughout the year, Kornbluh’s brave reporting on his own community’s refusal to adhere to social-distancing…
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‘Attacking the prophetic voice’: The Black Church looms large in Warnock’s Senate bid
Turn on a TV in Georgia and you’re likely to see a clip pulled from one of the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s old sermons, painting him as a religious extremist. Grainy footage shows him pumping his fist up and down at the podium of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. “Palestinian lives matter!” Warnock, the Democrat trying to…
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Forward 50 2020: The people we (mostly) needed in the year we (definitely) didn’t
Meet your Forward 50: We’re hosting a series of virtual events with members of the list. Next up on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. ET: Ellie Klein Goldman, Jacob Jonas, Christa Whitney and Ariel Zwang. Sign up here to join the Zoomversation. Let me be the last to say it: This was…
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