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What Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman’s victory says about the next generation of Jewish activists
Democratic-leaning as it is, Los Angeles moved a bit further to the left last week as young Jewish progressives joined like-minded activists to help a candidate supported by the Democratic Socialists of America win a seat on the 15-member City Council. Nithya Raman, an urban planner from India in her first run for public office,…
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Groups baselessly blame Biden for Delaware Chabad arson
NOV. 10, 2020 • 7 DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential election. It is produced in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism, and written by Molly Boigon, an investigative reporter at The Forward. …
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Why is Raphael Warnock’s Israel stance suddenly an issue in his Georgia Senate campaign?
The Israel positions of the Democratic candidate in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs came under scrutiny in the past week from both media organizations and his opponent despite his strong ties to the city’s Jewish community. Rev. Raphael Warnock leads the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the pulpit from which Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…
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NYC needs to build its way out of the pandemic recession hole, Stringer says
This story was originally published on Nov. 9 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Mayor Bill de Blasio should jumpstart pandemic-snagged plans to build affordable housing and schools, and repair aging infrastructure — even if it takes long-term borrowing to help pay…
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Georgia’s election-weary Jewish community is ready for another fight
The next high stakes election is in Georgia, and the Jewish community is ready for it. Local synagogues and political groups are planning efforts to get people who will turn 18 before the vote to register. The Republican Jewish Coalition has raised money and is sending staff over from Florida. The Anti-Defamation League is monitoring…
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Rabbi Sandra Lawson on personal identity, racism and music as prayer
Rabbi Sandra Lawson remembers the first time she was introduced to the Torah. She was a junior in college and took a course on the five Books of Moses with a charismatic professor. Lawson initially enrolled in the course to fulfill a humanities requirement, but by the end she had a new perspective on religion….
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When a Puerto Rican Jewish woman opens a colonial inn
Trisha Pérez Kennealy is the force behind Lexington’s Inn at Hastings Park, one of the cutest hotels outside of Boston. It overlooks Lexington’s village green, and you really do want to don a tri-cornered hat and grab a musket every time you drive by. (Their restaurant, Town Meeting, also has amazing red flannel hash at…
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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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QAnon made it to Congress — twice. What does that mean for the Republican Party?
The antisemitic QAnon theory alleges that a satanic cabal of elite Democrats and Hollywood celebrities is running a child sex-trafficking ring and harvesting children’s blood to stay young — and two women who have publicly supported it won seats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert…
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Stabbing of Jewelry District businessman shakes L.A.’s Iranian Jewish community
Southern California’s Iranian Jewish community has been in mourning following the violent stabbing death of an Iranian Jewish businessman on Nov. 3 at his jewelry business in downtown Los Angeles. According to a brief report from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, 62-year-old Eshagh Natanzadeh of Beverly Hills died after receiving multiple sharp force injuries…
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She was counting ballots while people yelled ‘Stop the count!’
Jacqueline Dressler was hard at work counting Michigan voter ballots in a convention center in downtown Detroit when she heard commotion break out on the far side of the room. “Stop the count! Stop the count!” she heard people chanting. She looked up and saw a group of people assembling together and pumping their fists…
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