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Fear and resilience: Vienna’s Jewish community takes stock after night of terror
Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami had just wrapped up a board meeting on Zoom with members of Vienna’s liberal Jewish community Or Chadasch when he received a phone call. It was one of the board members, calling him to say that shooting had broken out in the area of Vienna near the city’s main synagogue on Seitenstettengasse….
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How do you swing a state like Florida? Call your Jewish grandparents
Lots of people want to talk to Rochelle Tan. The 83-year-old votes in Palm Beach County, Fla., a swing region in a swing state that could help decide who wins today’s presidential election. The Democratic and Republican campaigns have been dialing her number all fall. “When I see who’s calling, I don’t even bother answering,”…
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Join these Torah study sessions for meaning, hope and an alternative to election-night doomscrolling
Storefront windows are being boarded up. The New York Times election needle of doom is back. On Election Day in 2020, the country is a ball of anxiety. Jews know a thing or two about political anxiety. This year, to counter it, some are turning to Torah study and spirituality to give themselves something to…
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Your Jewish guide to Election Day 2020
All eyes are on the presidential race today, where Jewish voters in Pennsylvania and Florida could help determine whether the Republican President Donald Trump can win a second term or if the Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, can convert on months of leading in the polls to oust him. A Jewish lens on…
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Groups threaten post-election violence
NOV. 2, 2020 • 1 DAY UNTIL THE ELECTION Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories ahead of 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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At The Villages retirement community, pro-Trump and pro-Biden Jews break friendships
When Rochelle Bosley Larson cruises the lanes of The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, in her golf cart festooned with a large “Biden 2020” flag, she elicits some happy honks, but even more often, a slew of curses and names she wouldn’t want her grandchildren to hear. As newcomers, she and her husband had…
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Rose-Malliotakis House fight poised to rage well past election day
This story was originally published on Oct. 31 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Rep. Max Rose and Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis both concede one thing: Their bitter, nationally watched — and financed — race for Staten Island’s House seat appears destined to…
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Iran is using fake Facebook pages to weaken U.S. support for Israel
Facebook removed more than 20 accounts on Facebook and Instagram in October that were secretly controlled by the Iranian government and were aimed at dividing Americans and Israelis around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to weaken support for Israel, according to Facebook and a think tank that studies extremism. The accounts and pages fall under the category…
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Campaigns can tell you’re Jewish. Here’s how they target you.
A hand places stones atop a grave in the classic Jewish ritual of remembrance. The audio mixes the Jewish prayer for mourning with clips of President Donald Trump minimizing the dangers of COVID-19. The video by the Jewish Democratic Council of America is following Jewish voters around the internet on social media, news and shopping…
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He’s phone banking for Trump— and feeling confident.
For the last six weeks, Phillip Richmond’s schedule has been as follows: An early morning workout at the gym, breakfast while catching up on the news, then three hours of phone banking for the Republican Jewish Coalition to support the re-election of President Donald Trump. “After about three hours your voice gets tired,” Richmond explained….
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Jewish Trump donors still back him, just not out loud
Three days before the Nov. 3 election, a prominent Trump supporter turned down my request for an interview. “This issue is too hot and too divisive for me to speak about on the record,” he wrote in an email. Describing himself as a “recovering Democrat,” this well-connected, well-respected Los Angeles Jew declined to do an…
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