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Meet Moses Elisaf, The First Jewish Mayor In Greece, The Cradle Of Democracy
The municipal elections of a small city may seem like an unlikely way to make history after 2,300 years of history, but that’s what happened in June when the Greek city of Ioannina elected a Jew as mayor — the first ever in Greece, despite widespread anti-Semitism. The mayor-elect of Ioannina, from a region subject…
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Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin Is Still On Twitter Despite Ban — And Now We Know Where
The reclusive neo-Nazi blogger Andrew Anglin was banned from Twitter in 2015, but that hasn’t kept him off the site. Anglin is still operating anonymously on the social media platform through at least one fake account he uses to promote content from The Daily Stormer, the anti-Semitic hate site he founded in 2013, according to…
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Synagogues Are Now Conducting Active Shooter Drills During Services
(JTA) — When the ushers locked the door to the sanctuary, and the congregants prepared to flee the synagogue in preparation for a mass shooting, Rabbi Neil Cooper made sure it all happened before they had to take the Torahs out of the ark. Ten minutes later the worshippers were back in the pews, doors…
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This Teen Climate Activist Is Done With Adults Saying ‘Kids Will Save The World’
How’s your summer going? Are you seeing friends and family? Taking weekend trips to hilly hiking spots and cute, small towns? Reading novels in the park, seeing art outdoors, going to the beach, drinking blush-colored cocktails on rooftops? Here’s what Jamie Margolin is doing: answering emails, writing a book, getting on conference calls. She’ll be…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Joe Biden
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden, a born and raised Roman Catholic who likes to cross himself when making a point, knows what faith he would be if he were ever overcome with doubt about his own. “If I’m going to switch, I know where I’m going,” the former vice president said in 2016 at an…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Cory Booker
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Five Jewish things about Sen. Cory Booker, who just announced for the Democratic presidential nomination, you ask? Here’s a start: The New Jersey politician literally carried a rabbi on his back until he (figuratively) cast same rabbi into the waters, like a forgotten sin. The senator’s rise to fame has been full of…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Kirsten Gillibrand
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Kirsten Gillibrand running in a crowded field for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 would seem familiar as well as alien to the Kirsten Gillibrand who won an upset campaign for Congress in 2006. Like Kirsten Gillibrand 1.0, the latest model was earthy and down to brass tacks in her January…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Beto O’Rourke
(JTA) — Beto O’Rourke, the El Paso native and former congressman, hopes to build on the buzz that accompanied his unsuccessful but oh-so-close campaign against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in last year’s Texas Senate race. O’Rourke, a Roman Catholic, has clashed at times with the local Jewish community, particularly his vote in 2014 against funding…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Amy Klobuchar
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is like a CNN panel — more people fit than you think possible. Up next is the nice one: Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. She’s committed to bipartisanship, close to Republicans like her late Senate colleague John McCain from Arizona and John Hoeven from neighboring North…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for vice president is the daughter of a mother who immigrated from India and a father who immigrated from Jamaica,. Harris, 54, has some Jewish nuggets in her history. That time @KamalaHarris met her Jewish in-laws. “The first time I meet my mother-in-law, she looks at me,…
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5 Jewish Things To Know About Elizabeth Warren
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In the waning days of 2018, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., formally declared her interest in running for the presidency. Warren was not the first to do so — former Maryland Rep. John Delaney has for months been canvassing for Democratic votes in Iowa, the first caucus state — but Warren is the…
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