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Could U.S. voters living in Israel swing the election?
Republican and Democrat activist says interest has never been higher among expats. But voting from overseas is complicated.
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Politics I was Stephen Miller’s rabbi. Here’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump has surrounded himself with racist, xenophobic voices yet again. He has no place in the Oval Office
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Politics Trump blames Harris for immigrant’s shooting of Chicago Jew, and all the Jewish angles on the eve of Election Day
The Jewish vote has been complicated by the Israel-Hamas war and generational shifts
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Film & TV RFK Jr. (and Stanley Kubrick) don’t want you to drink the water
The Kennedy heir has vowed to eliminate fluoride from American taps, in a move straight out of ‘Dr. Strangelove’
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Politics 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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Politics 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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Politics Why Trump is being compared to the obscure biblical king Jehu on the Christian right
In the Bible, Jehu orders the killing of Jezebel as he takes over the Kingdom of Israel and eradicates the idol worshippers
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Politics ‘Rabbi rebellion’: 33 Orthodox rabbis endorse Harris
Most Orthodox Jews vote Republican, but the rabbis cited grave concerns over Trump’s moral character
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Politics 5 questions and answers on Jewish voters and candidates as Election Day approaches
Where does the Jewish vote matter most?
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Politics How rabbis in battleground states are approaching a razor-close election with enormous implications for Jews and for Israel
“When they talk about undecided voters, they’re talking about my congregation,” said one rabbi in Las Vegas
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Politics ‘I’m an American, but I’m also Jewish’: How Yeshiva University women are voting for president
Some students at Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University’s women’s school, say their values are in tension this election
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