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Dismissing Anti-Semitism Fears, Republican Jews Cheer Trump Victory
On Wednesday, Jewish Republicans took a victory lap. Donald Trump won the presidency. A second Jewish Republican was elected to the House of Representatives. And, most of all, the expected Trump blowout among Jewish voters just didn’t happen. “The bottom line is that the dire predictions… that Donald Trump was going to get the lowest…
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Bewildered, Anti-Trump Jews Resolve to Mourn, Then Organize
An outcome no one had expected has left the Jewish community’s anti-Trump activists with a sense of disbelief. And while some tried to find a middle road, understanding that from now they’ll have to deal with a Trump administration, for better or worse, others couldn’t get over the political loss. “While we do accept these…
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After Trump Victory, This Philadelphia Storefront Was Graffitied With Swastika
A few hours after Donald Trump clinched his victory in the presidential contest — also the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht — anti-Semitic graffiti celebrating the leader appeared on a storefront in South Philadelphia. The graffiti included expressions such as “Sieg Heil 2016,” a reference to the “Hail Victory” Nazi slogan, and “Trump,” with the “T”…
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Now That Trump’s Won, Will ‘Alt-Right’s’ Anti-Semitism Leap From Screens to Streets?
On the heels of Donald Trump’s victory in the November 8 presidential election, the young white nationalists who rallied around the Republican candidate celebrated his victory as their own and contemplated the next step for the volatile political movement they call the “alt-right.” “Hope is finally making a comeback,” Richard Spencer, a prominent white nationalist…
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BY THE NUMBERS: 3 Key Takeaways from the 2016 Jewish Vote
On Nov 9, the Pew Research Center released its preliminary findings on how religious groups voted in the 2016 presidential election. There are 3 Key Takeaways: Hillary Clinton garnered less of the Jewish vote than Gore, Kerry, or Obama in 2008. 71% of Jews supported the democratic nominee in this year’s election — slightly more…
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To Talk to Your Child About the Election, Tell Them They Are Safe Even After Donald Trump Won
About 70 percent of Jews voted for Clinton yesterday, and the election results came as a shock to many. But if you are a parent it’s not only your own feelings you need to process, there is also the daunting question about how to explain all this to your children. CNN commentator Van Jones got…
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Amid Donald Trump Win, a Few Silver Linings Left for Democrats — and Jews
Scanning the landscape after the votes were cast, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats could find any number of reasons to be disappointed. Exit polls showed that women backed Clinton over Donald Trump by just 54%-42%, far less than she’d hoped and expected. White college graduates, who seemed to be in her column, ended up backing…
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Kristallnacht Trending on Twitter — and Not Just for a History Lesson
People on Twitter are using the hashtag #Kristallnacht to comment on Donald Trump’s election — and not everyone is OK with that. The November pogroms – more commonly known as Kristallacht or Crystal Night – were a serious of attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. Paramilitary forces and German civilians burnt…
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ANALYSIS: Jewish Insiders in the Dark About Donald Trump Administration
Like everything else surrounding Donald Trump, his possible choices for cabinet positions are also puzzling and unpredictable. A true outsider, Trump will arrive in Washington with no previous experience in government and with no identifiable circles of advisers and confidants on policy issues. Which leaves Washington insiders completely in the dark, trying to guess based…
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Scene Gets Grim at Hillary Clinton Election Night Event
The mood is getting strange at Hillary Clinton’s election night party at the Jacob Javits Center, as what was once an easy win seems at risk of slipping away. Clinton supporters are drinking beer in disconsolate groups in the food court in the conference centers’ bowels. As the singer Katy Perry left the stage, the…
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Outside Clinton’s Election Night Event, Women Wait, and Hope
When Jeanne Hauck was in the fifth grade, she wrote a letter of protest to her school newspaper. Girls were only allowed to wear dresses at Hauck’s school. She thought that was unfair. So she wrote a letter demanding the right to wear pants. The school relented. Today, some four decades later, Hauck and her…
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