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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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BY THE NUMBERS: How the Jewish Vote Impacts Pennsylvania and Ohio
As the race tightens in key states on election night, the Jewish vote becomes more important in swing states such as Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Though Jews make up a small percentage of the population, over 80% of eligible Jewish voters typically show up to the polls in presidential election years (the average voter turnout…
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Clinton Supporters — and a Reporter — Grouse About Being Locked Out of the Party
How does a Forward reporter get a second with the chairman of the Clinton campaign on election night? By getting stuck in a crazy crush of people at Hillary Clinton’s block party, locked out of the Javits Center, running wildly up 10th Avenue, and waiting his turn. The warning signs that the block party outside…
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Riding Anti-Hillary Mood, Trump Finds Hasidic Allies in Brooklyn
At polling sites in the Orthodox enclave of Borough Park in Brooklyn, many Hasidic Jews expressed support for Donald Trump. On the way to vote after praying at synagouge, they paused to praise the Republican candidate for his controversial immigration plans and enthusiastic support of Israel. Others railed against his opponent Hillary Clinton. “I like…
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In Toxic Election, Jewish Schools Struggle to Find Teachable Moment
Since the beginning of the school year, the fifth-graders in Karen Hidalgo’s class at Austin Jewish Academy in Texas have been troubled by the mean-spiritedness of the presidential election. “I feel like at Jewish days schools when we talk about morals and ethics, our current candidates haven’t been wonderful role models in those areas,” said…
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This Ultra-Orthodox Jew Dedicated His Vote to Slain Muslim Soldier Humayun Khan
At the end of an election filled with divisiveness, Yosef Rapaport didn’t know what to expect when he tweeted that he had dedicated his vote to the American Muslim soldier Captain Humayun Khan — the American Muslim soldier killed in combat whose father Khizr spoke movingly about his sacrifice at the Democratic National Convention. That…
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‘#Cohencidence’ Hashtag Trends on Twitter Thanks to David Duke, Assorted Jew Haters
The Jew hatred that has become such a striking feature of the internet made its first major breakthrough in early June. That was when users realized that neo-Nazis had developed a way to mark the presence of Jews on social media by enclosing their names in a set of triple parentheses, also known as the…
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BY THE NUMBERS: How Are Jewish Counties in Florida Voting? (Updated)
Florida is a key swing state in the 2016 presidential election and home to roughly 500,000 Jews (7% of the population), a significant demographic that both Democrats and Republicans see as key to winning the Sunshine State. In 2000, the now infamous hanging chad scandal led to thousands of Jewish voters mistakenly voting for Pat…
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WATCH: Trump Supporter Thinks Candidate Will ‘End Zionism’
When it comes to anti-Semitic dog whistles, some Donald Trump supporters are outdoing the campaign. At a Monday rally in Sarasota, Florida, a young man at the candidate’s rally told a reporter with The Young Turks that he thought the Republican nominee would “end Zionism.” “I like Donald Trump as president, and that’s what we…
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