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Biden the Biblical: Sacred echoes of our new president’s past
The race to the White House between President Trump and Joe Biden has finally reached its conclusion with a Biden victory. This race was not about policy, though. It was about character, and Biden’s victory represents the triumph of decency over its opposite. But there’s another aspect of Biden’s personal story that hasn’t been as…
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Opinion 5 major (progressive) Trump achievements for Biden to build on
One of the surprises of the 2020 election was seeing President Trump, a man demonized as the embodiment of America’s enduring white supremacy, double his support among Black men. The man who promised a Muslim immigration ban also made inroads with Muslims, getting as much as 35% of their votes, according to some exit polls….
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Opinion Joe Biden must lead in Jonathan Sacks’ spirit
Some days the news moves so quickly that time seems to slow down. Saturday was one such day, with news networks finally calling the Presidential race for Joe Biden after days of waiting. Delirium ensued in major U.S. cities, along with denial in the White House. But there was another update that felt like a…
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Opinion Editorial | Biden’s victory is good for all Jews
The most important thing Joe Biden said or did during this campaign was talk about what got him into it: Charlottesville. “It was a wake-up call for us as a country,” Biden said as he accepted the Democratic presidential nomination this summer, as well as a personal call to action. “My father taught us that…
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Opinion The real election lesson for Jews: American and Israeli Jews are no longer one people
There’s a number that sums up the yawning and growing gap dividing American and Israeli Jews right now. That number is 77. That’s the percentage of American Jewish voters who chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump in this week’s election, according to a preliminary exit poll from J Street. Coincidentally, the number 77 pops up…
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Opinion Hey, we’re less divided than everyone else — and your weekend reads
This is an adaptation of our weekly Shabbat newsletter, sent by our editor-in-chief on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here to download and print a PDF of Your Weekend Reads. So many words have been written this week, some of them by me,…
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Opinion The center is winning. That’s a good thing.
Election 2020 is in no rush, but all nerve-wracking things must eventually come to an end. Appropriately enough for Scranton’s favorite son, word has gone out from Pennsylvania that Joe Biden has pulled decisively ahead. Votes are still being counted, but the Trump presidency is over. Joe Biden will be the next President of the…
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Opinion Why millennial Jews like me aren’t ‘Jewish voters’
When I sat down to write a piece about the millennial Jewish reaction to the election results, I found myself surprisingly stymied. I work in Jewish media for goodness sake; I must have a reaction on the Jewish issues in this election. Which were what, again? It’s not that I’m unfazed by the election; like…
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Opinion Uncertainty is the new normal – and the best possible election outcome
A week ago, all of the experts and pundits and polls were telling us the same thing: The election was a done deal, and it would be a blowout. Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats were winning big. They were going to make gains in the House, win the Senate, and possibly turning Texas…
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Opinion Antisemitism is the biggest issue for Jews. Why did it never come up during the election?
The end is nigh (thank God!). This election cycle is finally coming to a close. But despite the endlessness of the 2020 presidential election, and the microscopic attention paid to a never-ending list of topics irrelevant to the lives of American voters, one issue that is of utmost importance received scant attention: rising antisemitism. It’s…
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Opinion Millennial Jews are traumatized.
On Monday, the night before what felt like the most consequential election in my lifetime, I saw photos of a Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan that had been vandalized with slogans reading “Trump” and “MAGA” in red spray paint. Trump was preparing to fly to Grand Rapids that evening for his very final campaign…
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News Why was Netanyahu wearing a QR code at the UN, and where did it lead?
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