Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the 2020 election. Visit here for the latest news on the candidates running for president. The race began with 25 Democrats and two Republicans, including President Trump, who is running for reelection. There are…
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Fast Forward Sanders Staffer Leaves Campaign Over Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Tweets
(JTA) — A newly hired staff member on Bernie Sander’s 2020 presidential campaign left his job after reports surfaced about past anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets. Darius Khalil Gordon announced on Wednesday that he had joined the Sanders campaign team as deputy director of constituency organizing. The following day, the conservative news website the Washington Free…
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Fast Forward Trump Slams Jews Who ‘Don’t Love Israel Enough’ In Speech To Israeli-Americans
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA) — President Donald Trump slammed American Jews who he said did not sufficiently “love Israel.” “So many of you voted for the people in the last administration. Some day you will have to explain that to me because I don’t think they like Israel too much,” the president said Saturday evening at…
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News Sarsour Saga Shows Sanders’s Continued Struggles With Jewish Voters
A controversy involving a top campaign surrogate is proving to be a setback for Sen. Bernie Sanders as he works to earn more Jewish support ahead of the Iowa Democratic caucus, less than two months away. It’s the latest example of Sanders, the most successful Jewish presidential candidate in American history, drawing anger from Jewish…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s No Longer Good Enough For Us To Be Simply Pro-Israel’
The United States should rethink its policies toward Israel and the Palestinians, Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a Democratic primary debate on Wednesday. “It is no longer good enough for us to be simply pro-Israel,” Sanders said. “I am pro-Israel. But we must treat the Palestinian people as well with the respect and dignity they…
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Israel News Trump’s Shift On Israeli Settlements Won’t Swing Skeptical Jews In 2020
The Trump administration on Monday made its latest policy move that doubled as a bid for Jewish and Evangelical Christian votes ahead of next year’s election, declaring that they would no longer consider Israeli settlements “inconsistent with international law.” Monday’s announcement followed the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, and the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Goes Into Most Detail Yet About Judaism, Israel, Anti-Semitism
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders went into more detail than ever before about his ties to Judaism and Israel in an op-ed for Jewish Currents published Monday. Here are the key takeaways: He warned of the danger of white supremacy: Sanders described how his father’s relatives were killed in the Holocaust, and detailed the…
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News 4 Jewish Things To Know About Michael Bloomberg
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly preparing to run in the Democratic presidential primary, after floating and then dropping the idea earlier this year. Here’s a brief overview of some aspects of his Jewish record and background. He had a Jewish upbringing: Bloomberg grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, the son of William,…
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Fast Forward Omar Endorses Sanders: ‘I Am Proud To Stand With The Son Of A Jewish Refugee’
(JTA) — Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in her home state of Minnesota, offering a strong endorsement that noted his Jewishness. An estimated 10,000 supporters attended the Sunday night event for the Vermont senator at the University of Minnesota. Omar, also a Democrat, endorses the Boycott, Divestment…
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