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Opinion Bernie Sanders’ Oped Settles It: You Can Be Both Progressive And Zionist
On Monday, the left-wing Jewish Currents news organization posted an op-ed by Senator Bernie Sanders on fighting anti-Semitism in America today. It speaks mainly to his progressive supporters in the Jewish community and articulates his progressive Zionist position on the Israeli occupation. It is a call for American Jews to recognize that the threat of…
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Opinion Senator Sanders, Fighting Anti-Semitism Requires Actions, Not Just Universalist Promises
You’d be excused if, like me, you felt as if Bernie Sanders‘s op-ed on Jews and anti-Semitism seemed oddly familiar. A hundred years ago, in a country far, far away, a group of left-wing revolutionaries sought to win over millions of Jews with their universalist message. Jews, they said, should give up their particularist concerns…
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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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Opinion Bernie Would Have Been My Zeyde’s Candidate. He’s My Children’s, Too.
I have no idea what my parents, both lifelong liberal Democrats, would have made of the current unwieldy crop of presidential candidates. But about my maternal grandfather, Max Blustein, I have no doubt. I’m certain my Zeyde, who died in 1969 when I was in college, would have been unwavering in support of Bernie Sanders,…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Is The Only Presidential Candidate Who Truly Cares About Palestinian Lives
The 2019 J Street Conference, held last week in Washington, was the first time in recent memory that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was openly discussed and critically assessed in the mainstream American public sphere. Historically, presidential candidates on both sides of the political spectrum have been deaf to Palestinian grievances, blind to Israel’s injustices and defensive…
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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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News At J Street Conference, Democratic Candidates Pressed On Cutting Israel Aid
This story has been updated with J Street’s statement. Democratic presidential candidates diverged on Monday over the question of whether to condition United States military aid on Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, which activists at the annual J Street conference here in Washington seem to be trying to make something of a wedge issue in…
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Fast Forward Israel Aid Cuts ‘On The Table’ For 3 Of Top 4 Democratic Candidates
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday that she would be open to cutting military aid to Israel, making her the latest leading figure in the Democratic presidential primary to make such a statement. Sen. Elizabeth Warren: “It is the official policy of the United States of America to support a two-state solution, and if Israel…
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