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Fast Forward Omar, Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez Endorse Bernie Sanders
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (JTA) — Three of the four members of “The Squad,” the grouping of progressive Democratic freshmen who have stirred excitement and controversy among Democrats and derision among Republicans, are set to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. The Vermont senator, the first Jewish candidate to win presidential nominating contests when he ran in 2016,…
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Opinion The Case For Bernie Sanders, The Only Real Progressive In The Race (Sorry, Warren Fans)
On Wednesday morning, news broke that Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was taking time off from the campaign trail after he had received two stents to the heart. He had felt some chest pain at a rally, which turned out to be a blocked artery. The Senator is currently recovering, and “in good…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders, 78, Is Hospitalized And Cancels Upcoming Campaign Events After Heart Procedure
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders had two stents inserted for an artery blockage after being hospitalized in Las Vegas. A Wednesday statement by Jeff Weaver, an aide to the Vermont Democrat and presidential hopeful, said Sanders had “experienced some chest discomfort” at a Tuesday campaign event. Testing found a single artery blockage and the procedure…
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Opinion The Socialist History That Explains Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness
Since launching his first campaign for the candidacy for the Democratic nomination, there’s been no shortage of ink spilled debating Bernie Sanders’s Jewishness. Scrutiny — often unfair — hinging on Sanders’s criticism of Israel, disinterest in synagogue, and non-Jewish spouse — has turned into an exercise in exclusion. Yet elsewhere, the senator has been seized…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Is Losing The Jewish Vote — And Maybe Everyone Else’s
Jews haven’t been enthusiastic about Bernie Sanders, and other voters appear to be feeling the same way. Sanders’ campaign has been without an Iowa political director since the late summer, and the numbers in the state reflect the struggle, The Washington Post reported. He is polling in third place at 11%, behind Elizabeth Warren (22%)…
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Opinion What Bernie Sanders Is Saying When He Won’t Talk About Being Jewish
You might think that as American Jews are suffering the worst anti-Semitic violence in the history of the United States, they would be taking comfort in the fact that, for the first time, there is a Jewish candidate for president with a non-negligible chance of success. They’re not. It turns out that Jews don’t like…
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Fast Forward Sanders Opens Up About His Judaism — Hebrew School, The Holocaust, And His Dad
Sen. Bernie Sanders, long reluctant to open up about his personal life, revealed more in an interview with Yahoo News about his upbringing in Brooklyn and his Jewish identity. Here’s what we learned: Immigration is personal to him. Yahoo reporter Hunter Walker showed Sanders the passenger manifest from the Lapland, the ship that Sanders’s father…
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Fast Forward Sarsour: I’m Proud To Help Elect Sanders As First Jewish President
(JTA) — Controversial political activist Linda Sarsour has been named a surrogate for Bernie Sander’s 2020 presidential campaign. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American woman who is a supporter of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, spoke on behalf of Sanders over the weekend in Brooklyn, New York, according to a video excerpt of the speech….
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