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News Bernie Sanders went to ‘war’ with AIPAC. Now the pro-Israel lobby is pushing back.
‘Bernie can‘t accept the fact that a majority of progressive Democrats in America are pro-Israel,’ said Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for United Democracy Project
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Books Bernie Sanders took pride in being a Jewish presidential candidate, a former aide says
In a memoir, Ari Rabin-Havt writes about Sanders’ reluctance to discuss his Judaism in public
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News Bernie Sanders vs. Queens Jewish community: A race to watch in the City Council’s special election
Voters in the New York City’s 24th Council District are heading to the polls on Tuesday to elect their representative for the remainder of the term of former Councilman Rory Lancman, who took a job in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration. With eight candidates running, the race is a test of the city’s new rank-choice election…
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Culture The Bernie Sanders meme was an antidote to political branding — until it became a commodity
When my boyfriend sent me the first of hundreds of Bernie Sanders mittens memes I have consumed in the past 10 days, I was watching inauguration coverage and writing about Ella Emhoff’s coat. I knew there were going to be a lot of great coats, and I enjoyed every minute I spent thinking about them:…
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Culture Bernie Sanders in his mittens is all of us
While many on Twitter obsessed over important inauguration fashion moments such as how great Michelle Obama looked, Gaga’s brooch and, of course, Ella Emhoff’s sparkly-shouldered coat, most of the internet’s attention was focused on a picture of Bernie Sanders, hunkered down in a folding chair and bundled up in a puffy coat and enormous mittens….
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bernie Sanders leads Senate Democrats’ push for $2,000 relief checks
Bernie Sanders’ signature cranky Brooklynite affect is getting a big workout on Tuesday as the senator, an independent from Vermont, leads the Democrats’ effort to put Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a very tough position. That Sanders and the Democrats can press McConnell at all is thanks to President Donald Trump, who started talking…
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News Biden names Ron Klain chief of staff; more Jewish picks expected
President-elect Joe Biden named Ron Klain, a Jewish attorney and longtime Democratic operative, to be chief of staff in his new administration Wednesday night. Klain served in the same role during Biden’s vice presidency, and also managed the Obama White House’s response to the Ebola outbreak. “Ron has been invaluable to me over the many…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Who saw Election Day uncertainty coming? Bernie.
Sen. Bernie Sanders predicted the uncertainty that has now enveloped the United States presidential election. “You’re going to have a situation, I suspect, in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, other states where they are going to be receiving huge amounts of mail-in ballots,” said the Jewish senator from Vermont, whom Joe Biden defeated in the…
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