The latest on Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Senator from Vermont.
The latest on Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Senator from Vermont.
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News Jill Stein Trumpets Jewish Pride — but Falls Flat With Actual Jewish Voters
Jill Stein may forever hold the title of first Jewish woman presidential candidate, but Jewish voters refuse to embrace her as a historic figure. Nationally, between 3% and 5% of voters say they will cast their ballot for Stein, 66. That’s not a figure that would draw any attention under ordinary circumstances. But in an…
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News Catskills Congressional Candidate Takes Aim at Republican Donor Paul Singer
Eliminating the middleman, a Democratic candidate for a upstate New York seat in Congress is going after her Republican rival’s financial backer, Jewish billionaire Paul Singer. Zephyr Teachout, a progressive Democrat running for an open seat in New York’s 19th congressional district, has challenged Singer to debate her personally after the hedge fund titan sunk…
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News In Florida Congressional Primary, Sanders and Clinton Pick Proxy Fight
Despite an attempt to show party unity at the Democratic convention last month, the fight between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton continues to rage, this time in Florida. On Tuesday, Sanders sent out a fundraising email that said beating Rep. Wasserman Schultz in the Florida primary will send “a clear message about the power…
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Breaking News Email Questioning Sanders’ Jewish Faith ‘Unacceptable,’ Wasserman Schultz Says
— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who resigned as chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention over leaked emails, denounced an exchange between staffers that proposed questioning Bernie Sanders’ belief in God. “There was one very unfortunate, unacceptable, outrageous email exchange — that I was not a party to — that discussed using Senator Sanders’ faith, a…
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Opinion The Bernie Sanders Campaign as a Pivotal Episode in Jewish History
The summer issue of the British journal Jewish Quarterly has a long essay by yours truly, looking at the presidential campaign as a significant episode in Jewish history — primarily in terms of the Sanders campaign and the Trump phenomenon. JQ has a pretty stiff paywall, so they’ve generously given me permission to post my…
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News Ben of Ben & Jerry’s Still Voting for Bernie, ‘But Maybe You Shouldn’t’
Unlike the Bernie Sanders supporters who insist everyone should vote for him come November even though he’s not the Democratic nominee for president, Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen is thinking strategically. He despises Hillary Clinton, but he believes Donald Trump to be a “huge evil” and a unique threat to American democracy, and says…
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News Jill Stein Picks Up Pro-Palestinian Rally Cry After Bernie Sanders Defeat
Jill Stein is hoping to pick up the mantle of Bernie Sanders’s leftist revolution — and she’s not afraid to openly slam Hillary Clinton on Israel. The Green Party presidential candidate is pushing sharply divergent positions on the Palestinians, U.S. military aid to Israel, Sheldon Adelson, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Two weeks ago, when…
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Opinion How Bernie Sanders Flipped the ‘Crotchety Jewish Socialist’ Script on Hillary Clinton
After a chaotic, crisis-ridden day of jeering Bernie Sanders supporters, hacked emails (what is it about Hillary Clinton and emails, anyway?) and a party leader humiliatingly deposed, the Democratic Party formally opened its Philadelphia convention on July 25 and quickly melted into rapture. For most onlookers, first lady Michelle Obama opened the emotional floodgates late…
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