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Life I’ll Always Be With Bernie — But Here’s Why I’m Voting for Hillary
I’ve been a Bernie Sanders acolyte for years, and have watched in awe during the last 12 months as he took his rightful place as the progressive leader of our time. He showed up exactly when we needed him, taking the smashed mantle of the Occupy Wall Street movement and bringing millions of millennial voters…
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News Why Rabbi Julie Schonfeld Saw ‘Lot of Familiar Faces’ at Historic DNC Benediction
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld watched Bernie Sanders speak to a restive Philadelphia crowd on Monday night on the monitors backstage at the Wells Fargo Center. The executive vice president since 2009 of the Rabbinical Assembly, which represents Conservative rabbis, Schonfeld was slated to follow Sanders with a closing benediction to end the first night of the…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders Looks Like Everyone’s Jewish Grandpa in Adorable Democratic Convention Video Clip
Bernie Sanders doesn’t try to be your cute Jewish grandpa, he just is. Last night, as Sanders waited for his big speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the cameras caught the former presidential candidate in the audience dropping his speech. That moment was adorable, but it was only a matter of time before…
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News Bernie Sanders Caps Historic Campaign With Plea for Unity — Will It Be Enough?
Concluding a tumultuous day at the Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders delivered a strong message of support for Hillary Clinton, meant not only at rallying Democrats behind the presumptive nominee but also at quelling a sense of unrest among his backers that had threatened to overshadow the convention. “Based on her ideas and her leadership…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman Tells Bernie Sanders Diehards: ‘You’re Being Ridiculous’
Comedian Sarah Silverman chided diehard supporters of Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention — but only succeeded in riling up the ‘Bernie or bust’ crowd. Sharing the stage with Sen. Al Franken to introduce singer Paul Simon, Silverman pleaded with Sanders fans to stop booing any mention of Hillary Clinton or Democratic unity. She…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Booed for Telling Supporters To Back Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders on Monday urged his supporters to back Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in her White House bid, drawing jeers and shouts of “We want Bernie” in a show of discord as the party kicked off its national convention. The boos underscored the deeply felt anger his convention delegates feel at both Clinton’s win and…
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News 5 Things To Expect When Bernie Sanders Speaks at the Democratic Convention
The Democrats were prepared to kick off their convention in Philadelphia Monday with a confident show of party unity, highlighted by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ prime-time speech. However, following a weekend of devastating leaks of party emails and with massive protests gathering outside the convention arena, projecting unity may be all but impossible. Speaking under the…
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Opinion I Won’t Cry Over Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Fall From Power
I don’t know Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was just forced to resign as the head of the Democratic National Committee, but I always secretly identified with her. We are both ambitious New York-born Jewish women of modest height and outsized energy, with three children — and very curly hair. But I’d like to believe, especially…
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