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Fast Forward Alan Grayson Becomes First Jewish Lawmaker To Endorse Bernie Sanders
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., is the first Jewish member of Congress to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in his presidential bid. Grayson, who is running his own anti-establishment bid for the Democratic nomination for senator in Florida, becomes one of just five Democrats endorsing Sanders, who also is Jewish. Another is Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.,…
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Fast Forward Does Bernie Sanders Still Have Path to Victory?
(JTA) — Hillary Rodham Clinton won decisively on Super Tuesday, but failed to sweep all the states at stake on the biggest day of the presidential primaries. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won four state Democratic contests, giving him a total of five after he took New Hampshire last month. Is this the beginning of the end…
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Opinion Why Bernie Sanders Would’ve Been the Perfect One To Beat Trump — But Won’t Get Chance
Super Tuesday has confirmed the front-runner status of the two most disliked people in presidential politics this year. That’s according to a CNN poll released the morning of March 1. It showed Hillary Clinton with a 42%-to-55% favorable-unfavorable rating, surpassed only by Donald Trump at 37%-to-60%. Even among Democrats, only 36% find Clinton “honest and…
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Culture Meet The Man Behind @BernieThoughts
Scrolling through the parody twitter account @BernieThoughts is a little bit like having an intimate one-on-one exchange with Bernie Sanders. Only instead of him griping about the middle class and the 1%, he’s debating suspicious-looking vegetables, the uselessness of belts and the fact that Italy probably needs to stick to just three types of pasta….
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News Levi Sanders Tiptoes Out of Shadows As Bernie’s Only Son
Levi Sanders is so far away from the political limelight that until his father began to gain momentum in his presidential bid, the press couldn’t even figure out the identity of his mother. The only biological son of Jewish presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Levi (pronounced LEH-vee, as in the biblical tribe name) has recently made…
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News Meet the College Student Who Got Bernie Sanders To Open Up About Being Jewish
It’s no secret that Bernie Sanders has been a bit reluctant to explicitly discuss his Jewish identity during his presidential campaign. So it jumped out at us when University of Chicago student Chelsea Fine got him to open up a bit on Thursday night at a nationally televised town hall session on MSNBC. To the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Opens Up on Jewish Heritage at Chicago Town Hall
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders opened up about his Jewish heritage at a University of Chicago town hall on Thursday. A Jewish student asked Sanders to speak about his faith during the event broadcast by MSNBC, noting that Sanders had been reticent about discussing his Judaism. “Obviously, being Jewish is very, very important to me,”…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Keeps Talking About Being Jewish. Why Won’t We Listen?
There are plenty of things that Bernie Sanders’ presidential candidacy may represent in the arc of American Jewish history. He’s already the first Jew to win a presidential primary. He might even make history and win the brass ring, though it seems unlikely right now. But there’s one thing that is already certain: The Sanders…
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