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News Dismissing Anti-Semitism Fears, Republican Jews Cheer Trump Victory
On Wednesday, Jewish Republicans took a victory lap. Donald Trump won the presidency. A second Jewish Republican was elected to the House of Representatives. And, most of all, the expected Trump blowout among Jewish voters just didn’t happen. “The bottom line is that the dire predictions… that Donald Trump was going to get the lowest…
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News Bewildered, Anti-Trump Jews Resolve to Mourn, Then Organize
An outcome no one had expected has left the Jewish community’s anti-Trump activists with a sense of disbelief. And while some tried to find a middle road, understanding that from now they’ll have to deal with a Trump administration, for better or worse, others couldn’t get over the political loss. “While we do accept these…
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News After Trump Victory, This Philadelphia Storefront Was Graffitied With Swastika
A few hours after Donald Trump clinched his victory in the presidential contest — also the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht — anti-Semitic graffiti celebrating the leader appeared on a storefront in South Philadelphia. The graffiti included expressions such as “Sieg Heil 2016,” a reference to the “Hail Victory” Nazi slogan, and “Trump,” with the “T”…
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Life So, Um, About the White Female Vote…
Like so many (but not enough) American woman at this moment in time, I sobbed my way through Hillary Clinton’s concession speech. What I feel is despair. And it’s a multifaceted despair: at what it means (women’s-health-wise, for starters) for the GOP to have Congress and the presidency; at what Donald Trump’s win specifically indicates…
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Israel News With Excuse of Obama Gone, Netanyahu Will Face Pressure From Israel’s Ultra-Right
On the morning of Nov. 9, Donald Trump’s upset presidential win was hailed by the nationalist right in Israel, with Education Minister Naftali Bennett proclaiming it the end of the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. But analysts say Israel’s ultra-hawks shouldn’t uncork the champagne just yet — under a Trump presidency, America’s role…
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News BY THE NUMBERS: 3 Key Takeaways from the 2016 Jewish Vote
On Nov 9, the Pew Research Center released its preliminary findings on how religious groups voted in the 2016 presidential election. There are 3 Key Takeaways: Hillary Clinton garnered less of the Jewish vote than Gore, Kerry, or Obama in 2008. 71% of Jews supported the democratic nominee in this year’s election — slightly more…
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News To Talk to Your Child About the Election, Tell Them They Are Safe Even After Donald Trump Won
About 70 percent of Jews voted for Clinton yesterday, and the election results came as a shock to many. But if you are a parent it’s not only your own feelings you need to process, there is also the daunting question about how to explain all this to your children. CNN commentator Van Jones got…
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Community Surviving an Israeli Terror Attack Did Not Prepare Me For Surviving Donald Trump’s Victory
The day that it all happened could have been yesterday. In fact, it really feels like it was. I’m on a bus in Jerusalem, headed to the Tachaneh Markazit to catch another bus to Beit Shemesh. I’m ignoring everyone else on the bus, because that’s what you do when you’re sixteen. You ignore everyone but…
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