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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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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Congratulate Donald Trump — Plead for Unity
— President-elect Donald Trump’s first priority must be to “address the wounds of an extraordinarily divisive contest,” the American Jewish Committee said in a congratulatory statement. “American democracy has spoken after a long and bitterly-fought campaign,” David Harris, the group’s CEO, said in a statement released Wednesday morning. “We wish President-elect Trump well as he…
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Opinion After Kristallnacht, My Grandmother Hoped We’d Shatter a Different Glass on Election Day
November 9th, 1938 On this day, my grandmother, living in Leipzig, Germany woke up to shattered glass. It was the morning after Kristallnacht, the night where Nazi sympathizers burnt synagogues, smashed windows, and let the Jewish people know once and for all they were not welcome in Germany. My grandmother’s love for Germany and German…
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Fast Forward New York Senator Chuck Schumer Is the Most Powerful Democrat in Congress — Now What?
It’s a frequent gag in Washington, D.C. that there’s no more dangerous place to be than between New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a camera. Schumer will have to use his skills with the press next January, as he becomes Senate minority leader in a town where both houses of Congress and the presidency will…
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Community Powerful Israeli Advice for Coping with Post Election Day Blues
At this time of devastation and grief it is better to hug, hold hands, exercise and eat well. But since we have already begun a new day in Israel after a restless night, I will offer these words: What you in America are going through is what we have experienced for the past 40 years….
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Fast Forward 23 Jews Elected to House of Representatives — Up From 19
WASHINGTON — The Jewish contingent to the U.S. House of Representatives grew from 19 to 23 in Tuesday’s elections, doubling its Republican representation from one to two. Five Jews overall were newly elected to the House, while one Jewish congressman in Florida is retiring. The Senate Jewish contingent dropped from nine to eight. Three Democrats…
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