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Life How Do I Feel Voting For a First Female President? Angry (and J’Accuse-y) that it Took So Long
As I hope many of you did as well, I voted for Hillary Clinton this morning. I wish I could say that this was a moving, overwhelming, emotionally fulfilling experience. But… not so much? I was beyond excited to vote for Clinton – for someone with her experience, qualifications, and positions on numerous issues. But…
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Fast Forward Win or Lose, Alt Right Sees Happy Days Ahead
Whether Donald Trump wins or loses the presidential election, white nationalists are riding high. They have made gains mainstreaming their movement, they say, and establishing a beachhead from which to advance their agenda. “Trump has shown that our message is healthy, normal and organic — and millions of Americans agree with us,” Matthew M. Heimbach,…
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Israel News What Does Trump’s Underperformance in Israel Mean for His Chances Stateside?
Republicans Overseas Israel promised a landslide vote for Donald Trump among Israelis with American citizenship, but exit polling last week demonstrated a much weaker showing than the campaign team predicted. Trump’s relatively thin display among American-Israelis — a demographic that in recent years has gone solidly Republican — could portend disaster for him as voters…
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Fast Forward T’ruah Rabbis Release Election Day Prayer
— T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights has released a prayer that can be recited before voting and while waiting for election returns. “A Meditation on Voting” asks to be guided toward peace during this election season. “By voting, we commit to being full members of society, to accepting our individual responsibility for the good…
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Fast Forward After Shiva, a Poignant Tribute to Grandma at (Natch!) President and Clinton Streets
Lucille Goldman passed away last week at 91, a few days after casting her absentee vote for Hillary Clinton. After her shiva ended this morning, Lucille’s granddaughter, Adina Lerner, matched a blue pantsuit with one of Lucille’s necklaces, and took a walk down the block to see President Clinton. That’s the intersection of President Street…
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News This Ultra-Orthodox Jew Dedicated His Vote to Slain Muslim Soldier Humayun Khan
At the end of an election filled with divisiveness, Yosef Rapaport didn’t know what to expect when he tweeted that he had dedicated his vote to the American Muslim soldier Captain Humayun Khan — the American Muslim soldier killed in combat whose father Khizr spoke movingly about his sacrifice at the Democratic National Convention. That…
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News ‘#Cohencidence’ Hashtag Trends on Twitter Thanks to David Duke, Assorted Jew Haters
The Jew hatred that has become such a striking feature of the internet made its first major breakthrough in early June. That was when users realized that neo-Nazis had developed a way to mark the presence of Jews on social media by enclosing their names in a set of triple parentheses, also known as the…
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News BY THE NUMBERS: How Are Jewish Counties in Florida Voting? (Updated)
Florida is a key swing state in the 2016 presidential election and home to roughly 500,000 Jews (7% of the population), a significant demographic that both Democrats and Republicans see as key to winning the Sunshine State. In 2000, the now infamous hanging chad scandal led to thousands of Jewish voters mistakenly voting for Pat…
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