This is the Forward’s coverage of political elections.
Election
The Latest
-
Opinion Hillary Clinton and the Jewish Imperative to Protect Reproductive Rights
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Throughout the presidential campaign, we’ve had many reminders of where the two candidates stand on the issues of women’s health and reproductive rights. The contrast could not be clearer. Hillary Clinton has been a champion for women’s rights throughout her…
-
Opinion Whoever is Elected, Roe v. Wade is Unlikely to Change. Here’s Why.
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Despite the fact that Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land for 43 years, access to abortion is still one of the major issues impacting many Americans’ vote during Presidential election years. On the Left, voters refuse…
-
Opinion By Supporting Donald Trump, Russian Jews Are Betraying Their Beliefs
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. In March 2012, less than a year before his reelection, Barack Obama was caught on a hot mic assuring Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that he just needed some space and time to comply with Russia’s requests to scale back missile…
-
The Schmooze Hillary Clinton is ‘The Most Interesting Woman in the World.’ Just Ask James Franco.
James Franco wants you to vote for Hillary Clinton, and he’s come up with a novel way to sell her candidacy — producing a commercial that presents her as “the most interesting woman in the world.” In the ad — a spoof on Dos Equis beer’s “Most Interesting Man in the World” spots — Franco narrates…
-
Opinion Donald Trump’s Plan for Immigrants Should Scare The Hell Out of Jews
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump opened his presidential campaign by calling the United States “a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.” He famously proclaimed that Mexico is not sending “their best” across the border, that Mexican immigrants are drug dealers, criminals and rapists….
-
Fast Forward Ku Klux Klan Newspaper Joins Sheldon Adelson in Endorsing Donald Trump
Only six newspapers across America have endorsed Donald Trump, according to a Politico count. The largest among them is the Sheldon Adelson-owned Las Vegas Review Journal. Now, Trump can add another newspaper endorsement to the list, though this is one he will likely not celebrate. The Ku Klux Klan’s official publication, The Crusader, which is…
-
Israel News Pussy Panties Take Shot at Trump From Tel Aviv Lingerie Shop
A discount lingerie shop in Tel Aviv’s gritty bus station has made an unexpected political statement about the American elections with a sale on pussy panties — women’s underwear printed with a photograph of cat’s face and neck in the crotch area. I first spotted the panties last week and they seemed to me the…
-
News Sheldon Adelson Is Back in the Mega-Donor Game with $25M Anti-Clinton Donation
Sheldon Adelson just dropped a money bomb on the presidential race, Fox News reported Monday night. Adelson committed $25 million to a Super PAC that is running anti-Hillary Clinton ads in swing states. And Fox says he’s looking to spend up to $25 million more before Election Day. The reported donations came days after Donald…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News When observant Jews gathered to challenge Israel orthodoxy, verbal sparring and walkouts ensued
- 2
Opinion Trump has forced an impossible choice on American synagogues amid antisemitic attacks
- 3
Fast Forward Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack dead after ramming car into temple, police say
- 4
Opinion The one crucial domain in which Iran outwitted Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture This initiative is helping Israeli war survivors heal through art – and is making therapy cool
-
Fast Forward Israel says slain brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander
-
Fast Forward Amsterdam Jewish school bombed, in 2nd attack in days on Dutch Jewish institution
-
Opinion Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
