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The Schmooze Jeff Goldblum and the ‘Saturday Night Seder’ crew really want young Jews to vote
For the past several months, actress Beanie Feldstein has been hunkering down with her parents and phonebanking up a storm. Songwriter Hannah Friedman has been composing ditties at the behest of the Biden campaign. “Queer Eye” star Tan France, when he’s not cyber-stalking Beanie Feldstein, has been telling everyone he knows to vote. All three…
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Community When conversations with friends can have real power
It can often feel pointless to talk about politics with someone who disagrees with you; it can lead to a heated argument in which neither side budges. Especially with friends and family, many people opt to avoid the conversation to protect the relationship. But those conversations are the most impactful. Below, Jonah Sanderson, a rabbinic…
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Fast Forward Poll finds American Jews set to vote overwhelmingly for Joe Biden
(JTA) — Jewish voters are set to vote 75% to 22% for Joe Biden, according to a poll by the American Jewish Committee. The poll released Monday shows the Democratic nominee expanding his support among Jewish voters from a 67-30 split in a poll last month and it includes other signs that President Donald Trump…
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Fast Forward Biden Leads Trump 67-30 among Jewish voters
(JTA) — A survey of Jewish voters shows 67 percent plan to vote for Joe Biden in November and 30 percent plan to vote for Donald Trump. The numbers in the survey released Monday by the Jewish Electorate Institute broke the same way when voters were asked about President Trump’s performance: 67 percent said they…
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Fast Forward A Jewish progressive, loses bid to oust powerful Massachusetts incumbent
(JTA) — Alex Morse, a 31-year-old gay Jewish progressive, lost his bid to oust a powerful incumbent, Rep. Richard Neal, in a closely watched Democratic primary in Massachusetts. In the 1st Congressional District race on Tuesday, the conservative Neal held a lead of nearly 20 percentage points over the mayor of Holyoke as of Wednesday…
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Fast Forward Pompeo cancels plan to film Trump ad in Israel
(JTA) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled plans to film a campaign ad in Israel to encourage Americans living there to vote for President Donald Trump. The decision not to participate in the campaign by Republicans Overseas Israel followed the uproar over Pompeo’s prerecorded message from Jerusalem to last week’s Republican National Convention, and…
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Community Why young Jews like me need to vote for Joe Biden
Despite our reputation for recklessness, many young people are making incredible sacrifices to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus. Yet there is one risk that no amount of hand-washing or mask-wearing can protect us against — the pandemic’s economic impact. My peers who graduated from top colleges last spring were supposed to be hotly sought-after…
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Fast Forward Kamala Harris will speak to the Jewish community in virtual event
(JTA) — Sen. Kamala Harris, newly nominated as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, will hold a “Virtual Conversation with the American Jewish Community.” Harris will be joined at the Aug. 26 campaign event by her Jewish husband, Doug Emhoff. It will be the California senator’s introduction to the Jewish community as the running mate of…
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