Criticizing Israel has, for a long time, been tantamount to treason to the Jewish far-right. Georgia Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock took heat in the media this week for his pro-Israel record, which has included criticism of the country’s treatment of Palestinians. So did his fellow Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish. Both men,…
I called Emily a week ago. All I knew about her was that she was 29 years old. She answered the phone in a delightful Southern accent. I asked if she was planning to vote for the Democratic candidates, Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. “No, sir,” she said, “I’m voting for Perdue.” Bingo, I…
When you finish a book of Torah, as we did this past Shabbat, we utter the phrase “Hazak, Hazak, V’nithazek. From strength to strength, may we be strengthened.” On the eve of the election, this feels like the perfect blessing for this moment. This is a time where we must find resilience. In a time…
Jon Ossoff, the Jewish Democrat trying to oust one of two United States Senators in Georgia’s runoff elections on Tuesday, doubled down on his accusations that Sen. Kelly Loeffler is dangerously racist during a CNN appearance on Sunday. Though Ossoff is technically running against Sen. David Perdue, while the Rev, Raphael Warnock is challenging Loeffler,…
Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections on Tuesday have drawn intense national attention, as they will determine which party controls the Upper House. They also have several significant Jewish storylines. The Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, each raised more than $100 million between mid-October and mid-December, compared to $68 million and $64…
Turn on a TV in Georgia and you’re likely to see a clip pulled from one of the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s old sermons, painting him as a religious extremist. Grainy footage shows him pumping his fist up and down at the podium of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. “Palestinian lives matter!” Warnock, the Democrat trying to…
Sarah Dowling and Justin Meszler may not be old enough to vote, but they’re making an impact in the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff election. “Everyone deserves to have their voice represented in government,” Dowling said. Dowling and Meszler, both 16, are youth volunteers and organizers for “Every Voice, Every Vote,” the Reform movement’s national, non-partisan…
The fate of the United States Senate may hang in the balance of an unlikely political force in Georgia: the Atlanta Jewish vote. Political operatives and election forecasters have zeroed in on the Atlanta metro area and its suburbs as the key sites for Democratic turnout, specifically Fulton, Gwinnett, and Cobb counties. This area happens…
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