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Fast Forward 70% of Jews Backed Hillary Clinton: J Street Poll
WASHINGTON ( — Seventy percent of Jewish voters favored Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, with 25 percent opting for Donald Trump, according to a poll. The national survey, which was commissioned by J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, again showed a community that trends more Democratic than the general population. Clinton…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Has ‘Nothing Polite to Say’ After Donald Trump Win
Bernie Sanders set aside his grievances with Hillary Clinton during the general election, crisscrossing the nation on behalf of his ex-primary rival. He’s keeping his silence, though, in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the November election. “We have nothing polite to say,” Sanders adviser told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny on Wednesday, refusing to…
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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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Life Hillary Clinton’s Defeat Reminds Me of Sexism Within Orthodox Judaism
Last night, around 11 PM, I called my family who lives in California to hear how they were reacting to the election results. My father, a man who has strong conservative values and cares little for being politically correct, has been a Donald supporter from the start. He’s well aware that his daughter, who spent…
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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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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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Opinion I Bought a Gun Because of Donald Trump’s Anti-Semites — But I See Reason for Hope
This has been the most surreal election of my lifetime. The feeling of confidence slowly replaced by dread and despair as we watched Donald Trump slog toward the Republican nomination on primary nights repeated itself on election night, but on a much greater scale. Now the rest of the country understands the error in underestimating…
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Opinion What Does It Mean To Be Jewish in Donald Trump’s America?
The question before liberal American Jews — and that is most of America’s Jews — is whether we have a place in Donald Trump’s America. Let’s put aside for the moment, if that’s possible, all the racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant hate unleashed during this campaign and deal with the issues that underlined Trump’s improbable win. On…
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