In race rife with antisemitism, Josh Shapiro becomes Pennsylvania’s next governor
Doug Mastriano, Shapiro's Republican rival and a leader in the movement to overturn the 2020 presidential election, embraced both Messianic Jews and antisemitic tropes
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Culture How Doug Mastriano is embracing Messianic Judaism to deflect accusations of antisemitism
Blowing shofars at rallies and including blessings from Messianic rabbis, Christians are trying to define what it means to be a Jew
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Fast Forward ‘God willing’: Josh Shapiro closes race for Pennsylvania governor with optimism
Former President Barack Obama used the Yiddish term ‘Oy vey’ during a campaign rally to describe Shapiro’s rival, Doug Mastriano, a Christian nationalist who has repeated antisemitic tropes
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News Josh Shapiro traces bid for Pennsylvania governor to his childhood work for Soviet Jews
In an interview, Shapiro says this is the first time a Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, presents an ‘existential threat’ to democracy
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Fast Forward Shapiro highlights Mastriano’s ties to antisemitic social media platform in new TV ads
The Democratic nominee suggests his Republican rival’s association with Gab disqualifies him from serving as governor of Pennsylvania
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Fast Forward Democrat Josh Shapiro boasts Republican Jewish support in close race for Pennsylvania governor
10 former and current Republican state officials called Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee for governor, ‘extreme’ and ‘dangerous’
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Fast-Rising Star in Pennsylvania Politics This summer, Pennsylvania’s Jewish Attorney General unveiled one of the most shocking documents in the history of the international clergy abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Standing in front of a dozen sexual abuse victims, Josh Shapiro announced the release of a 1,400-page grand jury report that claimed church leaders…
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