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Lena Epstein, the strongly pro-Trump Republican candidate who was harshly criticized by her fellow Jews for inviting a Messianic Jewish “rabbi” to pray at a political rally, has lost her bid to be elected to the House of Representatives in her suburban Detroit district. CNN called the race a little before 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday…
There was precious little that could have compelled Susan Hershberg Adelman to vote against a Democrat in Tuesday’s mid-term elections. To her mind, President Donald Trump has earned continued support in Congress by being the “most pro-Israel president we’ve ever had.” But last week, when Republican congressional hopeful Lena Epstein, who is Jewish, brought in…
What was Lena Epstein thinking? The Jewish Republican congressional candidate was already taking on political water by embracing President Trump, even as his popularity plunges in her suburban Detroit swing district. Then the onetime GOP rising star invited a Messianic Jewish “rabbi” to pray for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre during a heavily…
Vice President Mike Pence was joined by a Jews for Jesus ‘rabbi’ who prayed for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at a Republican campaign rally in Michigan on Monday. Messianic Jewish Rabbi Loren Jacobs of Synagogue Shema Yisrael intoned prayers to “Jesus the Messiah” and denounced the “hate inspired shooting in synagogue in…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Lena Epstein, a Jewish Republican nominee for Congress in Michigan, defended inviting a Messianic Jew to an event that starred Vice President Mike Pence, to say a prayer marking the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. “I invited the prayer because we must unite as a nation — while embracing our religious differences…
A Michigan country club’s board allegedly cancelled a campaign fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Lena Epstein over her support for President Trump, The Detroit News reported. Epstein is running for the GOP nomination in Michigan’s 11th district after co-chairing Trump’s 2016 campaign in the state. Epstein said the fundraiser had been confirmed with the Franklin…
Ahead of election day, the Forward invited three Jews to explain why they will be voting for Donald Trump — and, in particular, to explain why they are undeterred by the charges of sexism, racism and anti-Semitism in Trump’s camp. Here are their responses, in their own words: Joshua Seidel: Trump’s Personality Is Not the Point…
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Will the last Jew left in New York’s congressional delegation be reelected? Will New York’s senior congresswoman receive another term? Or will one of the newcomers upend Manhattan politics?
