There is no sugarcoating it — these are the darkest days for Republican Jews like myself. Donald Trump, the most likely Republican candidate for president, has built within our party the nearest thing America has ever seen to a European nativist working class political movement. Such movements, to put it mildly, have never been good…
After appearing only as an extra in the nine previous engagements, Israel took center stage at the Republican debate Houston on Thursday night. Cast for the first time in a leading role, Israel served as a litmus test to ascertain the devotion of the GOP candidates to cherished conservative principles but mainly as a baseball…
The two Republican candidates with the most momentum going into the New Hampshire primary are eager to bring God with them on the campaign trail. There’s Ted Cruz, who is the son of an evangelical preacher and often sounds like one himself, opening his victory speech in Iowa with “To God Be the Glory!” and…
What’s a moderate Republican — that is, most Jewish Republicans — to do? With Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ascendant, moderate hopes have flitted from Jeb Bush to Marco Rubio and now to John Kasich. In fact, however, there’s only one hope for moderate Republicans: Bernie Sanders. Let me explain. First, Rubio is no moderate….
Marco Rubio spent last week dashing across Iowa, shaking hands, kissing babies (do people still do that?), persuading voters and… learning some Yiddish? In preparation for Monday night’s Iowa caucus, Marco Rubio ran across Yarmulke entrepreneur and peace-loving loving Jew, Marc Daniels, who offered to give Rubio the bump in the polls he so needed….
There are a lot of ways to be an American, but for a long time it seemed there was only one way to be an American running for the Republican nomination for the presidency: Have deep roots in America and a storied American family. John McCain’s father and grandfather were both four-star admirals in the…
WASHINGTON — Sheldon and Miriam Adelson each gave the maximum $2,700 to the presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, suggesting the power couple was leaning toward endorsing the Texas senator in the Republican race. The Adelsons’ donations, the maximum allowed for direct donations to a campaign, were reported in various media on Sunday after they were…
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Why in a Rand Paul attack ad targeting Marco Rubio, that’s where. The Jewish composer of the theme music to the children’s educational game, “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” is suing the Paul campaign for using his song to go after Rubio for his record of…
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