‘Your rabbi wants you to vote’: Jews vote, wait for news and worry over future of democracy
Jewish voters have ranked democracy as a more important electoral concern than the economy
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News In LA, like New York, one candidate has courted the Orthodox community. Will it lift him to victory?
Hard-line positions on homelessness, law enforcement and Israel have made Rick Caruso lawn signs ubiquitous in Orthodox neighborhoods
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Fast Forward Doug Mastriano serenaded with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ parody
Is the Republican pandering to the Jews he's accused of dog whistling?
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Fast Forward ‘I know Bibi very well’: Schumer says Democrats will work closely with Netanyahu’s new government
The Senate Democratic leader and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the favorite to become the party’s House leader, hailed Israel’s democracy in wake of the election that saw the rise of extreme nationalists.
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News Preview: The midterm election that could increase Jewish representation
The balance of power in the U.S. Senate hangs on the outcome of a number of battleground states
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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 Here’s why J Street isn’t focusing on Israel ahead of midterm elections
“J Street is not a two-state solution organization, that's a mistaken premise,” Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street's founding director, said in an interview
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Israel News For some Americans who moved to Israel, this week’s election results are conjuring 2016 deja vu
Liberal American immigrants said they are heartbroken by the right’s success the way they were when Donald Trump was elected in the United States
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