(JTA) — The left-wing group IfNotNow is trying to make Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians a centerpiece issue of the 2020 Democratic presidential race. IfNotNow, a Jewish group of millennials that protests Israel’s control of the West Bank, on Friday announced that it has launched a 501(c)(4), a non-profit organization concerned with social welfare, “meant to bring…
Officials in a New Hampshire city will not allow a 10-foot menorah to be displayed next to a decorated Christmas tree at a local park, the Associated Press reported. Officials in Durham denied the request of UNH & Seacoast Chabad Jewish Center to place the menorah next to the tree out of concern of vandalism,…
Students in a New Hampshire high school sang a KKK-themed Christmas carol for what was supposedly a school assignment, The Portsmouth Herald reported. Students in a 11th-grade American History class at Dover High School were instructed to write a song from what they learned from the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, Superintendent William Harbron confirmed to…
Levi Sanders lost badly in a Democratic congressional primary in New Hampshire. The son of liberal firebrand Sen. Bernie Sanders badly trailed two frontrunners in the primary to fill the first district’s seat that was left open when incumbent Carol Shea=Porter opted not to seek reelection. Sanders, who couldn’t even lock up his famous dad’s…
Sen. Bernie Sanders has not endorsed his son Levi’s run for Congress in New Hampshire, The Boston Globe reported Thursday. While Bernie Sanders has been actively endorsing other progressive candidates, Levi has not received an explicit endorsement in his run for the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Levi is Sanders’ only biological…
Can Levi Sanders shock the political world like his famous dad (almost) did against Hillary Clinton? The odds may seem stacked against Levi Sanders in his quest to win a crowded Democratic primary in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. There are already seven other Democrats vying for the nomination, one of them has already emerged…
(JTA) — Levi Sanders, the son of Sen. Bernie Sanders, announced that he will run for Congress in New Hampshire. He made the announcement Monday evening, a day after the senator’s stepdaughter Carina Driscoll announced her bid for mayor of Burlington, Vermont, a post once held by Bernie Sanders. Levi Sanders, 48, becomes the eighth…
(JTA) — Levi Sanders, the only son of Sen. Bernie Sanders, said he is considering a run for Congress in New Hampshire. “Oh absolutely, I’m definitely considering it,” the younger Sanders told Vice News of his envisaged bid for the open seat in the 1st District, which is expected to be one of the most…
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