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News From HUD secretary to NYC mayor? Shaun Donovan’s path infused with Jewish ethos
One summer in the early 1980s, Shaun Donovan and his sister Justine – both high school students at the time – traveled to Eastern Europe to visit the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. For Donovan, now a candidate for mayor of New York in the June 22 Democratic primaries, visiting the historic sites had a…
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News Jewish progressive group endorses Brad Lander in NYC comptroller race
Brad Lander, a candidate for comptroller of New York City, is expected to receive the endorsement of a leading Jewish progressive group on Thursday. Lander is in a crowded race to become the city’s chief fiscal watchdog in the June 22 Democratic primary. Lander, a Brooklyn Councilmember, is the first citywide candidate to be endorsed…
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News Andrew Yang regrets ‘poor choice of words on BDS’ at Muslim-American forum
Andrew Yang, one of the leading candidates in the New York City mayoral race, clarified his stance on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in a statement to the Forward amid backlash and confusion over recent statements on the matter. “BDS does not recognize the right of Israel to exist,” Yang said on Friday. “Not…
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News SCOOP: NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang to be endorsed by Queens Jewish lawmaker
Andrew Yang, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, is expected to get a boost in his effort to lock in the Jewish voting blocs with the endorsement of one of the youngest and most influential Jewish politicians in New York. Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal told the Forward that he will endorse…
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News How ranked-choice voting might affect the historic influence of NYC’s Orthodox voting bloc
Andrew Yang promised he would not take action on secular education in yeshivas. Eric Adams visited a Brooklyn yeshiva to learn about how it teaches science, math and English. Ray McGuire hosted a roundtable with rabbis in which he boasted about his comfort level praying at the Western Wall. These are just a few examples…
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News NYC mayoral candidate Ray McGuire hosts roundtable with rabbis, asks for their prayers
Ray McGuire has a rich resume and a political war chest to compete in the crowded New York city mayoral contest. The former Citigroup executive has raised more than $5 million since announcing his candidacy in December. But as he is polling in the single digits behind leading candidates with more name recognition, McGuire may…
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Fast Forward Susan Lerner apologizes for calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist’ voting bloc
Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, apologized in an exclusive statement to the Forward for offensive remarks she made against the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. In a February interview with the Gothamist, a local New York website, Lerner characterized the Orthodox community as an ‘extremist bloc.’ Her comments were widely…
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News NYC mayor: Calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist’ voting bloc is ‘horrible’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned offensive remarks by Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, against the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. In an interview with the Gothamist in February, a local New York website, Lerner characterized the Orthodox community as an ‘extremist bloc.’ “I find her comments absolutely wrong,…
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