Politics
Report shows younger Jews are less partisan, but Democratic support remains steady
As more Jewish voters move away from the Democratic Party, there may be more room for moderate GOP candidates to gain support.
‘We should have gotten 100 votes’: Jamie Raskin reflects on impeachment trial
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Thursday that he “felt a tremendous sense of history and responsibility” in leading the second impeachment case against former President Donald Trump, and still feels “we should have gotten 100 votes” to convict. But Raskin expressed no regrets about how the trial unfolded, and shifted focus to the group of nine House managers he led, describing it as “remarkable teamwork.”
Israeli politician caught up in scandal of anti-Trump political consultant
The campaign of Gideon Sa’ar, the conservative rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Tuesday that it had suspended its cooperation with four American political strategists affiliated with the Lincoln Project less than a month after they were hired.
Jewish constituents put renewed focus on Sen. Gillibrand. She welcomes it.
There are mixed feelings in the Jewish community about Gillibrand, as the senator defends her outreach efforts and work in D.C.
Jewish clergy rally in support of immigrants on hunger strike at New Jersey jail
The detainees wish to await the results of their deportation cases at home rather than in jail, where they are at high risk of contracting COVID.
Why millennial Jews like me aren’t ‘Jewish voters’
Unfortunately, the gaping divide in our country’s politics is reflected, in miniature, within the Jewish community.
Why this Florida rabbi urges every Jew to vote
In Judaism, like in this nation’s history, we have embedded values that are both a matter of faith as well as day-to-day law.
Jewish Kansas state House candidate was arrested as teenager for threatening to shoot female student
Aaron Coleman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of harassment when he was 14.
It is not too late for American Democracy — yet
German-born scholars of the Holocaust and genocide compare 1930s Germany with today’s United States.
Looking back at a crazy Jewish year of politics
In 5780, the political news didn’t stop