Politics
Looking back at a crazy Jewish year of politics
In 5780, the political news didn’t stop
Kansas Jewish college student, 19, defeats longtime State House incumbent
A 19-year-old Jewish community college student has defeated a 13-year incumbent in the Democratic primary for a state House seat in Kansas.
Republican Congressional candidate deletes photos from Hitler’s retreat vacation
In the caption, Cawthorn referred to Hitler as “Führer” and said a trip to the Nazi retreat had been on his “bucket list.”
Report: Trump lashes out at Sheldon Adelson, one of his biggest donors
Politico reported that Trump appeared not to understand how much Adelson had given his campaign.
Why isn’t climate change a bigger issue for the Orthodox?
The Torah tells us to protect the earth, and yet Orthodox Jewish voices are absent from the conversation on climate change.
A Jewish guide to Biden’s VP short list
The potential candidates have a range of opinions on Israel policy, varying levels of history with the Jewish community and multiple other X factors.
A county prosecutor is running on being ‘truly a Christian’ — against a Jewish opponent
“What’s the message he’s sending — ‘Keep the Jews out?’”
The pandemic put Phoenix’s Jewish mayor in the spotlight. She’s walking a tightrope.
Long before Gallego was contending with pandemic politics, she was a kid building cities on her computer.
Elected mayor at 22. Alex Morse, a gay Jewish progressive, is now running for Congress.
Nearly a decade after taking the reins in a Massachusetts city of 40,000, he is facing a powerful incumbent and aligning himself with “the Squad.”
Insurgent New York primary victories could signal shift in Orthodox voting
“You talk about Tikkun Olam — I can’t think of anyone who embodies that more than Mondaire.”