It’s a frequent gag in Washington, D.C. that there’s no more dangerous place to be than between New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a camera. Schumer will have to use his skills with the press next January, as he becomes Senate minority leader in a town where both houses of Congress and the presidency will…
— If you live on Long Island and your phone rings, answer it — it might be Mel Brooks. The legendary comedian recorded a robocall for his great-nephew, Todd Kaminsky, who is running for State Senate in New York’s 9th District, on the South Shore of Long Island. Kaminsky is a Democrat running for re-election; he won…
Democrats and Republicans are locked in a tight contest for control of the Senate, one that might be decided in Missouri. That’s where Jewish Democrat Jason Kander is within shouting distance of unseating Republican incumbent Roy Blunt. Kander, a former Afghanistan combat vet, is running as a fresh-faced moderate with a new approach to leadership….
After Wednesday’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, it might have seemed that we wouldn’t see the likes of it for a long time. But two weeks from now, Louisiana white supremacist and long-shot Senate candidate David Duke will take the debate stage with five of his rivals. After the story broke Thursday, Duke…
Hollywood’s a long way from Wisconsin, but as Russ Feingold, a former senator, fights to regain his old seat, he’s successfully bringing in some big guns from the entertainment industry, reported D.C. news site Roll Call. On October 18, comedian and actress Sarah Silverman sent a fundraising e-mail to the Democrat’s backers asking them to…
The United States Senate has lots of outsized Jewish personalities, from Al Franken to Chuck Schumer to Bernie Sanders. If the polls in Missouri’s Senate race keep narrowing, their ranks might grow next January with the addition of Jason Kander, the young Democratic challenger who’s running close to Republican incumbent Roy Blunt. The Real Clear…
Can Donald Trump help a Jewish candidate in a tight U.S. Senate race? Russ Feingold, a three-term senator who lost his Wisconsin seat in 2010, has found Trump’s controversial statements a useful tool in his effort to win back his seat. Directing his criticism at incumbent senator Ron Johnson, Feingold took issue at his rival’s…
The state of Maryland awarded a victory Tuesday night not only to the Democratic establishment, but also to the mainstream pro-Israel establishment. Alongside a resounding victory for Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary, Maryland Democrats elected Rep. Chris Van Hollen as their candidate for the Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Mikulski. In a state…
אַ טייל פֿון די כינעזישע ליבהאָבער פֿון ייִדיש זאָגן, אַז מאַאָ צע טונג האָט ליב געהאַט שלום־עליכמען.
