WASHINGTON — As midnight arrived on the East Coast, it appeared increasingly likely that Donald Trump would retake the presidency — a victory that would reshape the United States and that could change its relationship with Israel while ushering in an administration whose domestic priorities do not match those of most American Jews. That victory […]
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Craig Goldman, a businessman and Texas state legislator, handily won his congressional race in north Texas, bringing the number of Jewish Republicans in Congress to three for the first time in more than a decade. Goldman’s defeat Tuesday of Democrat Trey Hunt, by a margin of 64% to 36%, means that he succeeds Rep. Kay […]
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California voters did what was widely expected and elected Rep. Adam Schiff, a Jewish Democrat, in the senate race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein, another Jewish Democrat, who died while in office last year after serving in the role for more than 30 years. Schiff, who currently represents parts of greater Los Angeles in […]
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For an energetic subset of supporters, the promise of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement centers on increasing the influence of Christianity in American life and returning the country to what they see as its founding Christian ideals. Scholars say that through their devotion to Trump, these Christian nationalists have claimed a prominent, mainstream place in Republican […]
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LOS ANGELES — Avi, a 35-year-old nurse from Los Angeles, has never voted before. But on Monday, he was headed to a polling station at a synagogue in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson to cast an early ballot. What’s driving him to vote this time, he said, was Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel last […]
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On Nov. 15, 2022, Donald Trump announced that he would be running for president for a third time. Today, 721 days later, voters will finally choose between him and Kamala Harris. And it may be days longer before we know the winner. For Jews, it has been a long campaign season filled with never-ending debates […]
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WASHINGTON — A candidate listens attentively as a supporter laments that “Palestine is being erased” and that “No amount of money or power should be prioritized over human life.” The same candidate praises a mayor who says Israel is committing genocide, calling him “great.” The candidate in question was not Kamala Harris, whose interactions with […]
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This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Even though they’re too young to vote, Shayne Cytrynbaum and Lucy Targum are running campaigns to get others to the polling booths. Targum, 16, a junior […]
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Donald Trump’s fans and critics alike have compared him to some of history’s most famous rulers: Cyrus the Great, Adolf Hitler, King David and more. But on the eve of the election, a celebrity pastor named Jonathan Cahn wants his evangelical followers to think of the Republican candidate as a present-day manifestation of a far […]
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Ahead of the High Holidays this year, Rabbi Abe Friedman heard from a congregant who was unsure about renewing their synagogue membership. The uncertainty had nothing to do with the dues, the religious school or the divides plaguing some Jewish communities over the Israel-Hamas war. It was because of comments Friedman had made about the […]
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