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Hymie’s, the Philly Jewish deli featured in a Trump ad, is now the setting for a Harris spot

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024Sara Wood

Hymie’s, a popular Philadelphia Jewish deli, raised some Jewish hackles when it served as the scene of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s closing ad — featuring Jewish actors playing older women who, after supporting Democrats, were switching their votes to Donald Trump. So 10 days later, a Democratic organization stepped in to film a pro-Kamala Harris […]

In Philadelphia’s suburbs, an army of canvassers targets Jewish voters

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Sara Wood

BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania — The second time this month Benny Stanislawski made the three-hour trip from the Jewish precincts of suburban Washington to the Jewish precincts of suburban Philadelphia, he ditched his car and borrowed his mother’s minivan. He needed the space provided by the 2019 Honda Odyssey, plastered with stickers from the alma maters […]