U.S. Elections
“We are thrilled to endorse this slate of strong candidates who represent both Jewish and Democratic values, and we are confident that they will win with strong support from the Jewish community on Nov. 6,” said JDCA executive director Halie Soifer.
Scott Wallace and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick were talking issues on the bimah at Congregation Tifereth Israel in Bensalem, Pa., when Wallace used the “f”-word, seemingly out of frustration.
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.)—the grandson of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, grandnephew of President John F. Kennedy, and son of Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II—is running unopposed for a fourth term in the Boston area’s most Jewish congressional district. He is also rumored to be a Democratic contender in the 2020 presidential race.
With the Middle East at the forefront of foreign-policy concerns, the pro-Israel community needs to take a good hard look at the issues that matter.
More than 70 percent of Jewish voter in the United States do not approve of how Trump has dealt with anti-Semitism.
Islamist Money in Politics shines a light on Islamist influence in American politics. To date, it has uncovered 6,078 contributions from prominent Islamist activists, totaling more than $2.8 million.
“I was nailed to the cross,” Chris King told the Newhouse News Service. “And most of the editorial staff that was so hard on me, the vast majority were Jewish.”
This development comes amid Gillum’s opponent, Rep. Ron DeSantis, attacking the Democrat in a TV campaign ad for having “anti-Semites around him.”
Ayanna Pressley, who upset 10-term Democratic Rep. Michael Capuano in the Tuesday-night primary for the party nomination in Massachusetts’ 7th District, is expected to become the first female black congresswoman elected from the state.
A 2009 Tweet reveals that Garlin Gilchrist, the running mate of Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer, wrote: “I‘m suck [sic] of politicians and Evangelicals kissing Israel‘s ass regardless of what they do in the name of ‘defense.’ ”
“How can [J Street] continue billing itself as a pro-Israel organization when it is backing a congressional candidate who has pledged to vote against U.S. military aid to Israel when she gets to Congress?” the National Council of Young Israel questioned in a statement.
Many worry that the leftward shift among Democrats in their opposition to Trump during this election season may bring the party closer towards the anti-Israel views found on the party’s far-left, as exemplified by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
