U.S. Politics
“You let the chips fall where they may,” New York voter Jay Etzel told JNS at Sliwa’s Election Night watch party. “But at least you had the hero ready. Heroes don’t back out.”
Virginia Jewish leaders told JNS that they’re optimistic that the newly elected officials will work toward unity, but that there have been some differences of opinion over Israel.
The political consultant Jared Sclar told JNS that the campaign in favor of the measure capitalized on U.S. President Donald Trump’s “deep unpopularity.”
Rabbi David Levy, of the AJC, told JNS that the Jewish group looks forward to working with the governor-elect, who has been “a good partner in the work that we do.”
“Thirty percent of Jewish Americans voted for Mamdani,” stated Leo Terrell. “Why?
“When the final numbers are in, we expect record Jewish voter turnout,” Sydney Altfield, of Teach Coalition, told JNS.
Gerard Filitti, of The Lawfare Project, told JNS that the suit is “another example of the lawfare being waged against American Jews at a time of record Jew-hatred.”
The four progressive members of the Portland City Council have yet to apologize to Rockne Roll, editor of the “Jewish Review.”
“New Yorkers will not tolerate hate-based violence,” stated Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Donovan Hall, who made threats to “torture, mutilate, rape and murder” New York Jews and their families, was sentenced to 49 months in prison.
GOP candidate Bobby O’Shea told JNS that he’s not taking unsolicited advice to attack his Jewish opponent on Israel, because “I am not going to stoop to that level.”
Tom Alexandrovich is accused of soliciting an undercover agent he thought was younger than 16.
