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Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur is the U.S. Politics Editor for the Jewish Journal. He teaches courses in politics, communications, and leadership at UC Berkeley, USC and Pepperdine. He hosts the monthly webinar “The Dan Schnur Political Report" for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall. Follow Dan's work at www.danschnurpolitics.com

The Impact of Sinwar

It will be months and possibly years before we understand the regional and global impact of his contemptible disregard for human life.

Will Kamala Regret Not Picking Shapiro?

When new polls offer daily reminders of the extraordinarily tight margins between the candidates, nervous Democrats can’t help but think that maybe Shapiro would have been a smarter choice.

A Year Like No Other

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the Simchat Torah Massacre, the future is even more uncertain than it was last Oct. 8.

Israel Raises the Stakes

Israel is now engaged in a major military conflict in Lebanon for the first time since 2006.

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Fighting for the Jewish Vote

Although the candidates didn’t spend much time on Israel, their short back-and-forth may have revealed how the two campaigns are thinking about their fight for the support of Jewish Americans.

The Candidates and the Jews

Now that the presidential debate is behind us and we turn toward the final weeks of this unprecedented campaign, it’s worth taking a moment to assess where the two candidates stand with Jewish voters and the potential impact of the Israel-Hamas war on the election.

Unity in Chicago

Give Harris and her team credit for pulling off the seemingly impossible.

Colleges Must Up Their Game

Last week’s resignation of Columbia President Minouche Safik after the ongoing turmoil at that school and the decision by a federal judge the same day that UCLA must forbid protesters from denying Jewish students equal access to campus spaces and events served as twin reminders of the challenges that we will face again in the months ahead.

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