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November 16, 2016
The new political reality: Jews encounter Donald Trump
We are living in the aftermath of a 21st-century election that divided this nation by class, ethnicity, geography and culture.
Shocked by Trump victory, many L.A. Jews look for ways to move forward
The night after Election Day, the theater of the Electric Lodge in Venice was as dark as the mood of the 20 or so people who gathered there.
The day after the election: Jewish community reacts
The day after Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States, the editors of Jewish Insider — a division of TRIBE Media, which produces the Journal — emailed prominent readers on the meaning and implication of the victory.
Please keep calling us racists and misogynists
Turns out that the whole Democratic Party lost hugely on Election Day. In addition to losing the presidency, Republicans retained control of the Senate despite far more Republican Senate seats being on the ballot; they held their already substantial majority in the House of Representatives; and now 33 of the nation’s 50 governors are Republican.
Appeasing the crocodile
To the approximately 30 percent of American Jews who supported, voted for and have celebrated Donald Trump’s win; and to the approximately 75 percent of my fellow Iranian-American Jews who are part of the 30 percent:
The irony of hate
Typically, I try to keep politics off of the pulpit. I believe the job of clergy is to help people deepen their relationship with God, and I recommend only that everyone act ethically and become active and involved in their political passions.
Investigate the FBI
It seems very clear to me that FBI Director James Comey’s Oct. 28 letter announcing a reopening of the investigation into emails from Hillary Clinton changed the outcome of the election. For nine of the final 11 days before the election, the negative story dominated the news and cast a cloud over her candidacy, and the polls reflected a downturn for Clinton during that same time. In the end, Clinton narrowly lost four states — Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — where voters who said they decided in the final week greatly favored Donald Trump.
Being Leonard Cohen’s rabbi
I last saw Leonard Cohen a few months ago. He had asked me to come to his place. After brief pleasantries, he said to me, “Reb, I am getting ready to shuffle off this mortal coil. I have some questions for you.”