Jewish Democrats Lois Frankel and Alan Grayson won congressional seats in Florida.
Frankel, 64, a former member of the Florida House and an ex-mayor of West Palm Beach, defeated Adam Hasner, a former majority leader in the Florida state Senate who also is Jewish, on Tuesday.
Grayson, 54, the fiery liberal who had been unseated in the Republican electoral surge in 2010, returned to the House by defeating Todd Long in a newly created Orlando-area district.
Abraham was our very first leader. What kind of leader was Abraham?
I marveled at the Jewish universe contained on a handful of blocks in sunny Los Angeles.
Now that he’s won, what course should we Democrats take? Certainly not the course we’ve been on. Not the course of “resistance again.” Not the course of “grieving.” We’ve done all that before, and it has yielded very little or a better America, or a better Democratic Party.
The onstage discussion was wide-ranging and underscored why Golan has endeared herself to the pro-Israel Jewish community while being appreciated by music lovers worldwide.
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