election 2016 Archives – Page 23 of 23

For whom the polls toll

Marty Kaplan November 9, 2015

The horserace polls dominating today’s political news are worse than misleading – they’re bad for democracy.

Marco Rubio’s big Jewish backer and seven other important facts

Jewish Journal October 30, 2015

After Marco Rubio’s strong performance in Wednesday night’s Republican primary debate, many Americans are taking a second look at the U.S. senator from Florida. Here are a few things American Jews might want to know about him.

Clinton tacks to the left ahead of Democratic debate

Jewish Journal October 13, 2015

Hillary Clinton has veered hard to the left ahead of Tuesday\’s first Democratic presidential debate, hoping to inoculate herself from criticism by rival Bernie Sanders and woo the union members and liberal activists who have been slow to embrace her.

Cock-and-bull candidates

Marty Kaplan September 28, 2015

Did you make it through Sunday’s lunar eclipse OK?

Where does Bernie Sanders, the Jewish candidate for president, stand on Israel?

Jewish Journal August 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders’ best friend is a Zionist who teaches Jewish philosophy, he had a formative experience on a kibbutz and “Saturday Night Live” dubbed him the “old Jew.”