Kamala Harris has a proven record as a strong leader
Jewish Journal
November 2, 2016
A few months ago, I was privileged to welcome California Attorney General Kamala Harris into my home.
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election 2016
King Comey is rigging the election
Marty Kaplan
October 31, 2016
I was afraid the October surprise was going to be an act of terrorism on U.S. soil. I thought that ISIS, like Putin, calculated that hothead Trump would better serve its interests than cucumber Clinton.
Digital hate: After the election, will this be our new normal?
Esther D. Kustanowitz
October 27, 2016
It was February, right after the South Carolina Republican primary, and Donald Trump had been declared the winner. Bethany Mandel, a writer who usually focuses on politics and culture from a conservative perspective, was upset that Trump seemed to be emerging as a legitimate candidate.
The final debate: RBG, Soros and Iran lost amid concession outrage
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2016
Donald Trump wants to keep us in suspense.
Donald Trump’s ‘international bankers’ speech leaves some uneasy
Ron Kampeas, JTA
October 17, 2016
Donald Trump’s star, blunted into a circle, may just have re-sprouted six corners.
The election we are not having
Raphael J. Sonenshein
October 5, 2016
The presidential election is a critical element of our American representative democracy.
Who by strangling and who by Starbucks: the fate of Yom Kippur
Marty Kaplan
October 5, 2016
What would you give to know who’ll win the election? A lot, I bet — not because you’ll know whether to get out of the stock market, but because the anxiety is killing you.
Rabbis debate how to address the election
Ryan Torok
September 29, 2016
It’s hard to deny that this year’s High Holy Days take place in the midst of a presidential election campaign that is more heated and divisive than any in recent history.
Bill Clinton joins throng of Israelis in viewing casket of Shimon Peres at the Knesset
Jewish Journal
September 29, 2016
Former President Bill Clinton joined throngs of Israelis who came to the Knesset to pay their final respects to Shimon Peres.
In Rosh Hashanah call with rabbis, Obama says Jewish role in civil rights can inspire healing
Jewish Journal
September 27, 2016
President Barack Obama told rabbis in a pre-High Holidays call that Jews should share their story of working to advance civil rights as a means of inspiring change at a time of racial tensions.
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