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Originally published in Jewish Insider By Jacob Kornbluh November 10, 2020 Following President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, we asked JI readers about the future of U.S. politics and American civil discourse in the wake of a bruising election campaign. Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute: “What worries me…
Originally published in Washington Jewish Week By Eric Schucht November 4, 2020 As people waited out the results of Tuesday’s election, Hannah Recht, of Washington could say, “I told you so.” She knew it was going to be a nail biter. “My expectations were pretty similar to the situation we’re…
Originally published by The Jewish News of Northern California By Ron Kampeas November 4, 2020 American Jews woke up on Wednesday to a presidential election that is extending their anxiety and to electoral maps that show a Republican Party changed by a president they repudiated with their votes. Joe Biden and…
Originally published in Religious News Services By Emily McFarlan Miller November 4, 2020 (RNS) — As the first polls began to close Tuesday (Nov. 3), the Rev. Cara Tanis logged off. Instead of obsessing over election returns as they trickled in throughout the night, she went for a walk. Tanis…
Originally published by Haaretz October 27, 2020 By Allison Kaplan Sommer A long list of American Jewish organizations harshly criticized Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court eight days before the election. Barrett, 48, was sworn in as the court’s 115th justice on…
Originally published by The Jerusalem Post October 27, 2020 Omri Nahmias WASHINGTON – Jewish organizations at the left and the right reacted on Monday night to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court Justice. She was sworn in at the White House on Monday night. The Republican…
