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2020 Presidential Elections

Buyer’s remorse among Trump supporters?
2020 Presidential Elections

Buyer’s remorse among Trump supporters?

NEW YORK — Much of the American Orthodox community had lined up behind Trump ahead of the election. Polls showed Orthodox voters supporting him by overwhelming margins. In the same …

Shira Hanau, JTA
Jewish guide to possible Biden picks
2020 Presidential Elections

Jewish guide to possible Biden picks

By Jackson Richman As President-elect Joe Biden forms his upcoming administration, certain positions should spark interest in the Jewish and pro-Israel community. Whoever is nominated would likely signal the direction …

JNS
Biden era begins
2020 Presidential Elections

Biden era begins

WASHINGTON — On Joe Biden’s first day as president, he plans to launch a task force to reunite children and parents separated at the country’s southern border. It’s one of …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Biden and Israel, 2008-2016
2020 Presidential Elections

Biden and Israel, 2008-2016

WASHINGTON — JTA spoke with half a dozen people who saw the Biden-Israel relationship up close during the years that Biden served under President Obama as vice president. What emerges …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Trump’s Orthodox Jewish support
2020 Presidential Elections

Trump’s Orthodox Jewish support

NEW YORK — Rayne Lunger had known for some time that many in her community supported Donald Trump for president. But it was just in the last few weeks when …

Shira Hanau, JTA
The plot to kill Joe Biden
2020 Presidential Elections

The plot to kill Joe Biden

NEW YORK — The 19-year-old man alleged to have plotted to kill Joe Biden was the son of a prominent Jewish attorney who helped broker the first meeting between a …

Ben Sales, JTA
United States of Anxiety
2020 Presidential Elections

United States of Anxiety

NEW YORK — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter million Americans and is spreading more rapidly as winter approaches. They’re nervous about a …

Uriel Heilman, JTA
A rundown of the top Jewish political donors this election cycle
2020 Presidential Elections

A rundown of the top Jewish political donors this election cycle

WASHINGTON — George Soros may draw some of the most vociferous criticism, but he’s hardly the biggest political donor in this cash-heavy election cycle — Democrat or Republican. In fact, …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Biden’s Jewish wunderkind
2020 Presidential Elections

Biden’s Jewish wunderkind

By Dan Pine, j. The Jewish News of Northern California SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Keyak started out in Democratic Party politics as a kid, stuffing envelopes for campaigns in his …

JTA
Joe Biden’s history on Israel
2020 Presidential Elections

Joe Biden’s history on Israel

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s website now includes “Joe Biden’s Agenda for the Jewish Community.” On Iran, Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations a year ago, Trump has “no viable …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Reaction to charges against Biden
2020 Presidential Elections

Reaction to charges against Biden

WASHINGTON — Monday, April 27, was supposed to have been a good news day for Joe Biden: The venerable New York congresswoman Nita Lowey convened hundreds of women on a phone …

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Klobuchar’s position on Jews, Israel
2020 Presidential Elections

Klobuchar’s position on Jews, Israel

NEW YORK — Amy Klobuchar likes to say that she can get things done in Congress. Her appeal as a moderate who can muster support in the middle of the …

JTA