Janice Weiner (IA): ‘Who Would Be Here if Immigrants and Refugees Had All Been Rejected?’
Integrity, empathy, decency, caring for others, as well as honesty, are very high on my list.
Glenn Hamer (AZ): ‘I’m a Traditional Reagan Republican’
A candidate’s support for Israel is very, very important to me.
Robert Schwebel (AZ): ‘I’m Very Frightened by What’s Going On’
From a professional point of view, drug policy is at the top of the list.
Daniel Levin (FL): ‘I Want Someone Who Brings People Together’
The candidates that I look for are those who have integrity—meaning they walk the talk
Miriam Laing (FL): ‘My Number One Priority Is Common Gun Sense Laws’
My number one priority is common gun sense laws.
Alan Zimmerman (VA): ‘I Don’t Think It’s Anti-Israel to Be Critical’
Alan Zimmerman (61), a Democrat from Charlottesville, VA, was president of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville during the Unite the Right march in August 2017. Zimmerman...
Nina Stanley (OH): ‘I Don’t Think the Country Can Survive a Second Term of Trump’
Nina Stanley (68) is a Democrat from Cincinnati, OH. Her “very liberal” leanings haven’t budged since May 4, 1970, when bullets fired by the Ohio National...
Sander Eizen (MI): ‘I Would 100 Percent Vote for Andrew Yang’
Sander Eizen (21), a Republican from Ann Arbor, MI, grew up in a Modern Orthodox household in Oak Park, MI. He attended Jewish day school starting...
Felipe Goodman (NV): ‘Immigrants Are Being Treated Like Pariahs’
Felipe Goodman (52), a Democrat from Las Vegas, NV, is a Mexican immigrant. He was an assistant rabbi in Mexico City before joining Temple Beth...
Josh Mandelbaum (IA): ‘Trump Is an Existential Threat’
Josh Mandelbaum (40), a Democrat from Des Moines, IA, comes from a long line of Iowans and attends Temple B’nai Jeshurun, the congregation his great-great-grandfather helped...
Ruth Kantrowitz (WI): ‘Send Them Back’
Ruth Kantrowitz (42), a Republican from Mequon, WI, immigrated to the U.S. from Israel in 1989 at age 13 when her family won the green...
Lou Weiss (PA): ‘Beat Him at the Ballot Box’
Lou Weiss (63), a Republican from Pittsburgh, PA, grew up a Reform Jew in a “McGovern liberal family” in Pittsburgh. His conservative political views took hold...