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...
Lynne Toporov (FL): ‘I Don’t Think Obama Did One Heck of a Thing’
Lynne Toporov (76), a Republican from Sarasota, FL, grew up in an agnostic Philadelphia family surrounded by Democrats. Her grandfather was a Communist. She was...
Alma Hernandez (AZ): ‘No One Should Be Above the Law’
Alma Hernandez (26), a Democrat from Tucson, AZ, is the first Jewish Mexican-American woman elected to the Arizona State House. Her brother is also a state...
Spice Box: Do You Mean Ge-volt?
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