Miriam Laing (FL): ‘My Number One Priority Is Common Gun Sense Laws’
My number one priority is common gun sense laws.
Jewish Voters in Moment Project Echo National Trends, With Some Notable Exceptions
What can 30 politically engaged Jewish voters tell us about the current state of our national political discourse and next year’s presidential election? Plenty, as it turns out.
Debate Update: October 2019 Democratic Debate Survey Responses
Immediately following each presidential debate, we will survey the 30 participants in our Jewish Political Voices Project to get their reaction to the candidates’ performances and the debate’s impact on the campaign.
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...