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Alan Zimmerman (VA): ‘[Trump’s] Only Hope Is a Strategy of Massive Voter Suppression’

April 7, 2021
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Alan Zimmerman (61), an Independent from Charlottesville, VA, was president of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville during the Unite the Right march in August 2017....

Shelley Berkley

Shelley Berkley (NV): ‘It’s Too Dangerous to Insist that All Citizens Vote in Person’

April 7, 2021
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Shelley Berkley (68), a Democrat from Las Vegas, NV, served in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms (1999-2013), representing Nevada’s 1st District, which...

Dan Levin

Dan Levin (FL): ‘I Am Deeply Worried About the Future of American Democracy’

April 7, 2021
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Daniel Levin (50), a Democrat from Boca Raton, FL, is a past president of the southeast region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and...

Stephanie Wudarski

Stephanie Wudarski (PA): ‘I Have Wanted Kamala Harris as VP Since the Day She Dropped Out’

April 7, 2021
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Stephani Wudarski (30), a Democrat from Pittsburgh, PA, does not belong to a synagogue but attends High Holy Day services with her family and went to...

Lou Weiss

Lou Weiss (PA): ‘The Whole Election Has Become Win-Win for Me’

April 7, 2021
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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...

Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith (OH): ‘Biden Just Needs to Smile, Keep Quiet, and Not Die if He Wants to Win’

April 7, 2021
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Andrew Smith (57), a Republican from Columbus, OH, grew up in Maine where he was raised Conservative, “because that’s pretty much all we had up there.”...

Mark Goldhaber

Mark Goldhaber (NC): ‘Donald Trump Should Utilize His Second Term to Rebuild the Economy’

April 7, 2021
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Mark Goldhaber (67), a Republican from Raleigh, NC, is active in the Jewish Federation and AIPAC. He previously worked for a Republican member of Congress and...

Ariana Mentzel

Ariana Mentzel (MI): ‘Joe Biden Can Win if People Vote’

July 4, 2023
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Ariana Mentzel (34), a Democrat from Beverly Hills, MI, leads college students in conversations about anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Detroit Center for...

Stuart Baum

Stuart Baum (MI): ‘Biden Needs to Rebuild the Obama Coalition’

April 7, 2021
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Stuart Baum (22), a Democrat from Detroit, MI, attended Jewish day school growing up and is a recent graduate of Wayne State University where he served as...

Janice Weiner

Janice Weiner (IA): ‘[Trump] Now Makes No Secret of His Racism’

April 7, 2021
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Janice Weiner (61), a Democrat from Iowa City, IA, is president-elect of her synagogue, Agudas Achim, and on its safety committee, an area where she gained...

Josh Mandelbaum

Josh Mandelbaum (IA): ‘A Healthy Democracy Relies on Citizen Participation’

April 7, 2021
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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...

Bud Hockenberg

Bud Hockenberg (IA): ‘The Democratic Campaign Is Obama’s Third Term’

April 7, 2021
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Bud Hockenberg (92), a Republican from Des Moines IA, is the former president of the Des Moines Jewish Federation and a founding member of what is...

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