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10 Jun

Coronavirus, Israel, Opinion, Summer Issue 2020

Opinion | The Rebellion of Israel’s Haredim

December 22, 2021
By Naomi Ragen
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In mid-January 2020, when Israelis first became dimly aware of a mysterious new virus coming from far-off China, most of our attention was focused closer to home.

10 Jun

*Ongoing Findings, Latest

Protesting, Policing and Politics: Will Our JPVP Voters Find Common Ground?

April 7, 2021
By Suzanne Borden
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Two weeks have passed since the death of George Floyd and protesters continue to take to the streets. We asked our Jewish Political Voices Project...

10 Jun

Summer Issue 2020, World

Book Review | Cleansing the Continent

December 22, 2021
By Michael Brenner
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There are many ways to explain the Holocaust. But not many historians have proffered a different theory with each published book.

10 Jun

Mark Goldhaber

Mark Goldhaber (NC): ‘How Will Joe Biden Reach Across the Political Landscape to Encourage Me to Be Willing to Vote for Him?’

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...

10 Jun

Eliot Strickon

Eliot Strickon (WI): ‘My Pet Rabbits Have Handled the Crisis Better Than Trump’

April 7, 2021
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Eliot Strickon (54), a Democrat from Milwaukee, WI, lives in an Orthodox Jewish and African American urban community and serves on his synagogue’s board. He is the...

10 Jun

Ruth Kantrowitz

Ruth Kantrowitz (WI): ‘Everyone Needs to Gain Respect and Learn to Listen’

April 7, 2021
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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 card...

10 Jun

Beth Bendheim

Beth Bendheim (VA): ‘I Give Lots of Credit to the Younger Generation’

April 7, 2021
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Beth Bendheim (50), a Democrat from Richmond, VA, was the development director for a Jewish day school in Richmond prior to working in finance. She also...

10 Jun

Stephanie Wudarski

Stephanie Wudarski (PA): ‘Protests Are Aimed at Changing the Societal Contract Between Citizen and Law Enforcement’

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...

10 Jun

Lou Weiss

Lou Weiss (PA): ‘Law and Order are Attractive Things to Most People’

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...

10 Jun

Nancy Santanello

Nancy Santanello (PA): ‘Protesting Is the Bedrock on Which America was Founded’

April 7, 2021
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Nancy Santanello (70), a Democrat from New Hope, PA, was raised Catholic and converted to Judaism when she married her Jewish husband. At Howard University, she...

10 Jun

Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith (OH): ‘I Do Not Feel the Criminal Behavior of Even a Few Bad Cops is Characteristic of Policing Generally’

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.”...

10 Jun

Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Summer Issue 2020

Book Review | Philip Roth’s Jewish America

December 22, 2021
By Robert Siegel
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The first time I read a book by Philip Roth, I read it from back to front.