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In a TV ad that aired shortly before the election, three Jewish women are shown discussing why they will vote for Donald Trump. (Screen shot)
Despite a TV ad directed at sowing fears among Jews, the Trump campaign found that the Jewish community was largely paying attention to the president-elect’s usual bile, writes Michael Olesker.
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No Joshin' Around: (left to right) North Carolina Gov.-elect Josh Stein, Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Hawaii Gov. Josh Green hope to bring big Josh energy to statehouses. (Illustration by Joe Strauss/JTA)
A trio of Jewish governors named Josh currently serve their states, with a fourth one possibly on the way.
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A bust of David Ben-Gurion is featured on the campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the southern Israeli town of Beersheva. (Photo courtesy of Americans for Ben-Gurion University)
This year’s organizational partners observing the Israeli prime minister’s yahrzeit include Pikesville’s Chizuk Amuno Congregation and Jewish Educational Services.
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Approximately 2,000 attendees listen to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speak at a pro-Israel rally at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10. (Ron Kampeas)
Multiple factors, including election fatigue, could have contributed to the low turnout at the “Stand Together” rally.
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Flag of our Father: One of Melvin S. Kabik's most cherished possessions was a flag he took from the Japanese battleship Nagato, says his daughter Terry Reamer. (Provided photo)
The family of the late Melvin S. Kabik decided to gift the item to the New Orleans museum as a fitting tribute to the former Marine and Pikesville resident.
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President-elect Donald Trump (right) is shown with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House in 2018. (File photo)
While Donald Trump retakes the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu sacks a hero, writes Gary Rosenblatt.
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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station inside the Galleria at the Sunset Mall in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Getty Images via JTA)
Some pundits had warned that Jews were defecting from the Democrats in large numbers.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) is shown here with President-elect Donald Trump last July. (Amos Ben-Gershom, Israel Government Press Office via JTA)
The Israeli prime minister issued the statement just before 3 a.m. Eastern time, when Trump’s win seemed all but inevitable.
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Ballots are tabulated on Election Night at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Fairburn, Georgia,(Megan Varner/Getty Images via JTA)
Trump’s victory ushers in an administration whose domestic priorities do not match those of most American Jews.
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The Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. (David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons)
An initiative of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, and the Religious Kibbutz Movement, “Spread the Light” calls on Jewish communities across the globe to unite in a powerful act of remembrance and solidarity.
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Eric Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Disability Rights International, is shown here testifying in 2022 before a Senate committee in support of the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act. (Lloyd Wolf, via JTA)
Jewish activist Eric Rosenthal fights for the rights of people with disabilities through his nonprofit, Disability Rights International.
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