Glenn Hamer (AZ): ‘I’m a Traditional Reagan Republican’
A candidate’s support for Israel is very, very important to me.
Robert Schwebel (AZ): ‘I’m Very Frightened by What’s Going On’
From a professional point of view, drug policy is at the top of the list.
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.
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.
My People in Cartoons
A combination of misanthropy and compassion for your fellow humans, and at least some ability to draw and write—this is what makes a cartoonist.
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.
Debate | Are Colleges Overprotecting Their Students? | No
The university context is special, because students have a status that allows the university to regulate them qua students—which is very different from the relationship between a citizen and the state.
Debate | Are Colleges Overprotecting Their Students? | Yes
Not only does the university not have the right, or the power, to educate students in what it thinks is civil or not civil; doing so is contrary to the goal of a liberal arts education.
Aid to Israel: Has J Street Changed the Game?
J Street, the left-leaning pro-Israel lobby, wrapped up its three-day conference in Washington, DC last week. In an email to supporters summing up the meeting (and making a pitch for donations), the group’s president Jeremy Ben-Ami announced, “We've changed the conversation” about Israel, noting that the conference brought the issue of Israel to the Democratic presidential race agenda and that candidates have discussed, among other issues, their plans to “employ U.S. leverage to combat settlement expansion.” Or, in other words, J Street made using American foreign aid to Israel into an issue Democrats are willing to fight for.
In ‘The Kingmaker,’ Lauren Greenfield Explores Rewritten Histories
"I’ve often had access to 'inside worlds,' whether it’s media or wealth or celebrity, where I’ve then taken a critical perspective."
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...