Elections
Netanyahu Wins Narrow Victory in Israel’s Election
(JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu appears likely to win a fifth term as Israel’s prime minister as right-wing parties apparently have maintained their majority in the nationwide elections held April 9. With more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party...
2020 Democratic Candidate Andrew Yang Takes a Stand Against Circumcision
(JTA) — Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang may be the first candidate for president of the United States to take a stand against circumcision. He tweeted against the practice last week, then doubled down on the issue in an interview published March 18 in the...
5 Jewish Things to Know About Beto O’Rourke
(JTA) — Add Beto O’Rourke to the already crowded field of Democratic candidates hoping to unseat President Donald Trump. The El Paso native and former congressman hopes to build on the buzz that accompanied his unsuccessful but oh-so-close campaign against Republican...
Michael Bloomberg Announces He Will Not Run for President in 2020
(JTA) — Michael Bloomberg will not run for president in 2020. In an op-ed on the Bloomberg site, the former New York City mayor and Jewish billionaire businessman said he is “clear-eyed about the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded...
Bernie Sanders Launches 2020 Presidential Run
(JTA) — Bernie Sanders officially launched his second campaign for president. The 2020 campaign launched on Feb. 19 with an email to supporters and a tweet which included a nearly 2-minute campaign video and a request for support. “I’m running for president. I am...
5 Jewish Things About Amy Klobuchar
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is starting to look like a CNN panel — more people fit than you think possible. Up next is the nice one: Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. She’s committed to bipartisanship, close to Republicans...
5 Jewish Things to Know About Cory Booker
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Five Jewish things about U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, who just announced for the Democratic presidential nomination, you ask? Here’s a start: The New Jersey politician literally carried a rabbi on his back until he (figuratively) cast same rabbi into the...
7 Jewish Things to Know About Howard Schultz
NEW YORK (JTA) — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has said he is “seriously thinking of running for president,” and a lot of people aren’t happy about it. Schultz, who stepped down as chairman of the coffee chain in June, is a lifelong Democrat but has said he...
5 Things to Watch in Another Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders has dropped hints that he’s ready to run again for president, and the one thing we know for sure is that Bernie, the sequel, will not be a retread. Much about Bernie 1.0 was attention-getting precisely because of the way his campaign...Upcoming Events
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6:00 pm Salon Series: Women’s Voices @ Everyman Theatre
Salon Series: Women’s Voices @ Everyman Theatre
Apr 29 @ 6:00 pm
Enjoy intimate staged play readings (with cocktails!) by emerging women playwrights and directed by the women of Everyman Theatre’s Resident Acting Company (Dawn Ursula, Beth Hylton, Deborah Hazlett, Paige Hernandez and Megan Anderson) in the[...]
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all-day Play-A-Role Series @ Everyman Theatre
Play-A-Role Series @ Everyman Theatre
May 3 all-day
Play-A-Role events at the theater include a meal and play reading, and are enhanced with props, costume pieces and backstage stories from your Resident Company host about the recent Everyman productions of these beloved plays.[...]
8:00 pm The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric
The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric 
May 3 @ 8:00 pm
This hologram tour from Eyellusion includes former Zappa bandmates guitarists Ray White and Mike Keneally, bassist Scott Thunes, multi-instrumentalist Robert Martin, percussionist Ed Mann, and drummer and Zappa archivist Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers. It also promises[...]
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