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U.S. 2016 Elections

October 10, 2016

Why the Jewish Vote Matters in 2016

Jewish leaders used to insist that there was no such thing as "Jewish politics” in the United States: listen to Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna, Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University explain why the Jewish vote plays an important role in the 2016 elections.

Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna

Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna is spending this year as a fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University. Ordinarily, he serves as University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, where he chairs its Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. He also is the past president of the Association for Jewish Studies and Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

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