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Jewish People articles on Democracy Chronicles

Although relatively difficult to define, the Jewish people are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Middle East's Levant. A minority in every country in which they live (except Israel), they have frequently experienced persecution throughout history, resulting in a population that has fluctuated both in numbers and distribution. Also see our section on World Democracy and our articles on Israel and the Middle East.

Impact Of Ranked Voting On NYC’s Orthodox Jewish Voting Bloc

March 16, 2021 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Impact Of Ranked Voting On NYC’s Orthodox Jewish Voting Bloc

Jews have been a deciding factor in New York mayoral elections. It will be interesting to see how ranked-voting affects this situation.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American Local Elections, Election Methods, Jewish People, Minority Voting Rights, New York City and State Elections, Religion and Democracy

Trump plays to evangelical base with hard-line support for Israel

September 2, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Trump plays to evangelical base with hard-line support for Israel

President Trump’s recent push to win over Jewish voters faces an uphill battle,his hard-line support for Israel may be aimed at different audience together.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Israel, Jewish People

Reaction towards Trump’s “disloyalty” remarks by Jewish groups has been that of condemnation

August 21, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Trump's "disloyalty" remarks: Jewish groups react by condemning

Jewish groups says Trump’s Oval Office “disloyalty” remarks wrongly suggests Jews have a dual loyalty claim to Israel and plays on anti-Semitic tropes.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Democrats, Jewish People, Republicans

Israeli Arabs Furious Over Netanyahu ‘Citizen’ Comments

March 14, 2019 by DC Editors 1 Comment

Israeli Arabs Furious Over Netanyahu 'Citizen' Comments

Arab citizens of Israel have been expressing anger over recent comments by Israeli P.M Netanyahu, who said Israel “is not a country of all its citizens.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Israel, Jewish People, Middle East, Palestine, Religion and Democracy

Innovative Project Wikitongues Helps Bring Languages Back to Life

February 12, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Innovative Project Wikitongues

Some 6,000 languages are spoken in the world, and nearly half of them are endangered, according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Democracy Charity, Election History, Indigenous and Democracy, Jewish People, Worldwide

US Embassy Move Adds Fuel to Rising Gaza Violence

May 14, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Rising Gaza Violence

Embassy move is seen by Palestinians as an in-your-face affirmation of pro-Israel bias by President Donald Trump

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Israel, Jewish People, Middle East, Palestine, Republicans

The 20th-Century Jewish Exodus Map You Have Never Seen Before

February 5, 2018 by Adrian Tawfik 1 Comment

Jewish Exodus Map

As far as I can tell, there is no map that shows the geographic extent of the exodus of Jewish people in the 20th Century. I decided it couldn’t be too hard to make my own.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Europe, Israel, Jewish People, Middle East, Palestine, Political Artwork

Hasidic Vote Fraud Scandal Threatens to Split Community

June 20, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Hasidic Vote Fraud Scandal

The highly unusual cash-for-votes scam has threatened the stability of the update NY Hasidic community

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American Corruption, American Local Elections, Jewish People, Minority Voting Rights

Long-Silenced Songs of Holocaust Survivors Are Rediscovered

June 16, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Long-Silenced Songs of Holocaust Survivors

A long-missing reel of songs has been rediscovered, offering a haunting document of the Holocaust

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Election History, Europe, Germany, Jewish People, Poland, Political Artwork

Faith-Based POTUS Tourism

May 8, 2017 by David Anderson, J.D. Leave a Comment

Faith-Based POTUS Tourism

For his inaugural trip abroad our President has picked an unpredictable but thematically consistent itinerary. He’ll be stopping at the Vatican, then on to Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Israel, Italy, Jewish People, Middle East, Palestine, Religion and Democracy, Saudi Arabia

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