The Jews face another exodus … this time from the House of Representatives.
Retired and harsh elections will greatly reduce the number of Jewish MPs in Congress. The Council currently has 27 Jewish members.
“I’m not worried, but this will be different,” Yossi Gestetner, one of the founders of the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council, told The Post, adding that fewer Jewish members would make the DPR less likely to resolve Jewish problems and priorities. . “L.osing members of the tribe makes it more difficult to advance. “
In retirement, Democrats Nita Lowey and Susan Davis will leave. Lowey, who was first elected by New Yorkers in 1989, chairs the powerful House Appropriation Committee. Davis, a California citizen with 19 years under his belt, will also leave a number of senior committee positions.
Adam Schleifer and David Buchwald, both Jewish, ran for Lowey’s chair. Even if someone wins, he will be a few more decades from the seniority he has gained. New York’s Primary Democrats are Tuesday.
In New Jersey, moderate Jewish MPs Rep. Josh Gottheimer faces an eager main challenge from the progressive Indian-American neurologist Arati Kreibich, who is supported by Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Two more Jewish lawmakers, Max Rose from Staten Island and Elaine Luria from Virginia, face difficult re-elections in right-leaning districts won by President Trump in 2016. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a longtime Jewish Democrat from Manhattan, has two main progressive opponents, although most outsiders believe he will win.
Another Jewish war horse, New York Democrat Eliot Engel, is facing progressive educator Jamaal Bowman in the worst area of his congressional career. A rare pre-primary survey by Data for Progress, a progressive polling company, found Engel trailing Bowman with 10 points. Bowman has gained high profile support from progressive icons such as Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens).
Engel is the chair of the Parliament’s Foreign Committee. He, like all risky Jewish Democrats, is a rocky Israeli supporter and has played a big role in protecting bipartisan Israeli issues. However, that could change if progressive challengers win, strengthening the ranks of loyal Israeli critics such as Rashida Tlaib from Michigan and Ilhan Omar from Minnesota.
Bowman “Certainly not that strong [on Israel] because Engel and I don’t think he will be good, “Englewood Rabbi Menachem Genack, former spiritual adviser to Bill Clinton, told The Post.” We are all worried, to ensure support for Israel is bipartisan. The element in this party, the progressive Bernie’s wings, is something that is very alarming. “
