With Israel in peril and the Jewish community under attack, we need a president with a commitment to democratic norms.
In my 50-plus years as a Jewish community leader, I have shared opinions and made calls to action on many issues affecting the Jewish people involving both civil and human rights issues. The one opinion I had always kept to myself was who to vote for. That was until four years ago when, for the first time, I endorsed President Joe Biden. Former President Trump’s first term had unleashed dangerous levels of bigotry, white supremacy, and viral conspiracy theories, all of which have fueled attacks on Jews and so many others. He and his administration dehumanized immigrants, marginalized minorities, and undermined vital democratic institutions – the same institutions that had allowed Jews to achieve a level of security and freedom that no other diaspora community had achieved in over two millennia
