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Feb 6, 2019 · Klobuchar, who is of Slovenian descent, likes to joke about how often she’s asked if she’s Jewish. No, but here are five things about her that are. She made her name in Jewish Minnesota.
- She Made Her Name in Jewish Minnesota
- She’S A Go-To Democrat For The Orthodox
- She Tried to Explain Feather Boas to Ariel Sharon
- She Stood by Al Franken Until He Stood Down
“She’s ubiquitous in the Minnesota Jewish community,” said Steve Hunegs, the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Klobuchar never turns down an opportunity to speak to the community, Hunegs said, and has featured more than once at events of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the umbrella bod...
Orthodox umbrella groups increasingly embrace policies (on Israel’s hawkish government, abortion and other social issues) that hew closer to the American right, but also endeavor to sustain friendships on both sides of the aisle. They prize someone like Klobuchar, who unlike some colleagues in her caucus is not a fundamentalist on separating church...
Klobuchar’s first visit to Israel was in 2005, when she was contemplating her first run for the Senate. Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon explained to her group that he had broken away from the Likud party after decades of devotion to its cause to establish a centrist party, Kadima. Klobuchar explained how Minnesota had recently opted for a centrist...
Klobuchar is close to Franken, the Jewish Democrat who resigned from the Senate at the beginning of 2018 after multiple women said he had groped them when he was a comic and writer. Klobuchar refused to join a number of women in the caucus demanding that Franken quit. (Gillibrand led the call, and some in the party have yet to forgive her for it.) ...
- She made her name in Jewish Minnesota: “She’s ubiquitous in the Minnesota Jewish community,” said Steve Hunegs, the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
- She is the only one of seven presidential hopefuls who voted with AIPAC on an anti-BDS bill: Among the seven presidential candidates in the Senate Democratic caucus, Klobuchar was one of two who voted to approve a law that would consolidate $38 billion in defense assistance for Israel while protecting states that penalize businesses that boycott Israel.
- She’s a go-to Democrat for the Orthodox: Orthodox umbrella groups increasingly embrace policies (on Israel’s hawkish government, abortion and other social issues) that hew closer to the American right, but also endeavor to sustain friendships on both sides of the aisle.
- She tried to explain feather boas to Ariel Sharon: Klobuchar’s first visit to Israel was in 2005, when she was contemplating her first run for the Senate.
Klobuchar, who is of Slovenian descent, likes to joke about how often she’s asked if she’s Jewish. She is a member of the United Church of Christ. On February 10, 2019, Klobuchar announced that she is running for President and will compete in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
Dec 20, 2019 · What’s Amy Klobuchar’s relationship like with Jewish groups? She has a solid relationship with the American Israel Political Affairs Committee, the largest pro-Israel lobby in the country.
Feb 18, 2020 · Sen. Amy Klobuchar rocketed to a strong third-place finish in New Hampshire's Democratic primary, revitalizing her prospects as the presidential contest moves into an intensive new phase.
