Though Israel was not central to the U.S. election, it was a major issue for both U.S. Jews and Americans living in the Jewish state.
The United States is at the end of one of its most hotly-contested, furiously passionate, and at times borderline deranged presidential elections. And, of course, Jewish communities, always very politically active, are taking part.
Candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both avowedly pro-Israel and have Jewish grandchildren, but their candidacies have divided the Jewish community in the U.S. as well as American citizens living in Israel.
The images in this essay show the many sides of Jewish activism. Here are both candidates speaking at the AIPAC Policy Conference and meeting with Netanyahu, campaign surrogates making their case to the Jewish community, Jews attending rallies and registering voters, and even Israeli-Americans in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem making sure they are properly signed up to vote by absentee ballot.
More than anything else, however, these pictures show that the world’s Jews remain deeply and profoundly dedicated to the principles of participatory democracy, which has served them so well in the past and will do so long after November 8.
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Banner Photo: Erin Schaff / flickr
- PHOTOS: The Israel Angle on the U.S. Election
Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference. Photo: Lori Shaull / Wikimedia
Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference. Photo: Lorie Shaull / flickr
The organization I Vote Israel registers voters in Tel Aviv. Photo: I Vote Israel / Facebook
I Vote Israel registers voters on the 4th of July at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. Photo: I Vote Israel / Facebook
I Vote Israel holds a voter registration drive. Photo: I Vote Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in New York, September 25, 2016. Photo: Kobi Gideon / Government Press Office
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in New York, September 26, 2016. Photo by Kobi Gideon / Government Press Office
Men hold placards as they attend an election campaign event supporting Donald Trump in Jerusalem, October 26, 2016. Photo: Yonatan Sindel / Flash90
Volunteers for the Hillary Clinton campaign phone bank in Israel. Photo: Democrats Abroad-Israel / Facebook
Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence holds a Hebrew Trump sign. Photo: Republicans Overseas Israel / Facebook
Former president Bill Clinton speaks at the Century Pines Jewish Center in South Florida, October 23, 2016. Photo: Erin Schaff / flickr
A man listens to former president Bill Clinton speak at the Century Pines Jewish Center in South Florida, October 23, 2016. Photo: Erin Schaff / flickr
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