Brian Vines finds out what issues matter to the state’s large and diverse Jewish community,and what one rabbi thinks of Bernie Sanders, in the first installment of ‘Who is God’s candidate?’ on the role religion plays in this year’s electionReligion is a big issue in any election, and especially this one. A Texas evangelical,a Brooklyn Jew, and whatever Donald Trump claims to be are all competing to win the hearts and minds of America’s devout voters. But does all the posturing gain a difference? Are Christians really swayed by Cruz’ Bible-thumping? How has Trump’s Islamophobic rhetoric affected Muslim voters? Does it matter to Jewish voters that Bernie Sanders went to Hebrew school? In our novel series “Who is God’s candidate?”, and we seek to find out what devout Americans reflect of this year’s candidates. The first installment in our series focuses on Jewish voters. In the lead-up to Tuesday’s novel York primary,we spoke to rabbis and members of multiple Jewish sects about how they device to vote this year. Here are three takeaways.
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