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Sanders becomes first Jewish candidate to win a state's primary
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/268869-sanders-becomes-first-jewish-candidate-to-win-a-states-primaryWith his win in New Hampshire Tuesday night, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders became the first Jewish candidate to win a state's primary.
Sanders rarely speaks about his faith, but in a recent CNN town hall, he acknowledged his spirituality as a driving force behind his candidacy.
"It's a guiding principle in my life, absolutely, it is," Sanders said.
"I would not be running for president of the United States if I did not have very strong religious and spiritual feelings."
Sanders rarely speaks about his faith, but in a recent CNN town hall, he acknowledged his spirituality as a driving force behind his candidacy.
"It's a guiding principle in my life, absolutely, it is," Sanders said.
"I would not be running for president of the United States if I did not have very strong religious and spiritual feelings."
I hadn't really given that a whole lot of thought. This may explain HRC's big leads down South.
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though of Jewish descent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater#Personal_life
Goldwater was born in Phoenix, in what was then the Arizona Territory, the son of Baron M. Goldwater and his wife, Hattie Josephine ("JoJo"
Williams. His father's family had founded Goldwater's, the largest department store in Phoenix. Goldwater's paternal grandfather, Michel Goldwasser, a Polish Jew, was born in 1821 in Poland, from which he emigrated to London following the Revolutions of 1848. Soon after arriving in London, he anglicized his name from "Goldwasser" to "Goldwater". He married Barry's grandmother, Sarah Nathan, a member of a Jewish English family, in the Great Synagogue of London. Goldwater's mother, who was Protestant, came from a New England family that included the famous theologian, Roger Williams of Rhode Island. Goldwater's parents were married in an Episcopal church in Phoenix; for his entire life, Goldwater was an Episcopalian, though on rare occasions he referred to himself as "Jewish". While he did not often attend church, he stated that "If a man acts in a religious way, an ethical way, then he's really a religious man—and it doesn't have a lot to do with how often he gets inside a church".
Williams. His father's family had founded Goldwater's, the largest department store in Phoenix. Goldwater's paternal grandfather, Michel Goldwasser, a Polish Jew, was born in 1821 in Poland, from which he emigrated to London following the Revolutions of 1848. Soon after arriving in London, he anglicized his name from "Goldwasser" to "Goldwater". He married Barry's grandmother, Sarah Nathan, a member of a Jewish English family, in the Great Synagogue of London. Goldwater's mother, who was Protestant, came from a New England family that included the famous theologian, Roger Williams of Rhode Island. Goldwater's parents were married in an Episcopal church in Phoenix; for his entire life, Goldwater was an Episcopalian, though on rare occasions he referred to himself as "Jewish". While he did not often attend church, he stated that "If a man acts in a religious way, an ethical way, then he's really a religious man—and it doesn't have a lot to do with how often he gets inside a church".
