“To see someone running on so many of the progressive values I hold dearly, who is also so unabashedly pro-Israel, that inspires me,” said Schrode, who ran for Congress in 2016 at age 25. The Ritchie wave: Erin Schrode, a Democratic activist who met Torres at AIPAC’s 2019 policy conference, was optimistic that his electoral success would kick off a “wave” in future election cycles. Israeli-American actress Noa Tishby, who lives in Los Angeles, read the profile and says she “was blown away by his positions and his personality.” Tishby told JI that she immediately reached out to the Torres campaign because “you don’t see young people on the Democratic side who read the map as clearly as he does.” Last Friday, Tishby hosted an intimate meet-and-greet fundraiser for Torres over Zoom with Hollywood industry heavyweights. “The notion that you cannot be both progressive and pro-Israel is a vicious lie, because I am the embodiment of a pro-Israel progressive,” he told JI for a profile in December. “He gets Israel and why it’s important to the Jewish community.”ĭual identities: Torres touted his pro-Israel credentials as a theme of his congressional run. “He is a true believer in the State of Israel and he doesn’t couch and hedge,” Levy said. Outlier: Alex Halpern Levy, a speechwriter and communications strategist who first met Torres during the latter’s 2013 City Council campaign, told JI that the candidate strikes a chord with many members of the Jewish community because of his strong pro-Israel views at a time when younger Democrats increasingly seek to distance themselves from more traditional support of Israel. After Torres spoke, Berman told Jewish Insider, “I pushed away the microphone we were sharing to tell him quietly, ‘I can’t wait to see what you do next.’” Six months later, Torres made his next steps clear when he entered the crowded race to succeed retiring Rep. “I had goosebumps immediately,” Berman, the founder of Zioness, recalled. The city councilman, who represents the South Bronx, was speaking on a panel alongside Berman and other young progressives to discuss the Women’s March. Inspiring peers: Amanda Berman first met Ritchie Torres on stage in January 2019. Along the way, Torres has cultivated a group of millennial peers, who have accelerated his entree into the Jewish community. Torres’s projected success in Tuesday’s primary is the culmination of a 12-month journey that has seen him rapidly become a darling in pro-Israel circles. “We won a race that no one thought we could win,” 32-year-old Ritchie Torres told Jewish Insider’s Jacob Kornbluh on Wednesday, the morning after the Democratic primary in New York’s 15th congressional district, before clarifying that he wouldn’t officially declare victory before the mail-in ballots are counted. SKILLED SHERPAS How Ritchie Torres built a fan base in the Jewish community Spread the word! Invite your friends to sign up and earn JI swag through our Ambassador program Yesterday, the Israeli security cabinet held a tense meeting on the possible outcomes of annexation.Ĭheck out Jewish Insider’s latest ‘ Jewish Nielsen’ report to see which webcasts people tuned into over the past week. Mossad director Yossi Cohen reportedly visited Jordan several days ago to personally convey a message from the prime minister to King Abdullah II that Israel will not annex the Jordan Valley. contradicted his description, describing it as an agreement between private companies from both countries to develop pandemic-fighting technology. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a rare partnership yesterday - a joint effort to fight COVID-19 - between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The White House says the talks ended with no decision.
Ambassador to Israel David Friedman returned to Israel Thursday, accompanied by White House Mideast peace envoy Avi Berkowitz. Following three days of talks at the White House over Israel’s annexation plans, U.S.
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