How Mike Pence, Trump's VP pick, supports traditional Jewish values

How Mike Pence, Trump’s VP pick, supports traditional Jewish values

Opposition to Pence is an indication of how far many Jewish Americans have strayed over recent years from core Jewish beliefs, write two officers of an Indiana Jewish and Israel advocacy group.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence joined by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, second from right, as he ceremonially signed legislation requiring the state to divest from any business that engages in action to boycott, divest or sanction the state of Israel, May 27, 2016. (Screenshot from Twitter)

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(Elliot Bartky, Ph.D., and Allon Friedman, M.D., are the president and vice president, respectively, of the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana. Bartky is associate professor of political science at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Friedman is associate professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.)

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