1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="42vhxyUBFq"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/record-number-of-five-jews-are-now-in-the-senate">Record Number of Five Jews Are Now in the Senate</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/record-number-of-five-jews-are-now-in-the-senate/embed#?secret=42vhxyUBFq" width="600" height="338" title="“Record Number of Five Jews Are Now in the Senate” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="42vhxyUBFq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Cleveland businessman Howard Metzenbaum upset Republican incumbent Sen Robert Taft Jr. of Cincinnati and Omaha Mayor Edward Zorinsky defeated Republican Congressman John Y. McCollister in Nebraska in U.S. Senate races yesterday. Zorinsky and Metzenbaum, both Democrats, raise the number of Jewish Senators to five, a record. The seats of incumbents Jacob K. Javits (R.NY), Abraham […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315