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thefandomchaos · 6 days ago
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I portray Oscar being the younger brother; y’all can fight me on that but it’s just my personal headcanon and I will die on that hill (unrelated but I also picture Mike is the older twin and Ike the younger). The Ironic thing is that almost all the known (so 92’, Broadway, Tour, Pro-Shot and UK) Oscar actors are older than the Morris actors (only two of them aren’t), They also are ironically shorter.
Anyway, I did my research. So heres an entire list of the Delancey Brothers actors, their current age and age gap between them. Please tell me if I missed anybody (replacement wise) and if I got something wrong
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OG 1992 Movie Boys:
Shon Greenblatt (Oscar): 57
David Sheinkopf (Morris): 54
- They have a two year age gap
-I thought David was older than Shon
- is probably the mustache
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The Broadway Trio:
Brendon Stimson (Oscar): 36
Mike Faist (Morris): 33
Adam Kaplan (Replacement Morris): 33
- Brendon and Mike have a four year age gap
- Brendon and Adam have a three year age gap.
- Mike and Adam have a one year age gap
-The only ones (Mike and Brendon) I actively knew who was older, but it also isn’t a big noticeable difference between the two of them, they genuinely look like twins.
-The difference is even less with Brendon and Adam who look the same age.
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On The Road Trio? (aka Tour):
John Hacker (Oscar): 34
Alex Prakken (Oscar Replacement) 31
Michael Patrick Ryan (Morris): 33
- The ages are an estimated of what I’ve gathered from sources since I couldn’t find any specific age (if someone knows please let me know)
- Two year age gap between Michael and Alex physically look around the same age.
- Between the two of them, Alex is one of the few Oscar whose Actor is younger, found out while doing this because I had his and Michael’s characters mixed up.
- Between Michael and John is only a year age gap, but Michael looks physically older to me.
- Also Alex looks so much like Brendon it ain’t even funny-
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The Musical Movie + On the road replacements duo:
Anthony Norman (Oscar): 32
Devin Lewis (Morris): 31
- What do you mean Anthony is older? Devin looks older than him-
- One year age gap so it truly isn’t even a lot but still (probably just months, could not find Devin’s birthday), fully believed Anthony was younger till I looked it up
- look up current pictures of both of them and try telling who’s older, Anthony has a constant baby face.
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The West End Lads:
Alex James Hatton (Oscar): 29
Owen Stringer (Replacement Oscar): 19
George Crawford (Morris): 27
- Again this are also estimated ages, if you know their actual ages please tell me
- Age Gap between Alex and George is two years
- They are the only Delancey Brothers actor who have confirmed that Morris is younger in their portrayal, but that does not change my headcanon.
- They look the same age
- eight year age gap between Owen and George (biggest age gap between Actors-)
- Owen’s is also one of the few Oscar’s whose actor is younger
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Also Tour Bois but:
Alex Prakken (Oscar): 31
Michael Patrick Ryan (Morris): 33
Devin Lewis (Replacement Morris): 31
- already went over them, and if I’m correct Devin replaced Michael when he left, and then Anthony replaced Alex, I do not know if Anthony ever played with Michael or Alex because I cannot find photos
- Between Devin and Alex they don’t have an age gap (only months probably)
- Not sure if Michael and Devin preformed together? They both play the same character unless one of them was on as Mike- even so the age gap between them is two years
- All three of them physically look the same age, Alex and Devin could pass as twins
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newmsies · 2 years ago
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beardedmrbean · 4 months ago
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Federal agents have raided the homes of top aides and confidants to New York Mayor Eric Adams, including the city’s police commissioner, in what appeared to be a major corruption probe at the heart of America’s biggest city.
In addition to NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, the raids on Wednesday and Thursday targeted the city’s deputy mayor for criminal justice, Philip Banks III, his brother, schools Chancellor David Banks, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, and a third Banks brother, Terrence Banks, who is not a city official, local media reported.
"Investigators have not indicated to us the mayor or his staff are targets of any investigation," Lisa Zornberg, the mayor’s chief counsel, said in a statement. "As a former member of law enforcement, the mayor has repeatedly made clear that all members of the team need to follow the law."
As he left City Hall in lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, Adams, a former police captain, told reporters, “The goal is to follow the law and that is what this administration always stood for and what we’re going to continue to stand for.”
The search warrants at the homes of the deputy mayors and the schools chancellor were first reported by the nonprofit news outlet The City. The seizure by federal agents of the police commissioner’s phones was first reported by Spectrum News NY1.
While New York, like most big cities, has had its share of scandals, the search warrant on Police Commissioner Caban, by investigators from the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, was striking.
“It’s unprecedented for a commissioner to even be mentioned in the context of a federal criminal investigation,” said Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran Democratic political consultant. While other police commissioners oversaw the NYPD during federal probes of the department’s practices, and of individual officers, “not one of them had a federal search warrant served on them,” Sheinkopf said.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan declined to comment, as did the FBI.
More: NYC Mayor Eric Adams wants changes to sanctuary city laws, increased cooperation with ICE
Adams is known for keeping a tight circle of friends and confidants, many of whom date back to his days in the police department.
Deputy Mayor Philip Banks is a former top NYPD official who was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in an earlier federal bribery probe. His brother, schools Chancellor David Banks, is the romantic partner of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright.
Adams adviser Timothy Pearson, who was also reportedly served with a search warrant, is a former police inspector. Pearson and Terrence Banks could not be reached for comment.
This week’s raids were unrelated to an ongoing federal investigation into possible illegal Turkish financing of Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign, a source familiar with that probe said. The FBI seized Adams’ mobile phones and computer in November 2023, and searched the home of his campaign treasurer.
“The FBI is more engaged in municipal corruption cases around this country than it has ever been,” Sheinkopf said. “You know, those 5:30AM wakeup calls don’t come out of thin air.”
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noxexistant · 2 years ago
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my official (but non-exhaustive) ranking of the delancey brother actor pairs’ believability as brothers, as inspired by my half-joking post saying i was going to “rank them on a scale from ‘assumed to be twins’ to ‘get accused of lying about being related’, which was then heavily requested
lets gooooo
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mike faist (morris) and brendon stimson (oscar)
oh, those are brothers, babey! could easily be twins. definitely related, definitely raised together. rarely separated, but can be. they’re comfortable. the newsies assume they’re twins.
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george crawford (morris) and alex james hatton (oscar)
those are brothers! close brothers, too. not twins, though. do not separate them. god knows they will not do it themselves. the newsies argue about whether or not they’re twins.
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adam kaplan (morris) and brendon stimson (oscar)
sure! they could easily be brothers. maybe half-brothers. still definitely raised together. usually interacting with each other, but not always. several of the newsies argue about their relatedness on the basis of hair colour difference, but the similarities in their face are raised by others to quell those arguments.
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shon greenblatt (oscar) and david sheinkopf (morris)
could be brothers. particularly brothers with a larger age gap. hold the contempt of brothers raised together. would rather bicker amongst themselves than interact with anybody else. will separate frequently and then soon reconvene. one looks like their mum and the other looks like their dad.
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devin lewis (morris) and anthony norman (oscar)
could be brothers. could be stepbrothers. will try to separate, with varying success. as capable of talking to each other as they are of arguing with each other. again, the mum-dad difference. the newsies will fairly frequently discuss whether or not they’re really related.
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jack scott (oscar) and mike faist (morris)
could be brothers? if they are, they have the vibe of two brothers meeting for the first time in adulthood, or who only interact periodically at family functions and the like. they are not capable of interacting for especially long. could also be half- or step-brothers. the newsies do not believe they’re related.
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alex prakken (oscar) and michael ryan (morris)
i’m not fully convinced these men know each other. recently adopted. or maybe (half-)siblings raised largely separately. could equally be step-siblings who only just really met. talk to each other like coworkers, but do not dislike each other. the newsies absolutely do not believe they are related, and think it’s more of an extended bit they’re doing. to add to the hilarity: neither of them look anything like wiesel either. it’s assumed the “family” bit is some kind of elaborate mafia-style ruse.
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falconcrestalbumphoto · 9 months ago
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Danny (David Sheinkopf) et Genele (Andrea Thompson).
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hellosammy19 · 4 years ago
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Newsies 92s and Newsies the Musical Cast Members
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Gabriel Damon and Tommy Bracco (Spot Conlon)
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Andrew Keenan Bolger and Marty Belafsky (Crutchie/y)
Anthony Rosenthal (tour) and Luke Edwards (Les)
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Shon Greenblatt and Brendon Stimson (Oscar Delancey)
Mike Faist and David Sheinkopf (Morris Delancey)
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David Moscow and Ben Fankhauser (David/ey)
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skyblue-ringpops · 5 years ago
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Ranking Delanceys On How Good Their Fighting Skills Are
Disclaimer this has absolutely nothing to do with the actors
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David Sheinkopf’s Morris: Stay away from this dude. He’s not a good fighter, but you don’t want anything to do with him. He’s just creepy, and he smells like a weird mix of garlic and dirt. You wouldn’t even fight him, because you’d probably just leave. But if you did, he’d win. He’d strangle you. 9/10
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Mike Faist’s Morris: Beatable. He relies on his brother for strength. He can probably punch pretty hard, but that’s about it. You can overpower him easy enough. And I feel like he’d cry if you stole his hat. Mike was also the only actor to call Morris a nice guy. 2/10
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Adam Kaplan’s Morris: He looks like he’d be someone’s uncle. I’m not intimidated by him. If he approached me and wanted to fight, I’d just tell him a dad joke and he’d probably be too distracted laughing at it to fight me. But if you do fight him, he’s got a whip. Other Morrises don’t have whips. So either he’s kinky, or he’ll kill you. Either way, 10/10.
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Devin Lewis’s Morris: Okay, he may look like the strongest Morris, but he’s not. This Morris is all talk. He talks about his skull-bustin’ arm, well, he doesn’t have one. He’ll start a fight, then have Oscar finish it. If you hit him, he will run away. Or cry. He’s scared of fights. Even though he is the best Morris I have to give him a 3/10
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Shon Greenblatt’s Oscar: A creep. The worst. Look at his eyes! He’s also the only Oscar to canonically become a crime lord. I can’t make this up. However, it’s a bit hard to take the outfit seriously. Someone put a feather in his hat. But, if you do fight him, he’ll knock your teeth out. 7/10
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Brendon Stimson’s Oscar: This dude has seen some fights. He knows what he’s doing. Look at that confidence! He’s ready. He’s not the best fighter, he’s lost a couple times. But this Oscar always has his brass knuckles. He doesn’t forget them like some other Oscars. 8/10
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Jon Hacker’s Oscar: I couldn’t even find a picture of him in costume, this is the closest I got. He looks like a neighbor. Don’t let that fool you, neighbors can be fighters. And this Oscar is no exception. He’s also the type to knock your teeth out, although it takes him a bit more effort. 5/10
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Anthony Norman’s Oscar: Remember when I said some Oscars forget their brass knuckles? It’s this one. He usually has them though. But he’s also a gremlin. He’s the type to climb on your back and attack you that way. He’s strong, and can do some real damage. But you could easily pick him up and put him somewhere else. He’s fast though. 6/10
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stim-sies · 3 years ago
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📰 Delancey Brothers Stimboard with Skunks and Smelly Cheeses for Jack Kelly, Crutchy Morris, and Racetrack Higgins Themselves 📰
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oscar-delancey · 3 years ago
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"Morris Delancey, both because of his actor and being Wiesel’s nephew, is Jewish. Oscar is not because he wears a cross around his neck."
guys I think they forgot Shon Grenblatt is jewish (I can't find anything about if David Sheinkopf is jewish or not)
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today4utomorrow4netflix · 7 years ago
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Thank you for all of the wonderful audio gifts. As someone who doesn't trade, I greatly appreciate them. Would it be possible for you to gift a show of School of Rock Broadway with an understudy on for Tomika? If an audio doesn't exist then I completely understand. Thank you again!!
Hey there!Here’s one of Shahadi Wright Joseph as Tomika - http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqqdf7el87jmfw4/sor92116.zipInfo for Traders:School of Rock - Broadway - September 21, 2016 - ZIP (MP3)   cast: Will Blum (alt. Dewey), Jenn Gambatese (Rosalie), Spencer Moses (Ned), Mamie Parris (Patty), Ava Della Pietra (u/s Summer), Brandon Niederauer (Zack), Shahadi Wright Joseph (u/s Tomika), Diego Lucano (Lawrence), Evie Dolan (Katie), Luca Padovan (Billy), Raghav Mehrotra (Freddy), Gianna Harris (Shonelle), Carly Gendell (Marcy), Gavin Kim (Mason), Jersey Sullivan (James), Sofia Roma Rubino (u/s Madison/Sophie) Steven Booth (Doug/Mr. Spencer), Emily Cramer (Ms. Sheinkopf/Security Guard #1), Josh Tower (Snake/Mr. Mooneyham), Michael Hartney (Stanley/Mr. Williams), Nehal Joshi (Gabe Brown/Mr. Sanford/Jeff Sanderson), Merritt David Janes (Bob/Mr. Hamilton/Cop),  Lulu Lloyd (u/s Mrs. Hathaway),  John Arthur Greene (Theo), Cassie Okenka (Security Guard #2), Natalie Charle Ellis, Morgan Rose   notes: This is Morgan Rose’s first performance
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newmsies · 2 years ago
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NOTHING I JUST IMAGINE MORRIS AS A GOTH WITH A HOT GOTH MULLET AND I WAS JUMPSCARED BY HIM NOT REALLY LOOKING LIKE THAT 😔 There's nothing wrong with David Sheinkopf he's amazing
i accidentally gaslit myself into thinking 92sies Morris was hot with a cool goth mullet again and was jumpscared when i watched it again this morning
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demitgibbs · 6 years ago
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Q&A: Gary Trainor Talks ‘School of Rock: The Musical’
Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber’s high-octane Broadway and West End hit School Of Rock – The Musical is coming to Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. The smash-hit musical will play a limited one-week run, April 9 – 14.
School Of Rock – The Musical is based on the hit 2003 film of the same and features music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, a book by Julian Fellowes, choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter and direction by Laurence Connor.
The full cast of School Of Rock – The Musical national tour stars Merritt David Janes as Dewey, Lexie Dorsett Sharp as Rosalie, Madison Micucci as Patty, Layne Roate as Ned, Gary Trainor as Dewey Alternate, Deidre Lang as Ms. Sheinkopf, Arianna Pereira as Shonelle, Leanne Parks as Katie, Alyssa Emily Marvin as Marcy, Dylann Trueblood as Mason, Camille De La Cruz as Tomika, Cameron Trueblood as Freddy, Mystic Inscho as Zack, Sammy Dell as Billy, Julian Brescia as Lawrence and Sami Bray as Summer. The adult ensemble features John Campione, Matt Caplan, Alison Cusano, Christopher De Angelis, Liam Fennecken, Brian Golub, Lizzie Klemperer, Sinclair Mitchell, Jonathon Timpanelli, JP Qualters and Khalifa White. The kid’s ensemble features Bella Fraker, Eamonn Hubert, Jacob Moran, Blake Ryan, Isabella Rose Sky and Gabriella Uhl.
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Gary Trainor
It was a pleasure to sit down with Gary Trainor, who plays the lead role of Dewey in certain performances for this Hotspots exclusive interview.
At what age did you begin performing and how did it happen?
I started performing when I was about 7 years old in Northern Ireland, and have been hooked ever since.
What was your first professional role?
I went to drama school in London and when I finished that degree at 21 I did a show called the Oxford Passion that I got paid for.
How did you get cast in this Broadway Across America’s production of School of Rock?
I was in the original West End show and I was the Dewey alternate there, and then took over the lead full time. Eventually I took a break, and after resting, I was interested in coming back to School Of Rock and they picked me for the tour.
Other than this role, what has been your favorite to play?
I played Donnie Kirshner in Beautiful in the West End and that was a lot of fun. I also liked Stones in his Pocket on Broadway, which I did in 2011.
What is your fantasy role?
I would have said Dr. Who in the past, but now that roles are diverse I can be Dr. Who’s sidekick. Either that or Mrs. Doubtfire.
How fun is it to work with the talented group of kids in School of Rock?
It’s amazing, as you get to be the big brother or the fun uncle. They are so talented and fun, and the energy they have is infectious. These kids are so professional, it amazes me.
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What should our readers expect from this production of School of Rock?
They should expect to be entertained, to laugh, and to be shocked a bit. You are going to see these kids take a journey and you are going to get your face smashed by some amazing rock. The people that come to our show are from the ages 4 to 104. There really is no age limit!
On a personal level, I am having the time of my life on this show and exploring parts of America I thought I would never see. I am looking forward to coming to Florida to get some sun on this pasty Irish skin.
School Of Rock – The Musical opened on Broadway to rave reviews on Sunday, December 6, 2015. This Ben Brantley New York Times ‘Critics’ Pick’ “is an inspiring jolt of energy and mad skillz,” raves Jesse Oxfeld of Entertainment Weekly. And in his four-star Critics’ Pick review, Time Out’s David Cote proclaimed, “School’s IN – forever!” School Of Rock – The Musical was nominated for four 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Lloyd Webber and Slater), Best Book (Fellowes), and Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Alex Brightman). School Of Rock – The Musical also won the 2017 Oliver award for Outstanding Achievement in Music.
Based on the hit film, School Of Rock – The Musical is a hilarious new musical that follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. While teaching these pintsized prodigies what it means to truly rock, Dewey falls for the school’s beautiful, but uptight headmistress, helping her rediscover the wild child within.
Tickets to School Of Rock – The Musical start at $34 and are available through the Arsht Center Box Office in person at 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, by calling 305.949.6722, or online at arshtcenter.org.
For more information go to: ustour.SchoolOfRockTheMusical.com.
from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2019/04/04/qa-gary-trainor-talks-school-of-rock/ from Hot Spots Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/183938331485
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noxexistant · 2 years ago
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finally googled it and david sheinkopf (morris in 92sies) is four years younger than shon greenblatt (oscar in 92sies)
shon was about 25 at the time of filming, david was about 21
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falconcrestalbumphoto · 9 months ago
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Danny (David Sheinkopf) et Sydney (Carla Cugino).
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rhythmanalysis · 8 years ago
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MVR 2.4 With the decreasing size and cost of computer vision, digital components, and advances in virtual reality, we are faced with a renewed awareness of the impact of current digital practices on the physical body. Returning for its second year, MVR is a lecture event series focused on new forms of exchange between body and technology developed by Eyebeam Alumni Nancy Nowacek and David Sheinkopf, Director of Technology at Pioneer Works. MVR is a platform for sharing projects and ideas concerning these new interactions between body and information, device, and action and explores an expansive breadth of subjects and technologies including Virtual Reality, Augmented reality, robots, video games, choreography, and machine learning. Speakers represent a wide spectrum of expertise—coding, dance, anthropology, furniture design— and have included Gene Kogan, Liat Berdugo, Amelia Winger, and Daniel Temkin. At: Eyebeam 34 35th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 FREE with RSVP Presenters: Ursula Endlicher Brian House Ella Klik Rodrigo Ferreira Nicholas Fortugno
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What Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mean For Israel? – The Forward
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What Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mean For Israel? – The Forward
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Prominent progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders and activist Linda Sarsour are vying with each other to laud Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who notched a David-and-Goliath upset victory over 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York.
Her victory — with 57% of the vote — raises larger questions about the party’s direction, including whether she won despite or because of her stinging comments about Israel on the campaign trail. Could her upset win be another sign that Democratic voters want the party to be more critical of the Jewish state?
“We’re seeing a pattern where the activist core of the Democratic Party is becoming highly critical of Israel almost as a default position,” Brooklyn College history professor KC Johnson, who has written about this shift, told the Forward on Wednesday.
Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign in a fast-changing Queens district was almost solely focused on domestic causes like “Medicare-for-All” and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Her campaign website doesn’t mention anything about foreign affairs on its issues page.
But she did attract attention in May for calling the Israeli army’s killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza a “massacre.”
“No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters,” she wrote in a Twitter message that got more 6,700 retweets. “There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else. Democrats can’t be silent about this anymore.”
In an interview with Glenn Greenwald of the Intercept, a left-wing news website that promoted her candidacy, Ocasio-Cortez drew parallels between Gaza and civil rights protests in America, a rhetorical turn that American Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League have criticized.
“I think I was primarily compelled [to speak out] on moral grounds because I could only imagine if 60 people were shot and killed in Ferguson. Or if 60 people were shot and killed in the West Virginia teachers’ strikes,” she said. “The idea that we are not supposed to talk about people dying when they are engaging in political expression just really moved me.”
“Especially in New York people say this is political suicide,” Ocasio-Cortez also said. “But I had a lot of my constituents thanking me for taking that position. I had a lot of Jewish Americans who thanked me.”
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One high-profile Jewish organization expressed similar sentiments.
“This election cycle has brought forward a new generation of candidates running for office who are more outspoken about their opposition to the policies of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition and who are eager to see the US play a more constructive role in making life better for both Israelis and Palestinians,” J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami said in a statement to the Forward. “We celebrate and continue to work to help create the political space for this change.”
Ocasio-Cortez’ district, New York’s 14th in northern Queens and the east Bronx, is only around 4% Jewish — a small voting bloc by New York City standards. Johnson noted that the district has undergone a profound demographic shift in the last few decades, from an enclave of Irish-, Italian- and Greek-Americans to a majority-minority district that is nearly half-Hispanic and where around 50% of the residents are immigrants. Crowley is a middle-aged white male who doesn’t speak Spanish — and like other establishment Democrats, he was circumspect about Israel.
“The left is on the move, and mainstream Democrats, in order to be successful, must stop the denial,” veteran New York political consultant Hank Sheinkopf told Jewish Insider. “Traditional urban organizations are the emperors with no clothes. This trend expedites the long-running divorce proceedings between the Democratic Party and Israel.”
The Jewish Democratic Council of America said it supports much of Ocasio-Cortez’s domestic policy agenda but disagrees with her past statement regarding Israel, as well as her affiliation with the Democratic Socialists of America, which supports the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel.
The party is moving to the left on many issues, not just Israel, Johnson said.
“One of the things we’ve seen in the surge in Democratic turnout [during the primaries] is that the Democratic base is more progressive than it was two years ago, and has a set of positions on a whole bunch of issues that are out of step with traditional Democratic positions,” he explained.
And Democratic politicians who are able to read the political winds are adjusting their positions accordingly. While this trend is usually seen on domestic issues — Sanders’ Medicare-for-All proposal has gone from a pipe dream to almost an expected progressive proposal in only a few years — it can also be seen on the Israeli-Palestinian front.
“Even Bernie Sanders, who I think for most of his career, he didn’t comment very much on Israel, and was generically supportive of Israel within mainstream positions, has within the last 6-9 months become very sharply critical of Israel,” Johnson said.
Indeed, Sanders has released three videos since April highlighting the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and last month spearheaded the first public letter from multiple senators in more than a decade to criticize Israel’s blockade. Thirteen senators signed in all, including another prospective Democratic presidential frontrunner, Elizabeth Warren.
Ocasio-Cortez was one of several Democratic House candidates to slam Israel for its treatment of Palestinians. Ilhan Omar, the frontrunner to replace Rep. Keith Ellison in a Minneapolis House district, called Israel an apartheid regime as recently as May and once tweeted, “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
Other candidates to draw similar attention include Scott Wallace in Pennsylvania, who was the subject of a Forward investigation showing that his charitable foundation had given more than $300,000 to pro-BDS groups, and Leslie Cockburn in Virginia, a former journalist whose book on the U.S.-Israel relationship was characterized in a New York Times review as being “largely dedicated to Israel-bashing for its own sake.”
Of course, pro-Israel incumbents were also successful in Tuesday’s primaries.
On the same day that Ocasio-Cortez upset Crowley, Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, one of the biggest pro-Israel stalwarts in Washington, got more than 80% of the vote in a primary beatdown of progressive challengers who are to his left on Israel and most other issues, including convicted whistleblower Chelsea Manning and peace activist Jerome Segal, who helped write the Palestinian declaration of independence.
And most other incumbents, including in districts neighboring Ocasio-Cortez’s, were able to fend off progressive challengers.
Still, the victories of many progressives in non-incumbent races means that this year’s roster of Democratic candidates is likely to be more liberal than in the past, Johnson predicted. And that could have implications for the 2020 primaries, especially if it comes down to a longtime party veteran against a young upstart.
“It’s easy to establish a situation… where the younger candidate would seize on Israel as a way of highlighting his or her progressive credentials,” Johnson said.
Contact Aiden Pink at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink
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