With the presidential election only weeks away, the Philadelphia region’s large Jewish community is becoming increasingly more polarized on the issue, writes Omri Nahmais for The Jerusalem Post.

Capturing every vote in Pennsylvania is of crucial importance to both candidates, as both FiveThirtyEight and The Economist presidential models highlight the Keystone State as the likeliest tipping point. As a result, both Jewish Democrats and Republicans are working hard to mobilize voters during the pandemic, with most of these efforts taking place online.

Philip Rosenzweig, chairman of the Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth, emphasized the significance of the Jewish vote in the Philadelphia region.

“The counties surrounding Philadelphia have approximately 200,000 Jewish households of about 450,000 people,” said Rosenzweig. “This is the third-largest suburban Jewish population in the U.S.”

He also noted that there has never before been such polarization between Jewish Republicans and Democrats.

“I have never experienced the divides that this country is experiencing, that have led to people who have been friends for decades, not speaking to each other,” he said. “It has led to siblings not speaking to each other.”

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