The pageantry and ecstatic 'vibe' of last month's Democratic National Convention (DNC), in which Kamala Harris was certified the party's presidential nominee, belied a dark reality: American Jewish voters, once home among Democrats, are now politically homeless. That's the view of Peter Savodnik, a Washington-based journalist and senior editor for The Free Press. Peter reported on the DNC and the Republican National Convention (hello, Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock) and is increasingly troubled by what he sees on the left and the right.

Tami and Dash caught up with Peter to get his take on the DNC, Harris's posture towards Israel and the war in Gaza, and an answer to a question that's been bugging Tami for weeks: what does Julia Louis-Dreyfus smell like?

TJI articles relevant to this week’s episode:

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/kamala-harris-declares-for-israel-and-palestinians

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/tim-walzs-record-on-israel-holocaust-education-and-antisemitism

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/which-us-president-will-be-better-for-the-palestinians-neither

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-a-jd-vance-vice-presidency-would-mean-for-american-jews-and-israel

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/brisbane-poet-takes-out-inaugural-jewish-literary-prize

More from Peter Savodnik:

Peter Savodnik is senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair, as well as GQ, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired and other venues—reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, south Asia and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.

You can find his Presidential election coverage  and more at The Free Press.

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