Bernie Sanders Religion
1. According to Bernie Sanders' Roll Call profile, his religious affiliation is Jewish. Sanders was born to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. According to USA Today, Sanders now declares that he's not actively practicing a religious faith. Much of his father's family from Poland died in the Holocaust. US Senator. Sanders is the Senator of Vermont, the nation's longest serving Independent Congressman, and the author of The Speech, about his 8.5 hour-long, near fillibuster on December 10, 2010 on the extension of the Bush-era tax rates. [1]. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves to the audience before speaking at the opening of the 2015 National Action Network Convention in New York City April 8, 2015. Perhaps no candidate is attracting crowds as large as Bernie Sanders in the race for the presidency. Sanders is the Senator of Vermont, the nation's longest serving Independent Congressman, and the author of The Speech, about his 8.5 hour-long, near fillibuster on December 10, 2010 on the extension of the Bush-era tax rates. Perhaps no candidate is attracting crowds as large as Bernie Sanders in the race for the presidency. Sanders, 73, is drawing thousands at single stops in Iowa as he bewails corporate influence in politics and income inequality. Sanders is the Senator of Vermont, the nation's longest serving Independent Congressman, and the author of The Speech, about his 8.5 hour-long, near fillibuster on December 10, 2010 on the extension of the Bush-era tax rates. [1]. US Senator. Sanders is the Senator of Vermont, the nation's longest serving Independent Congressman, and the author of The Speech, about his 8.5 hour-long, near fillibuster on December 10, 2010 on the extension of the Bush-era tax rates. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the longest-serving independent Congressman in history and a recent addition to the 2016 presidential race. He is a self-identified socialist who may be one of the nation’s most left-leaning politicians. (CNSNews.com) - The “billionaire class is a very religious group of people,” and “their religion is greed,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday at the 2015 Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum, sponsored by the International Association of Firefighters, in Washington, D.C. (+video). At a Monitor breakfast Thursday, Bernie Sanders spoke of how his Jewish heritage informs his politics. The day before, radio host Diane Rehm had asserted, mistakenly, that he was a dual US-Israeli citizen.
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