Latina Jewish Pride How The Hernandez Siblings Are Changing The Democratic Party Arizonas Future

This Jewish Latina Wants To Bridge Political Divides At The Border In this unique episode of being jewish, jonah sits down with arizona legislators consuelo, alma, and daniel hernandez—three powerhouse siblings shaping arizona’s democratic party. But no one’s ever seen the likes of the hernandez family of tucson: a latino gay son, two mexican jewish daughters and a whole lot of ambition. they are avatars of a statewide population.

6 Jewish Communities In Latin American Countries Holding On To Their This year, hernandez and her two siblings are running for office. she is running for the democratic nomination to an open arizona house of representatives seat in the 3rd district. Yet she is politically seasoned; active in campaigns as a volunteer for 11 years, she and her two siblings even made a splash as a trio: all serving as official arizona delegates for hillary clinton at the 2016 democratic convention. hernandez’s local race presents a fascinating microcosm of the fraught responses a progressive, jewish, female. Despite her young age, hernandez has gone through an eventful personal and professional journey to becoming a jewish latina activist who places both of those identities at the center of her work. now she’s trying to break another barrier — running for state representative in a district representing part of tucson, the arizona city 60 miles. “there are four members of the jewish caucus, so we are literally half of it,” hernandez said. the two sisters also host moishe house, an organization that brings young jews together, out of their place in tucson. hernandez used to be president of the aipac club on her college campus, too.

I Am Jewish But I M Also Latina Hey Alma Despite her young age, hernandez has gone through an eventful personal and professional journey to becoming a jewish latina activist who places both of those identities at the center of her work. now she’s trying to break another barrier — running for state representative in a district representing part of tucson, the arizona city 60 miles. “there are four members of the jewish caucus, so we are literally half of it,” hernandez said. the two sisters also host moishe house, an organization that brings young jews together, out of their place in tucson. hernandez used to be president of the aipac club on her college campus, too. (jta) — alma hernandez, a 25 year old mexican american jew, finished in the top two in her democratic primary for the arizona statehouse, paving her way to be elected in november. hernandez was. Despite her young age, hernandez has gone through an eventful personal and professional journey to becoming a jewish latina activist who places both of those identities at the center of her. If she wins, she will be the first hispanic jewish woman to hold elected office in the state. for alma hernandez, many of the political issues are personal. People say her values and actions represent the core of judaism, which is noteworthy because hernandez didn’t grow up jewish. at age 24, she has been active in the jewish community for several years, even before she completed her conversion to judaism.