Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro may have lost the veepstakes, but he scored a genuine and welcome achievement, gaining national respect as a man of integrity and principle. In the current moment, for Jewish Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, that’s a big deal.
Did Vice President Kamala Harris consider the governor’s Jewishness too much of a political liability? Was her decision not to choose him as her running mate in the upcoming US presidential election based on benign electoral calculations, a reaction to the antisemitic campaign against him, or a projection that a Jewish supporter of Israel would not likely be the one to bring her back the “uncommitted?”