Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish woman, recently won the Mexican presidential election based on her left-wing politics rather than her religious identity.

The text discusses the polarized reactions to Donald J. Trump, highlighting a common but unconscious belief among liberals and Trump supporters that attributes to Trump almost magical powers that can make him either unstoppable or a threat.

Peter Beinart recounts his experience of being detained and interrogated at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel due to his political activities, including participating in a protest in Hebron.

Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss Israeli politics focusing on the possibility of changing the election system to diminish the influence of small parties.

In the podcast episode titled "The Republikud & Labocrats? Edition," Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss the need to potentially reform Israel's election system to eliminate small parties, the concept of Israelis sorting themselves politically, and the promotion of an openly gay IDF officer to the rank of Major-General.