Sen. Bernie Sanders, seen in January 2019, will be the only Jewish candidate at the next Democratic presidential debate. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images) News U.S. 1 Jew made the next Democratic debate Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By JTA | August 30, 2019 Wednesday night marked the deadline to qualify for the next Democratic presidential debate, and several hopefuls didn’t make the cut. The only remaining Jewish candidate is Sen. Bernie Sanders. Author Marianne Williamson, who has cited Torah on the campaign trail and become a hit on social media, failed to hit either of the requirements — polling at the minimum 2 percent of the vote and securing 130,000 unique donors. Sen. Michael Bennet, who was born to a Holocaust survivor mother but does not identify as Jewish, also failed to qualify. Sen. Cory Booker, who frequently shows off his Hebrew, passed the threshold. The biggest name to drop out of the race before next month’s debate in Houston was Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Along with Sanders and Booker, here are the other qualifiers: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang. Read more on some of the remaining candidates here. JTA Content distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news service. Also On J. U.S. Bernie Sanders tapped for Senate leadership post U.S. Sanders and Bloomberg sound off on Israel in Democratic presidential debate U.S. 3rd Democratic debate again links Trump to white supremacy U.S. Bernie Sanders makes Jewish history by winning N.H. primary — again Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up