Comedian Sarah Silverman Jumps Into Israeli Elections

ISRAEL! If you are a Meretz supporter you NEED to VOTE MARCH 17. Every vote counts. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) March 11, 2015

Comedian Sarah Silverman is politicking again, this time for Israel’s Meretz Party ahead of the contentious March 17 elections. A fairly typical Left-wing party, Meretz emphasizes social justice, advocacy for a variety of minority groups, and a two-state solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What makes Meretz so special in the eyes of the Jewish American comedian may have less to do with its politics and more to do with the fact that her sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman, is #20 on Meretz’s slate of candidates. Meretz’s greatest challenge comes from the Zionist Camp, a mashup of the Labor and Hatnua parties co-led by Boogie Herzog and Tzipi Livni that is proving to be Likud’s greatest contender in the race.

Silverman’s Meretz campaign has yet to mirror the tactics of her pro-Obama “Great Schlep” of 2008 in which she informed young voters to tell their Floridian grandparents they’d withhold visits if the seniors didn’t vote for Obama. As of now, El Al isn’t expecting a downturn in ticket sales if Meretz loses at the polls.