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November 21, 2021 9:12 pm at 9:12 pm #2031620commonsaychelParticipant
I know there are a number of frum elected officals, other then in Israel I was wondering where else visable frum [like wearing shaytil / yalmulkes] people have gotten elected. I know there are quite a number in NY and NJ.
November 21, 2021 10:05 pm at 10:05 pm #2031651ujmParticipantThe frum community is much better off — and more effective in the halls of power — finding a gentile that we elect into office, that works for our communal needs, than to have a Jewish or frum person serve in office for us.
November 21, 2021 10:30 pm at 10:30 pm #2031662AviraDeArahParticipantUjm, i agree that that’s usually the caae, but there have been some frum politicians that have been true שלוחי דרבנן
November 22, 2021 8:01 am at 8:01 am #2031769commonsaychelParticipantUJM I guess you dont know how to read, I didnt ask for the halacha/ haskafa angle of it, just the actual number of frum elected people
November 22, 2021 8:03 am at 8:03 am #2031805n0mesorahParticipantJason Stein in Cleveland.
Yitzy Schliefer in Baltimore.
November 22, 2021 8:10 am at 8:10 am #2031811GadolhadorahParticipantWhen you add the “visible” caveat to frum, relatively few outside the NY/NJ metro area. Very small numbers of elected/appointed officials in Maryland, Illinois, Florida, Colorado and Florida and in those cases just one or two, unless you get down the very local board levels where you may have several more.
November 22, 2021 8:23 am at 8:23 am #2031826n0mesorahParticipantDear Gadol,
Yeah, though orthodox or maybe even conservative but visibly Jewish without necessarily frum dress is relatively much more prevalent outside the Greater New York Area.
November 22, 2021 8:24 am at 8:24 am #2031818Little FroggieParticipant“UJM I guess you dont know how to read..”
1) Maybe he knows how to read but chose not to
2) Maybe he read and is not addressing the question
3) Maybe that’s his way of addressing the question
4) Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking aboutNovember 22, 2021 8:48 am at 8:48 am #2031840Ex-CTLawyerParticipantMe……
Not currently holding an elected post, gave that up when I turned 62, but on a Town Commission, elected member of the Democratic Town Committee, delegate to Sate and National Party Conventions for 40+ years.
In my previous town, I served two terms elected to the Legislative Council
In my current Town of more than 30 years:
I was elected and reelected to the Town Council
Elected and served a 5 year term on Planning and Zoning Commission
Elected and served a 4 year term on Board of Education
This is in Connecticut.My eldest sister was elected and served a term on the School Committee (what they call Board of Education) in her Boston area town, Her eldest daughter was elected and served a term on their Town Council, she did not seek reelection as she was hired as a school employee and it would have been a conflict of interest.
November 22, 2021 9:28 am at 9:28 am #2031875ujmParticipantCS: I read it quite well. I simply decided to ignore what you asked for.
November 22, 2021 11:04 am at 11:04 am #2032031commonsaychelParticipantUJM: learn to seperate fact from opinion
for example:
Fact: Leafs fall from the tree during autumn
Opinion 1 Its a great time of year becuase get to see the fall foilage
Opinion 2 It an annoying time of year becaus to have to rake up all the leafsNovember 22, 2021 11:24 am at 11:24 am #2032040ujmParticipantCS: I’m not a journalist.
November 22, 2021 12:52 pm at 12:52 pm #2032058commonsaychelParticipantMy Brother told me there are qute a number of frum elected people in London
November 22, 2021 12:55 pm at 12:55 pm #2032073GadolhadorahParticipant“I’m not a journalist…
Azoy. And we thought you were on the staff of The Forward.November 22, 2021 4:42 pm at 4:42 pm #2032257commonsaychelParticipant@GH, there was a frum assemblyman in IL. serveral State elected official in NY and NJ I think in CA as well, I know at the local level we have quite a few
November 22, 2021 8:08 pm at 8:08 pm #2032322KuvultParticipantMaryland has a Frum delegate in the State House.
Dalya Attar graduated Bais Yaakov then became a Lawyer.November 22, 2021 8:12 pm at 8:12 pm #2032335Always_Ask_QuestionsParticipantThere are many Jews who occupy a position of politician’s in-laws. Clinton, Trump, Biden ..
November 22, 2021 8:13 pm at 8:13 pm #2032341yungermanSParticipantLakewood NJ has many jewish elected officials on many different levels from township positions to senators to board positions
November 22, 2021 8:53 pm at 8:53 pm #2032395commonsaychelParticipant@yungernanS is there a frum person who was elected in Jackson?
November 22, 2021 9:48 pm at 9:48 pm #2032403n0mesorahParticipantDear Common,
There was a write in for an empty seat on the BOE last year. He lost reelection this year.
November 23, 2021 6:41 am at 6:41 am #2032536yungermanSParticipantCommonsaychel
Yes
There’s a Jewish board member on the Jackson board of Education his name is Tzvi HermanNovember 23, 2021 12:15 pm at 12:15 pm #2032695commonsaychelParticipantI was checking around there are 15 Village/ Towns / Cities with majority frum boards and about the same amount with at least 1 member.
Majority frum boards:
Lawrence
Cedarhurst
Ramapo
Spring Valley
Airmont
New Hempstead
Wesly Hills
Pomona
New Sqaure
Kasir
KJ
South Blooming Grove
Bloomingburg
Passaic
Teaneck
LakewoodApril 27, 2022 7:05 am at 7:05 am #2080257commonsaychelParticipantRight before Peasch there was a special election in the 5 towns for a vacant State Assembly position, a frum Republican named Ari Brown won the election becoming the first frum republican to win election to the state legislature in NYS [ there are already 3 frum democrats]
April 27, 2022 9:39 am at 9:39 am #2080307☕️coffee addictParticipantThe democrat he was running against is also frum but it seems like he suffered “the Biden effect”
April 27, 2022 9:45 am at 9:45 am #2080316GadolhadorahParticipantDoes anyone regard ANY yid serving in Congress as borderline frum or “observant” to any degree. Since Joe Lieberman, not sure if any of the 535 members would be regarded as living a religious lifestyle in minimal terms of shomer shabbos and kashruth?
April 27, 2022 10:23 am at 10:23 am #2080335ujmParticipantJoe Lieberman, who originally called himself Orthodox, later changed his description to not be Orthodox not rather traditional, as his public positions often were against Torah Judaism.
Pirkei Avos has a comment regarding public officials.
April 27, 2022 10:30 am at 10:30 am #2080350commonsaychelParticipant@coffee addict, when the democrat candidate would not say who he supported for president in 2020 it shows a lot about the courage of his convictions.
April 27, 2022 4:53 pm at 4:53 pm #2080522☕️coffee addictParticipantCommonsaychel,
Either that or he didn’t want to be alienated by his democrat base so he didn’t want to make it an issue
April 27, 2022 4:53 pm at 4:53 pm #2080523Amil ZolaParticipantI’ve been elected to the board of ed locally and appointed to some standing state wide commissions and currently sit on the school district curriculum advisory committee. Like CT I’ve attended political conventions as a delegate, (national and state wide). I also held statewide office for my union, and later sat on it’s finance committee.
April 27, 2022 6:01 pm at 6:01 pm #2080551commonsaychelParticipant@coffee addict, He was asked point blank this question during a interview and he would not answer the question, wow that really shows backbone.
@Amil, being elected in a union post is meaningless because unless you a member of that union you can’t vote, its like saying one was elected to the NRA or AARP.April 27, 2022 10:05 pm at 10:05 pm #2080559Amil ZolaParticipantCS Just like when someone is elected to the board of a Jewish concern, be it educational or charitable. By you those votes wouldn’t count because they are closed elections. Ok I can see where you are coming from.
April 27, 2022 10:06 pm at 10:06 pm #2080567☕️coffee addictParticipantCommonsaychel,
If he voted for trump he doesn’t want his democrat base to know that
He has said that the reason he is on the democrat ticket is because they hold the majority and you can’t get things done being in the minority
April 27, 2022 11:09 pm at 11:09 pm #2080581commonsaychelParticipant@ Amil, yep this thread is about frum people who were elected to a local governmental position open to all people to chose, to be elected to a charity, political party post or a union is not like being elected by all people.
@Coffee, Mr. Lobl was a Democratic political operative for many years, in fact worked directly for Andy Cuomo, to pretend otherwise is disingenuous. As to the silly argument about the majority, Missy Miller who held the seat till now was GOP and the 5 towns did not suffer, Monsey is represented by Mike Lawler who is GOP and Monsey did not suffer.April 28, 2022 9:47 pm at 9:47 pm #2080898modernParticipantIn addition to Sen. Lieberman, former Congressman Peter Deutsch is orthodox. After serving in Congress he moved to Israel.
Members of Congress who have belonged to orthodox synagogues include James Schuer, who represented at times parts of the Bronx and Queens; Arlen Specter, who represented Pennsylvania in the US Senate, and current MD Sen. Ben Cardin.
April 28, 2022 9:47 pm at 9:47 pm #2080899Always_Ask_QuestionsParticipantmaybe we need to expand what “visible” is – this does not have to be a tall hat (Lincoln and Kennedy had that also) but might be how people walk, talk, and behave. Kiso, koso, vekaaso.
April 29, 2022 9:33 am at 9:33 am #2080984Avi KParticipantMontreal has a Chassidic (Vizhnitzer) woman borough councilor. Her name is Mindy Pollak and she speaks English, French and Yiddish, wears a sheitel and did not shake hands with men during her campaign. She was approached to run for the federal Parliament but turned it down because she wants to finish what she started.
April 29, 2022 9:41 am at 9:41 am #2080991Avi KParticipantUJM, Agudat Yisrael was represented in the Polish Sejm. Rabbi Meir Shapiro was a member for several years but stepped down to concentrate on building his yeshiva.
April 29, 2022 10:18 am at 10:18 am #2080996Avi KParticipantCorrection: Pollak is not married (or at least was not when she ran) so apparently it is her hair.
April 29, 2022 10:18 am at 10:18 am #2081003ujmParticipantAvi: What is your objection? What Pirkei Avos says about this?
April 29, 2022 4:24 pm at 4:24 pm #2081154Always_Ask_QuestionsParticipantR Mordechai Dubin was in Latvian parliament
April 29, 2022 4:25 pm at 4:25 pm #2081157commonsaychelParticipant@ Avi K, Nat Lewin grandfather the Rasha Rav was elected to the Polish Sejm as well.
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