In a last minute resort to satisfy the disgraced pol they once relied upon in government, the Zalonim sect of Satmar has endorsed disgraced pol Vito Lopez for City Council.
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In a daily newsletter, distributed in all of the local synagogues across Brooklyn, the congregation of Kehal Yetav Lev calls upon all of its congregates to vote for their choices for mayor and City Council.
“We can’t afford to lose,” Satmar leaders plea in “a heartfelt appeal to understand the situation and recognize the vital importance of acting at this critical moment.”
“It’s an historic responsibility. We cannot and we must not let our ‘askanim’ (community leaders), who’re sacrificing their lives for our benefit, fall,” the announcement reads.
UPDATE: In a phone-call with YWN, Rabbi Moshe David Niederman, one of the leaders in the Satmar community, denied his congregation endorsing Mr. Lopez. “Nobody authorized this flyer. This looks like a prank by a group seeking to embarrass our community,” he said. Rabbi Niederman further said that the only endorsement that counts are the five names officially recognized by Kehal Yetav Lev, and that the leader in the community have decided not to stay out of the 34th Council race.
(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)
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5 Responses
Why is this a surprise to any1?
There are those sects that ONLY vote for those who will provide favors, paroles, grants, $$$, zoning & building code changes, etc….
Hopefully this is some purim spiel….it cannot be true since if it was, Rav Zalman will be totally discredited and would have zero credibility even among yidden who might ordinarily follow their rav’s advice on such matters. Endorsing political dreche like Lopez is beneath contempt and Rav Zalman would never be an acomplice to such a chilul hashem.
It’s called Hakoros Hatov. I am glad to see Jews here engaging in it.
this can’t be this poster was only hanging together with the other posters of the zali team…. And in the flyer what’s belongs for the zali team
Other than anthony weiner no one has done more for frum community than vito