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2004-10-12 Home Front: Culture Wars

Jewish voters increasingly put faith in GOP, surveys show

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Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-12 1:28:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Itâs part of the Jewish dictum that is written in the Talmud, that you should vote," said Rabbi Dan Levin at Temple Beth El in Boca Raton.

Too bad this rabbi didn't cite his source. The Talmud doesn't say "you should vote". In fact, there is no Aramaic word for 'vote'. There are a number of talmudic statements obeying the laws, etc. that could be interpreted that way.

Posted by mhw 2004-10-12 8:11:20 AM|| 2004-10-12 8:11:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh, heh, must be why Kerry is doing a sudden about face on Arafat and the Palestinian issue. I suppose it will help him.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-12 8:24:43 AM|| 2004-10-12 8:24:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Just put up a bunch of signs :

TERRORISM SHOULD BE A NUSIANCE
- JOHN KERRY

in Jewish neighborhoods in swing states like Florida...

Watch the fireworks...

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-12 11:40:04 AM|| 2004-10-12 11:40:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 but check your spelling first...

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-12 11:44:18 AM|| 2004-10-12 11:44:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank, terrorism has 3 Rz.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-12 12:35:44 PM|| 2004-10-12 12:35:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Florida, New York, New Jersey, and lots of Israelis in California - the climate is so like home! Any other states I missed?

Jewish vote's important in Illinois and potentially important (if the swing from D to R is great enough) in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio. If I were one of Rove's men I'd be combing the Southfield/WestBloomfield Michigan and Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Philly Democratic voter lists now for jewish Lieberman supporters.

Posted by lex 2004-10-12 1:16:52 PM|| 2004-10-12 1:16:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 mhw : there is no Aramaic word for 'vote' -

www.etymonline.com :

VOTE : from L. votum "a vow, wish, promise, dedication," noun use of neut. of votus, pp. of vovere "to promise, dedicate." The meaning "accepting or rejecting a proposal, candidate, etc." is first recorded c.1460. The verb in the modern sense is from 1552.

There has to be some Aramaic way to describe...

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-12 2:29:42 PM|| 2004-10-12 2:29:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I should have said "no Talmud Aramaic way to say 'vote'".

There are some Syrians (only a few thousand) who today use Aramaic in their daily speech. This group may have a word for 'vote'. If they do, however, it probably is a loan word from another language.

Posted by mhw 2004-10-12 3:46:23 PM|| 2004-10-12 3:46:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Most thinking Jewish voters and those living or regularly visiting Israel understand all too well when a Muslim lunatic with bombs attached under a coat & self detonates in a public square, it is far more then a 'nusiance', it's death.

Of course there will be the self hating types which are Super Glued to the Dems/Kerry's leftwing agenda.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-12 4:13:56 PM|| 2004-10-12 4:13:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 #5 Shipman - "Terrorism" is not the word Frank G's talking about. :-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-12 7:59:22 PM|| 2004-10-12 7:59:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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