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2020-10-15 Home Front: Politix

Poll: 83% of Orthodox Jews Support Donald Trump; 13% Support Joe Biden

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Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 There is a story circulating on Facebook about the Trumps and the Orthodox Jewish community in New York City, backed up by links to old newspaper reports and first person witness in the comments, that explains the basis for this love:

After World War II, a young holocaust survivor and Rabbi, arrived in New York City. He would conduct Shabbat services in the basement garage of the apartment building he lived in. Many other survivors and Jews from Europe had moved to the same building they would attend the services. Their weekly Shabbat grew rapidly.

The Rabbi had an idea. He approached the landlord of the building. The landlord was a millionaire. His parents were German, and the Holocaust and World War ll were both still fresh in the minds of people.

Nevertheless, the Rabbi asked the landlord if he would help them with a new larger space.

The landlord agreed.

He donated a piece of real estate at 723 Avenue Z. This became the Beach Haven Jewish Centre and it is still open to this day. The landlord also gave his own financial contribution for the building of a synagogue.

In 1956, when the cornerstone for the new synagogue was laid, the landlord attended the ceremony as well.

This landlord quickly became good friends with the Rabbi. He would help out other Jews in desperate need of assistance and provide extremely generous financial aid.

The landlord also continued providing financial aid to the synagogue over the years.

He was a generous and kind Christian man and he would instill his own respect for the Jews into his 14-year-old son, who was a wild and adventurous boy.

Today, the Rabbi's own son vividly recalled seeing landlord's 14-year-old boy collecting coins from the laundry machines as he and his fellow Jews were praying the morning prayers.

The landlord was teaching his son the importance of responsibility.

Anyway, the landlord's name was Fred Trump.

And his 14-year-old boy was Donald Trump.

And as the Rabbi's son recalls, Donald learned to be a supporter of Israel and generous friend of the Jews from his own father.

The Rabbis said this about Fred Trump in a recent news article: “His respect for my father was incredible. He was a fine person with a generous heart. I have no doubt that that merit helped Donald Trump, who was always very respectful of his own father and obeyed him in everything.”

Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-15 03:32|| 2020-10-15 03:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Quite the opposite of the NYC Mayor who is doing everything he can to PREVENT worship services by the Jewish community.

Posted by Vespasian Ebbereng3110 2020-10-15 04:25|| 2020-10-15 04:25|| Front Page Top

#3 ^As I pointed out before, the Haredim is a special case. Israel has as much trouble with them as NYC. Which, in your book, would make us Anti-Semitic?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-15 04:59|| 2020-10-15 04:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Chalk up yet another "accomplishment" for Wilhelm.

Posted by Clem 2020-10-15 06:38|| 2020-10-15 06:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I consider an anti-Semitic as a Gentile of anti-Jewish sentiment. Conflicts within the Jewish family as a family-feud.

Posted by Vespasian Ebbereng3110 2020-10-15 07:22|| 2020-10-15 07:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Vespasian: claiming De Blasio is antisemitic because he cracks down on Haredi covid-spreading behavior is like blaming cops who kill violent black criminals.
And the reason I'm disturbed by this, is because I remember "the boy who cried wolf".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-15 08:46|| 2020-10-15 08:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Thank you trailing wife. Fred Trump sounds like a good father. Involved and responsible.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-10-15 09:55|| 2020-10-15 09:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Very interesting account TW.

U.S. orthodox Jews tend to be more in tune with Israel than U.S. liberal Jews are. Trump has shown support for Israel in his many actions.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-10-15 11:21|| 2020-10-15 11:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I consider myself Christian. My wife considers herself Jewish. She was brought up as an Orthodox Jew. We respect each other’s religion and learn from each other. Many seem to forget that Jesus was a Jew and that the OT is a part of the Bible.
Both of Mrs. JQCs parents were survivors of the holocaust. They know something about slavery first hand in more recent times. I am forever grateful to her parents as they have always been accepting of me and have always been very helpful to us. Her aunts and uncles, who survived the concentration camps have always been that way towards me also. I have always viewed this first generation of Jewish Americans as very special as they are very patriotic and appreciative of America (the ones I know).

In the past, my in-laws tended to vote Democrat. Their view changed and they tended to regard the last administration as unfriendly towards Jewish people with some of the tendencies and threats which they saw during the National Socialist German Workers' Party rise to power in Germany prior to WWII.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-10-15 11:51|| 2020-10-15 11:51|| Front Page Top

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