Many of the most revered and respected orthodox Rabbis of our generation, including deans of Rabbinical seminaries, who have always remained above politics and never before endorsed political candidates have endorsed Geroge W. Bush for re-election this year. In sermons that were delivered from the Sabbath pulpit yesterday they ruled that it is incumbent upon all Torah true Jews to vote for Bush no matter what you think of him as a person or no matter how much you hate his domestic policy.


Sometimes, you gotta take a posting on Mudcat with a whole shaker of salt. Since first reading this thread, I've tracked the major Jewish news sites. None of them have any reports of an organized push by Orthodox rabbis, let alone "the most revered and respected orthodox Rabbis of our generation," to tell Jews how to vote in tomorrow's election.

I also called a cousin of mine who is the rabbi at an Orthodox synagogue in Queens, NY. I read him the opening post in this thread by "Rabbi-Sol." He said it was categorically untrue.

Kerry has been endorsed by some Jewish organizations, and by some rabbis. Bush has been endorsed by some Jewish organizations, and by some rabbis.

Kerry's Senate voting record on Israel is considered to be excellent by the major Jewish/Israel-oriented organizations: AIPAC, B'nai Brith, etc.

Jewish voters have tended to be overwhelmingly Democratic. Gore took about 80% of the Jewish vote in 2000. Polling in the Jewish community indicates Jews are supporting Kerry over Bush at a rate of 69% to 24%.

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of Jewish voters