From every Friday at sunset until nightfall Saturday, Orthodox Jews “do not drive, use electronic devices, employ handwriting instruments (e.g. pens, pencils), among other prohibited activities,” the rabbis wrote. “As such, it would be impossible for Jews of faith to vote in your unassembled convention.”
But the state GOP’s governing body — which was bitterly divided for months over whether to hold a primary or convention, and is torn over how to tally convention ballots — rejected the rabbis’ request at a meeting Thursday night. After emotional debate, a narrow majority of State Central Committee members voted in favor of allowing absentee voting for religious reasons, but the measure failed to win the 75 percent supermajority needed to change the party rules.
Read more at Washington Post.
{Matzav.com}
Please, how many Orthodox Jews reside in Virginia anyway?! Are there more than a dozen Shomer Shabos families?! This is obviously a ploy to use our community in the anti conservative propaganda. I bet you that people who are screaming about it the most are not themselves Shomer Shabos and normally don’t care about our community’s issues. Another socialist-fascist manipulation campaign.
anti conservative propaganda? its not propaganda when the facts speak for themselves.
That’s fine. We’re in galus. Most of the jews, unfortunately, vote democrat anyway. If FDR ym”sh was still alive, these dummies vote overwhelmingly vote for him again. Put your mask back up and return to your basement.
Which state?
Never mind. Missed Virginia in the headline.
Okay
There are over 100 shomer shabbos jews in virginia.
As an Orthodox, shomer Shabbos, politically conservative Jew and a Matzav reader, I invite you to visit one of 2 small, but not tiny frum communities in Virginia.
Sometimes people who live in large conniving are so close minded that they convict themselves that is impossible to be frum in a smaller community.
Educate yourself.
10:36, please educate me: how many frum families are in VA, are there yeshivos, how many of the frum are above voting age, how many of those vote Republican. I am sure that VA communities are all wonderful, but there’s no way that they would make any kind of difference in the Republican primary this year anyway. So, the Orthodox community has not been hurt by this year primary decision in any way. Don’t fall into the Washington Post manipulation.
6:03pm, that’s right, let the facts speak for themselves: the Washington Post that screams the most about this disenfranchisement of the few dozen Orthodox is reliably anti-Orthodox on all other issues. Obviously, the Washington Post is not looking out for our interests but is trying to use us as a battering ram. If your IQ is above 80, you’ll find a better usage for your head.
says you