Dear CRS members and friends,
As we approach Election Day on Tuesday, November 6, we may reflect on what Rabbi Levine told us on the second day of Rosh Hashanah:
“Our mission in this very political year is to make sure that everyone that is eligible actually has a right to vote, that people who were not convicted of crimes should not have to languish in prison for years simply because they cannot make bail, that frightened pregnant women should not lose the right to make basic decisions about their lives simply because they are too poor or live in the wrong place.
It is our responsibility to make sure that every child who lives in New York City is able to go to the same schools of quality just as we insist for our own children.”
-Rabbi Robert N. Levine
Vote:
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Learn More and Get Involved
As a synagogue, we don’t endorse individual candidates or political parties. However, exercising the right to vote is not a partisan matter – it is a means by which we may express our Jewish values and it is a bedrock of our personal liberties. We urge you to research the candidates, by checking out their websites and news coverage to learn where they stand on critical social issues (such as immigration, personal freedoms, criminal justice and health care) that impact our Jewish values, and to get involved.
Joining a campaign’s GOTV (“get out the vote”) efforts will allow you to build relationships that will enable us to continue to advocate for goals reflecting our Jewish values. You may educate yourselves and others by focusing on specific issues. The League of Women Voters maintains a social action issues website: click here to visit.
Sincerely,
CRS Civic Engagement Task Force
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