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“how could anyone align with a party that is pro-abortion and increasingly anti-Israel among other things”
Well the Democratic Party voters rejected all the anti-Israel candidates for President this year and decided to nominate Joe Biden, a man with a decades long record of support for Israel who also has Jewish grandchildren.
We do have a problem, though. Representatives Josh Gottheimer, Grace Meng, Gregory Meeks, and Eliot Engel are all facing primary challenges from the anti-Israel nutty far left. They are as strongly supportive of Israel as any politician of any party anywhere and deserve our support. Please send contributions, or help with the campaign if you can. I have been making phone calls for Engel. And if you live in any of those districts or know of anyone who does (all those districts have important orthodox communities) vote the right way and get your friends to do so as well.
Regarding the other issue mentioned, the pro-abortion position isn’t consistent with Judaism, but the strict anti-abortion position promoted by most Republicans these days is even more inconsistent. There are occasions when abortions are needed and many Republicans would prohibit those.
“I was going to consider voting for a frum person in the upcoming primary, but on second thought, probably will not.”
Why not? I voted for Joe Lieberman for both US Senate and Vice President. Before the shutdown I would see him in shul from time to time.