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I saw your statment on another site (where I dont want to post as a matter of principal) that Weprin would be the first Shomar Shaboss member of congress, I would like to bring to your attension that former congressman Ben Gilman R-Rockland county NY whos seat was elimenated after the 2000 census is a shomar shabboss.
Isn’t Eric Cantor also Shomer Shabbos?
NO
The closest was Liberman who said he was observant.
He did not drive to the Senate on Shabbos, but I think he ate fish at non-kosher restaurants
What about Joe Lieberman?
Lieberman is definitely shomer Shabat. I saw him a few weeks ago davening at an Orthodox synagogue erev Shabat.
Cantor may belong to an Orthodox synagogue, but he is not shomer Shabat. Or at least he was not last summer as he appeared at a public event on Shabat.
I don’t know about Gilman. What synagogue did he belong to?
There are other members of congress who have belonged to Orthodox synagogues. I am aware of Ben Cardin, Arlen Specter, and the late James Scheuer. There are probably others.
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