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My paternal side is Litvak, we eat Gebrokts. My maternal side are Yekkes, they also ate them.
A couple of my sons in law do not eat them, they get a different menu at our house during Pesach, as do their children. My daughters still eat Gebrokts in our home during Pesach. Since they are all here for the entire holiday they have never made Pesach in their own homes. This point was discussed/negotiated before they agreed to marriage. Our Rav agreed that they could still follow my customs when eating in my home. At some time in the future sould they make Pesach in their own homes, they’ll follow the husbands’ traditions.Many people buy cheap. no brand dollar store batteries that have a much shorter life than the name brands. So, twice a year when you change the clocks, you also change the batteries to help protect your family and guests.
We have hardwired smoke alarms which don’t need battery changes, but because we live in New England where winter storm power outages occur, we also have battery operated alarms in the bedroom areas. I don’t spend $4 each for Duracell 9V batteries for these when because one doesn’t need alkaline batteries for this type of use. I buy Sunbeam at Dollar Tree 2/$1. Last night I changed the 7 alarms.
ALWAYS mark the installation date on the battery with a Sharpie. Years ago I had an insurance company try to cut the amount of a claim stating there was contributory negligence because I did not have a ‘good’ battery in the smoke alarm. The battery had dating only 4 moths old. The CT Dept. of Consumer Protection found this carrier was using this excuse regularly and many people just accepted the lower payouts.
In fact, our local Volunteer Fire Department will come and change batteries for the elderly or disabled at no charge.
As I posted earlier, not everyone lives in the 5 Boros.
Our southern CT town had anywhere form 16-20 inches of snow. Trees are down all over. 18% of homes are still without power.
No one wanted to chance children getting hurt coming home from school in near blizzard conditions. A van transporting handicapped adults was struck by a falling tree on Main Street at 3 PM Wed.
Our shul is still without power. Morning minyan was held at our home (we have sifrie torah and ample space). Three local families have moved in for the duration as they have no electricity or heat, and one can not use their well (we have city water).
No school here again Friday…it’s about safety. If your kids don’t live in walking distance of school and have sidewalks to walk on, closing was the correct thing to do.
So, they’ll go to school a couple of extra days in June, BIG DEAL, better than spending a few days in a hospital after a school bus accident on an icy, snowy road.Sorry, Little Froggie…………………
we had 16″ of snow that had to be removed from our driveways and walks. Many trees down. 30% of our town lost power due to downed trees.
No school yesterday, today and likely tomorrow as so many roads are blocked by fallen trees and downed power lines.
Shul has no power, so morning minyan was held here…of course it helps that 5 adult males live in the compound.Not everyone lives in the 5 Boros. There is life elsewhere.
Schools and Yeshivos here in Southern CT cancelled. By 11AM snow was already coming down, and roads getting icy. The liability of possible school bus accidents was too great to hold classes. All schools, Yeshivos closed today, many will also be closed tomorrow,
Our town has more than 30% of homes without electric power. Many roads blocked by downed wires and fallen trees. A number of people killed by trees that fell on cars moving on the roads. State of emergency declared.
We have about 16″ of extremely heavy snow in our driveway and about a dozen 30-50′ tall trees that are down in the back woods. Fireplaces are all going in case power goes out….it is still windy.
Even if classes were held I would not have my children drive my grandchildren today or allow them to take the bus. My 11 year old grandson’s rebbi has scheduled a Skype Shiur at 9:30 today.I remember hearing this discussion more than 50 years ago with participants who has arrived in NYC from Eastern Europe circa 1910. In order to pay the rent, clothe the family and put food on the table they worked the American 6 day week in factories….goodbye Shabbos.
Children attended FREE Public School with limited rudimentary Jewish education given my a melamed a couple of afternoons each week.
As the family moved up the economic ladder, Shabbos work ended and the next generation kids went to Yeshiva or Day school. Those born in the late teens and early 1920s also afforded themselves of the college education available at CCNY and Hunter for only the cost of a subway fare.
This led to greater wealth as business owners and professionals and the ability to send the children to the best Yeshivos, buy the more expensive Cholov Yisroel and fund the frum institutions we take for granted today.
These families went from Euro-Traditional Jews to educated Frum Jews because of increased wealth, not in spite of it.
In the 50s and 60s increased wealth also meant vacations, summers and Yuntif at reliable certifed Kosher hotels in the Catskills or Miami Beach This was a much higher standard than the kitchens at a kuchelane in the 1930s, where all visitors prepared their own meals in the communal kitchen with no real supervision.
As prosperous businessmen, my father and uncles (A”H) had more available free time for learning than their grandfathers and great-grandfathers had as Greenhorns.@Zahavasdad
Putting construction equipment on your property does NOT make you liable.
If your neighbor trespasses and puts construction equipment on your property, you are not liable for consequences. Liability in tort depends on negligence. The equipment is not under your dominion and control. As soon as you notify the neighbor that he is trespassing you have basically absolved yourself of liability. Your neighbor has created the attractive nuisance that could cause harm to inquisitive children, not you. You have no legal right to move the equipment, but would have to get the authorities involved to do so.
Your copy of the notice of trespass to your neighbor, be it by text, fax, certified letter, email and your complaint to the building/zoning officials will stem any potential liability.
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For those who don’t want to get involved with the secular government, contact your homeowners insurance carrier, they’ll pursue the matter to avoid having to defend a potential claim.@Joseph
As I stated in my earlier post, using an attorney to compel compliance with laws and regulations does not mean going to court.
A strongly worded letter pointing out the violations with a cc notice on the bottom showing Building and zoning enforcement agencies usually does the trick very quickly. One doesn’t actually have to cc those agencies.This winter our next door neighbor’s grandson (not Jewish) decided he was going to operate a plow business. He stored all his equipment in grandma’s backyard. Not only was it unsightly, but lots of middle of the night noise occurs when he hooks up plows, sand spreaders, etc. and leaved heavy diesel trucks idling in the yard.
A phone call was ignored, I sent a letter showing the violations caused by storing commercial equipment and vehicles in a residential zone and marked CC Zoning Enforcement. Everything was cleared out within 4 days.When Mrs. CTL designed a house last year for a local client, the client wanted a sprinkler system. The local building codes don’t require them, but do require hardwired smoke and CO alarms.
She and the client ran the plans by the Underwriter for insurance (carrier the customer uses is a top notch name brand). Underwriter came back with quotes that were higher if a sprinkler system was installed than without. Here in New England, winter storms can and do bring power outages and frozen pipes. The exposure for internal damage from ceiling level sprinkler pipes raises the rates.
Our local Fire Marshal expressed his view that in small towns such as ours where so many have wells and not city water, the pressure would not be sufficient to put out a blaze before the fire company would respond with a pumper.To all those warning of sins an prohibitions of using secular courts:
Engaging an attorney does not mean this will go to court. Less than 10% of client activity results in a lawsuit.
The OP should see a land use attorney. This specialist will draft and send a letter to the abutting landowner pointing out the civil laws and regulations that are being violated. Also, potential civil fines and liability in tort law if the offending act does not cease immediately. An offer to allow temporary trespass in exchange for compensation could be offered.@Joseph
No.
The only non-referee Jewish judges I know in Connecticut either came from government employment which pays less than private practice, or some altruistic juvenile court judges who sought the appointment to help better the system.
I was offered an appointment about 20 years ago, but could not have afforded to keep my kids in yeshiva, etc. had I taken a pay cut of more than 50%@Chosid
You think 2 frum female judges in the USA constitutes filling the judiciary? I don’t.
That’s why my reply to the question posed by the OP is negative.@Joseph
I was very specific about lack of frum Jewish judges in Connecticut courts,
I have decades of experience there, you have none.
Merely removing a yarmulke would not stop regular appearing attorneys from knowing a judge is MO.
In a typical Judicial District (Such as Fairfield with it’s Superior Court in Bridgeport) there might be 25-30 Judges, There bios, addresses etc are all available, Not only do I know them, I would know if they were members of the few frum shuls in the area. I can immediately rule out the Italian, Polish, Irish and African Americans. There are almost no Jewish judges…….as a number I now who have been asked if they want an appointment say? Why take such a big pay cut? In fact there is only one Jewish judge at the current time and she is a member of a Reform Synagogue.
I can identify less than 1 dozen Jewish Trial Court Judges in CT and 1/3 are Referees…retired judges who work per diem to ease backlogs.
Judges are nominated by the Governor, confirmed by the General Assembly and have an 8 year term
Probate Judges are part time local elected officials and it’s been 30 years since the Jewish Probate Judge retired in New Haven and he was of German-Jewish Reform background.@AviK
“Can we expect Chareidi women to fill the judiciaries in both countries?”
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There may be a few elected in Chareidi pockets ion the USA. BUT they will never fill the judiciary in the USA. Most jurisdictions have few Jews, nevermind Chareidi Jewish women qualified for the bench.One might get elected in Brooklyn, but that won’t happen in Goyville, USA. Here in Connecticut, Judges are appointed, not elected and it’s not going to happen. The current nominee for Chief Justice of our state Supreme Court is an Irish-American Male married to another male.
I run into a few Chareidi attorneys in the courthouses, but I don’t even see MO judges on the bench be they male or female,
I am very biased when it comes to organ transplants. Eldest BIL lived 24 years with a cadaver kidney transplant. When the transplanted organ failed he had a live transplant from my nephew and that was 13 years ago
@funnybone
It is highly unusual for a client to have to wait for me. Unlike a physician, most of my client contact is by phone, email, fax, etc.
Should a client have a short wait before being shown into my office (generally caused by my doing something to facilitate the meeting) the client would be offered coffee, cake, a cold drink or snack. I can’t remember the last time a client was made to wait more than 10 minutes for an office appointment with me.
BUT, unlike Mentsch1, I see less clients in the office in a week than he does in a typical afternoon. I’m far more likely to meet with associates, paralegals, investigators, accountants or other attorneys on my clients’ behalf than with the client during representation. There are many clients who I never see from retainer to resolution.@Joseph
B”H I am not in need of assistance. My posts were merely there to illustrate to Mentsch1 that doctors are not the only professionals to be forced to accept reimbursement rates set by government.@Mentsch1
Thank you.
This discussion was important so that readers can see that we are operating businesses, even though we are deemed to be ‘professionals’ and that it is not a free market. Government can and does set rates.@DovidBT
I could not refuse in this case. I was obligated to be in the court for the entire day for Jury Duty (and longer if empaneled on a jury). One does not have to be let go by the judge. but can be sent back to the prospective juror waiting room to be on call for other cases.
I am not a dues paying member of our county Bar Association (but am of the State association), however they set their standard as every member shall provide a minimum of 2 days pro bono work per year. That can cost anywhere from $1500 to $9000 depending on billing rates of the attorney.
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A non-solo practice attorney, such as myself can ask the judge to allow a different attorney from the firm to serve if there is a scheduling conflict, but as owner of the firm I’d still bear the cost.
In general, one does not refuse the legal requests made by a judge.
The good thing is that we don’t elect trial court judges in CT and never are on the hook for political contributions, etc.@Mentsch1
Just a quick mention of what happened to me today (apropos of my last post).
Today I had jury duty at the local Superior Court. In CT, attorneys are not exempt and I am called every three years for the obligatory one day service, then if not chosen for a jury and free for the next 3 years.
I was sent as part of a group of 40 to be interviewed for selection to serve on a murder trial.
After discussing the case, the judge called us into the courtroom one by one for questioning (Voir Dire). Most prospective jurors were questioned for about 3 minutes. I was on the stand for over half an hour. The judge wanted me to serve, the prosecutor wanted me to serve, the defense attorney was forced to use a peremptory challenge to get rid of me.
As the judge thanked me for my time and dismissed me from jury service, he informed me that I could not leaver the courthouse, but had been assigned to represent an indigent minor child whose parents were in the family division in the final stages of a divorce.
So, I spent the entire afternoon providing free legal counsel…with the state determining I should work at a rate of ZERO dollars per hour.@mentsch1
“What other field allows the government to insist on a person (doctor) to provide services and doesn’t allow the provider to set his own fees.”Unfortunately your representation is flawed.
You only have to treat this group of patients and accept the fixed fees if you CHOOSE to accept Medicaid, Medicare and/or specific insurance company covered patients.
Many of my doctors have signs at their windows stating they do not accept Medicaid, do not take Medicare assignment (patient is responsible for difference between Medicare reimbursement and full fee) or Insurance company X.BTW, I’m a family law attorney. If I take cases in Probate Court (Surrogate’s Court in NY) The percentage of the estate that I can charge for being executor is set for me. If I represent youth in Juvenile Court who are DCF (CPS elsewhere) wards, my hourly rate is set by the court (about 1/3 of what I charge on the open market). I can make the decision whether to do this work or not, I’m not a slave.
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At any moment that I am in the courthouse, a judge can snag me and order me to represent an indigent criminal defendant at NO CHARGE (pro bono) where I not only don’t get paid for my time, but must bear the cost of many expenses from my own pocket. Attorneys are expected to take on X number of pro bono case hours per year. Here in CT we don’t have a Government Legal Aid department, so we become indentured servants at times.הגר Hagar
BTW, if it’s not in the four coprners of the document, it doesn’t exist………………….
I guess you’ll also go last. Posting a name with a Mem Sofeet, means no new name can be posted (That’s the lawyer in me, looking at everything that’s in print).
But if I pretend it’s just a mem I’ll post Miryam.
@DovidBT
As long as it does not violate state law (in Mass it would): If the restaurant or store posts that it does not accept cash and it is on the menu and/or the server lets you know before you place your order, it is legal.they are offering to serve you a meal on their terms and you accept by placing your order…forming a meeting of the minds and a contract for goods/services.
@DY
I stated ion my post that the OP shouldn’t worry about an impression made by how he pays his bill.My comments about a time gone by (40+ years ago) was not about trying to make an impression, but an impression being made.
@litvishechosid
You can solve your problem by using a DEBIT card. Your date/dining associates won’t think you are living on credit and you don’t have to carry bulky cash.
I don’t think one should be worried about ‘impressions’ made by how you pay the bill in an restaurant. Today, most legitimate business is done with plastic. In fact more and more goyische restaurants no longer accept cash. I read an article about this in the newspaper within the past month
When I was young and maintained an office in Manhattan, I had house charge accounts at the restaurants I frequented the most. The check would arrive, I’d take out my pen sign my name and a two digit number. That often made an impression.
No, you will not get the same results with a 20 minute wet seasoning as a full marinade session.
Chicken pieces need only 20-30 minutes to marinate. Beef is much more dense and a 2″ thick piece of shoulder (which is wheat most kosher London Broil is) needs 6-8 hours in marinade in a ziploc bag, turning every half hour to break down the muscle tissue and tenderize the meat.BTW> oil is an important component in marinade, just using vinegar and spices will not perform the same chemical reaction as a cheap bottle of generic Italian dressing.
RebYidd23….
I don’t have ‘fancy shmancy’ furniture. We buy the best we can afford and it lasts a lifetime or longer. That’s what I was taught by my great grandparents and grandparents, I sit typing this comment at my home office desk that my grandfather bought when he opened his Optometrist practice in 1926.
We have many family pieces that have passed down through the family. We often buy quality used items and reupholster or refinish them. I do not see the value in cheaply made products that don’t last a long time.
I recently reupholstered (me, not a shop) the seats on our dining room chairs. It’s probably the 4th time I’ve done so in 45 years of marriage. B”H I have the tools and ability. My father insisted that all his sons learn how to use hand tools and do basic, carpentry, plumbing, painting and electrical. We are not cliff dwellers, if you are going to own a house you should be able to do basic maintenance. Mrs. CTL was the granddaughter of a painter. He had only daughters and granddaughters..they all learned to paint, sheet rock and wallpaper.
The CTL main house has doubled in size since we bought it decades ago. All work was done by us and siblings except for those items such as framing, installing an in-ground pool and plumbing and electrical required to be done by a licensed person in order to get permits and COs.
B”H, I still get exercise mowing, my lawn , shoveling the snow and taking out the trash.
The only 2 pieces of furniture I might think fancy are ‘Ebony and Ivory’ our Black and White Grand Pianos. The Black we bought for our children to learn and play on. The White belonged to my late MIL and moved in with us when she did. She taught our children all to play.No bearing on my decision. I have never spent one cent at IKEA. Not the style or quality of merchandise I desire.
Bilik iz tayer………ביליק איז טייַער
Cheap is dear.
I’m not interested in disposable furniture, etc.@ZD
Your point about leaving rural areas for the cities is true among all European people, NOT just Jews. You write of the urban migration of the Industrial revolution of the 1800s.@WTP
In the early 1900s Jewish farming colonies were established in NJ and CT for those Eastern European Jewish poor who managed to get to America. These were great failures because in general, except for keeping a few chickens for eggs and a kitchen garden, these village Jews were not farmers.@Takahmamash
I was not implying that the wedding planner only works or is hired for the day f the wedding. Mrs. CTL and I just don’t require those services.,
The CTL compound has been the site of over 10 family frum weddings in the past 15 years. I, as a.
Justice of the Peace, perform civil weddings. The Wisteria covered pergola which forms the entry to our pool area is a desirable site for a wedding ceremony. I may perform civil ceremonies, but they are for non-Jews only. I don’t perform any ceremony involving a Jewish Groom or Bride, and I don’t bother checking into the halacha of their genealogy. If they say they are Jewish,go elsewhere.
These couples often ask Mrs. CTL (who books my time) if she can recommend florist, photographer, music, and/or caterer who has worked here. She will do so. No sit down affairs or dancing takes place. Typically, the couples are dress in business attire with a daytime ceremony. No gowns with slits, low necks, etc. Chances are these are mature people who are either widowed or divorced and want a low key, private wedding.Joseph…………..
I don’t know that the vast majority of those killed in the Holocaust were ‘Frum’ Yidden. I believe the term Ero-traditional may be more appropriate. In most small town/village Eastern Europe there was only one style of shul/davening. People complied to a standard of religious living in public, but perhaps not in private or in thought.
There were many Jews in big cities who were not ‘frum’ who were carted off and killed.@MTAB
Yes, the point that you made statements about 1700 in Eastern Europe and have absolutely no facts to bact it up is what I addressed.
To be perfectly honest, I pay no taxes to the Israeli government and therefore have no opinion on how they spent their revenue. That is for the Israeli voters to decide by electing MKs who support what the voters want.Rav Miller may have been a brilliant man, but he visited Lithuania in the 1930s, that’s 203+ years after 1700.
I don’t know what my ancestors were doing in 1700, but I do have full records from 1812 on in Suwalki Province (Poland/Lithuania/Russian Empire) and in the Shtetl of Sapotzske in what is now Belarus. The males worked in the horse, cattle and leather tanning business. They worked full time from Bar Mitzvah age on. They were typical observant poor Jews who did not have the luxury of learning all day, they worked dawn to dusk scratching out a living. It was only after arrival in NY in the 1860s and early 1870s that time for regular learning at night after work came about. No one learned full time until after WWI, when my father’s youngest uncle learned for 2 years after graduating public High School in Brownsville.
As for my Yekke side, they were city people who arrived in NY in the 1860s. In Germany they had attended Gymnasium and medical school. Life in Big city Germany was far different from an Eastern European shtetl.Posting about the year 1700 in Eastery Europe, and when challenged relating a story from 1930s Lithuania is nonsense. You can’t extrapolate from Vilna in 1936 to a village in Galicia in 1700.
@Joseph
Not Best Man in the goyische sense, but a trusted agent of the Chosson who handles little details and keeps him on trackI won’t address your comments about the economics of yeshiva students in current day EY.
I do highly doubt your statement that hundreds of thousands of each million frum males in 1700s Eastern Europe were spending sizable portions of the day studying in stiebelach in their stetlach. I would suggest that most of them were toiling most of the day attempting to scratch out a living at their restricted means of employment.
I would challenge you to produce factual evidence to support your claim.We married off two daughters within the past 22 months.
Both weddings ran on time.
I am a stickler for detail and punctuality (Yekke on maternal side).
Time schedules for performance with monetary penalties were written into contacts for caterer, florist, photographer and band (yes, I’m an attorney and never accept a contract handed me by a supplier…it will be construed in their favor).
Typically a wedding gets behind schedule in the photography session. Mrs. CTL and I went over the shots to be taken with daughters, SILS and photographer. NO additional shots, setups, locations were permitted. Photographer could take all the candids he desired during the meal, dancing, etc. but not delay the affair.
My next door neighbor’s wife volunteered and was put in charge of making sure all those to be in a photo were in place at the proper time.
The mesader kiddushin reviewed the Ketubot the night before with the Chason and both fathers. No time was wasted at the tisch for this.
We were not at the mercy of the wedding hall for setup time and access as both weddings took place at the CTL compound. Only the first wedding was followed by a dinner affair that night in a Manhattan hotel. No delays for tisch, ceremony, etc. It was called for 7:30 cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and 8:15 sit down for formal dinner and dancing. 10:30 bentching, shevah berachot and speeches. Everyone out at 11:30.It was the best man’s job to keep the chason on a timetable. No delays by friends with sthick were to be tolerated. The kallah’s eldest sister was charged to keep her on schedule.
We did not need/use a wedding planner..we’re good at this task. All vendors were set straight form the beginning that they ONLY took instructions from Mrs. CTL or myself. This avoids delays caused by meeting requests from guests or unauthorized relatives making changes.
@mentsch1
Here in the country things are different.
No shows and cancellations with less than 24 hour notice are billed a fee (there are exceptions, such as being admitted to the hospital). Don’t pay the fee and chances are the doctor will drop you as a patient.Unlike, some of the Frum enclaves often mentioned in the CR, the doctors here are not seeing a large number of Medicaid patients.
My time is money…that’s what attorney’s do, they bill time. I respect the doctor’s time as well. When booking an appointment I let the receptionist know if I need a brief or extended visit. The internist who is my primary care doctor does not see children. That speeds things up. Also, people who call and say they’ve just come down with a kronk are referred to the walk-in facility in the building, not told to come in and be squeezed in.
As far as your statement about costs, in this areas almost 50% of MDs have sold their practices to the area hospitals and are employees, not business owners. Excluding my dentist. all of my doctors are in practices now owned by two hospitals. This includes the concierge practice owned by Yale.
@mentsch1
Contrary to your belief, lawyers also help people.
Unlike doctors, the first consultation is generally free. My firm spends 20% of its time on pro bono cases…work done free for the public good.
I can’t tell you how to run your practice and schedule your time. That’s your business. I know that you can charge different amounts for a brief office visit and a long one. The problem is that you are constricted by insurance payments, I am not.
My internist has a concierge practice. I pay an annual fee that grants access and short wait times. Not every doctor offers that nor can every patient afford it.
My dentist is in the same building as my office. I have his staff trained to phone me when the previous patient gets up from the chair in the procedure room. I am able to be in the room by the time the dentist is ready to see me.
I dropped my eye doctor when I found he was making 6 ‘first’ appointments, sticking patients in exam rooms and wasting hours of me time.I went to my internist for vaccinations this week. He schedules a vaccine clinic each week for three hours. Patients are in and out. No other issues are discussed or treated. He only sees adults as patients. This leads to a much more orderly flow to the workday.
@lesschrumras
There are many occasions for ‘well doctor’ visits: Annual physical, Flu Shots, Eye Exam, every six month teeth cleaning, orthotic adjustment at the podiatrist.Not every doctor visit is because one is sick.
In fact, I went on Monday to update certain vaccinations for travel to travel to southern Africa this month.After 30 minutes I get up and walk out. I also refuse to give the receptionist the co-pay before I see the doctor. Once they have your money, they don’t care how long you sit and wait.
I agree that the time to meet your child’s prospective mate is during the dating period.
We met our children’s mates after the 2nd date and before the 4th. In all cases it was not a formal meeting of Mrs. CTL and I and the you young people in out living room…too stiff and uncomfortable for all involved.
We arranged for couple to attend a Sunday late afternoon BBQ or meal at our home that included other relatives and friends of the couple. In fact, to make it more comfortable we had our child ask the date to bring a few friends as possibles for our other children or invitees. We watched the social interaction of the young people as a whole and had limited but satisfying interaction with the target bride/groom.
This worked well for 4 of 5 children.
The other son in law was the child of friends and we had watched him grow up and didn’t require such a meeting.Yes, Eminent Domain is a real threat in the USA ever since the Kelo v. New London case here in CT. It used to be that government could take your land for public use….a school, roads, etc.
Now the Supreme Court found that government could take your land and transfer it to another private owner.
Pfizer wanted the New London land to build a large facility. The city felt that employment and taxes were a better use of the land and benefited the citizenry. The courts agreed. All these years later the land is vacant, Pfizer never built.BTW> my town took 4 feet depth of my road frontage by eminent domain to put in waste sewers. Not only did they not pay for the land, as they argued home values go up when you have sewers, not septic systems, but I had to pay a $30,000 assessment for the cost of the sewers and $3000 to hook up.
I have been a member of our town’s Board of Assessment Appeals and heard arguments as to value for eminent domain claims.
@Yehudayona
Should Rubashkin be allowed to vote?
He would NOT qualify in Connecticut, as he still has to make restitution and is on supervised release.
He may qualify in NY, the rules are a bit more lenient.What’s my opinion?
I have lobbied my state legislators to change the law to forbid granting voting rights to convicted felons.
I don’t care if they are Jews or Goyim@Joseph
Literacy Tests for voting rights were specifically made illegal in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, along with things such as the poll tax. These had been used to keep minorities from voting My father A”H used to keep his NYS Voter Registration Literacy Certificate (issued in the 1930s) framed on the wall in his office. I have it on display in my office nowVoter registration requirements in the USA are left to the individual states as long as they do not violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended.
Different states have different rules. Some allow felons to vote from prison, some =never restore voting rights. Some require an individual to petition for restoration. Some base re-enfranchisement on the crime.
In Connecticut, as long as the felon has completed his/her sentence and parole requirements he/she may register to vote and paid all ordered fines and restitution.
This means that the CONVICTED FELON Mayor Joseph Ganim of Bridgeport, who was sent to prison for stealing the taxpayers’ money and taking payoffs, was able to become an elector (registered voter) and then run for and win election as Mayor of Bridgeport.
In the 1950s and 60s Mayor Rado of Naugatuck was convicted and jailed for voter fraud twice. Each time after release and satisfaction of terms of his conviction, he got his vote back and the voters returned this felon to office.
If your states lets convicted felons vote and you oppose it, lobby your state legislators to change the law
When I come into our mudroom from outside, I remove my shoes and put on leather bedroom slippers.
As Joseph said we don’t walk in only socks unless in a period of mourning.@WTP
Different laws in different states is exactly why we have separate Bar Exams for each state. One day National law is tested, day two, state law is tested.
I am admitted in CT, MA (where I went to Law School), NY and FL. I am old enough that after practicing in CT for 5 years, all I had to do was pay my fee to NY, drive to Albany and be sworn in. Nowadays, I’d have to take and pass the NYS Bar Exam. I took and passed the other exams. I am also admitted to the Federal Bar for my District.That said, No one knows every law on the books in their state. Lawyers and Judges tend to keep up to speed on the areas of their practice. Otherwise they look things up or have clerks and paralegals research and report results. I was in court this morning with a Judge in Housing Session, Superior Court. He had just been transferred in after 5 years in the Family Law Division. In one 30 minute session, he stopped and referred to the Connecticut General Statutes (on line version) 4 times before rendering a decision.
I have twice submitted comments because Rebbyidd23 tagged me in the original post.
Neither of my comments has posted. Thank you moderators for allowing my ‘probable’ opinion to be posted and my actual opinion to be deleted.@Shopping613
Back through the early 1970s, all public school students took a class in Civics while in Junior High School which covered this subject. MY OOT Day School/High School also taught it. OOT schools are far more likely to have a full half day of secular subjects. We constantly read articles on YWN of Yeshivos NOT teaching the government required secular classes, turning out graduates who are ignorant of necessary information to live in the greater world.I have three Chinese Foreign Exchange students living in an apartment I own and attending private high school in the US. I mentor them. They all are taking a Government class which deals with the basics of the US legal system.