As emailed to me, and posted on SerandEz, Leah Larson has won the contest from Wells Fargo's Someday Stories!
Congratulations, Leah- and continue your excellent work!
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Showing posts with label vote. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Israel's Mayoral Election
Ouch. Okay, I am definitely not an expert on Israeli politics.....but when the frum community decides to split over politics, based upon what their respective rabbaim say- that's sad. That's a lack of achdus, and a major cause of friction, machlokes, and other things.
R' Elyashiv endorsed Porush, the Gerrer chassidim and Rebbe endorsed Barkat- I truthfully don't know who would be better or worse, who's policies are right, or not.
The rumors floating around are that Barkat would divide Yerushalyim. He denied it outright according to the NY Times.
The rumors floating around were that Porush would have provided more affordable housing. Seems that both candidates would have done that.
This entire election has been fraught with tension between most parties- between Shas, Agudah, Degel, and UTJ.....
And now, at the end of the day- Nir Barkat is the new mayor of Yerushalayim (thanks, YWN).
Was all the fighting worth it? Couldn't they have been civilized? And not only that- I think that Yerushalayim must be the only election in which half the people did not know why they were voting for who they were voting, but they voted for that candidate because their respective Rav said so. That's a great reason- but I'd also like to be informed.
It's very sad that Klal Yisroel is so divided. I hope that achdus will come to us in the future.
R' Elyashiv endorsed Porush, the Gerrer chassidim and Rebbe endorsed Barkat- I truthfully don't know who would be better or worse, who's policies are right, or not.
The rumors floating around are that Barkat would divide Yerushalyim. He denied it outright according to the NY Times.
The rumors floating around were that Porush would have provided more affordable housing. Seems that both candidates would have done that.
This entire election has been fraught with tension between most parties- between Shas, Agudah, Degel, and UTJ.....
And now, at the end of the day- Nir Barkat is the new mayor of Yerushalayim (thanks, YWN).
Was all the fighting worth it? Couldn't they have been civilized? And not only that- I think that Yerushalayim must be the only election in which half the people did not know why they were voting for who they were voting, but they voted for that candidate because their respective Rav said so. That's a great reason- but I'd also like to be informed.
It's very sad that Klal Yisroel is so divided. I hope that achdus will come to us in the future.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Vote, Please
If you haven't already- as I've done- vote for Leah Larson, running (under her mother's name, Evelyn, because she's only 17!) in Wells Fargo's Someday Stories Contest. She's an amazing girl who started Yaldah magazine for Jewish girls, completely run and written by them. Aish.com has a wonderful article written by her, and we're all hoping she'll win the 100,000 dollar prize to keep publishing.
(Thanks Juggling Frogs, for first alerting me to this a long time ago- sorry I haven't posted on it sooner!)
(Thanks Juggling Frogs, for first alerting me to this a long time ago- sorry I haven't posted on it sooner!)
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