Florida May Change Election Date Because it Falls on Passover
The date of a special election in Florida to fill the seat of a prominent Jewish congressman may be changed because it falls on the last day of Passover.
Gov. Charlie Crist wants to revisit the date of the scheduled April 6 election to replace Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) to see if it can be switched, The Associated Press reported.
Crist, a Republican, was reacting to a letter from the Florida-based Shalom International, a pro-Israel group whose president, Bob Kunst, called the election schedule an “attack upon the religious Jewish community.”
Wexler is resigning in January to become president of the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation. His 19th Congressional District includes the heavily Jewish areas of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
posted by andie531 @ Friday, November 27, 2009
2 Comments:
How about they change the date of
passover, because of the election?
I wonder if elections are held on other people's holy days?
As of 2006 "The tri-county area of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach is home to a community of more than 625,000 Jews, about 10 percent of American Jews, and comprises nearly 200 congregations, 3 major Jewish federations, 20 Hebrew day schools, a world-recognized Holocaust memorial, and more." http://www.jgsbc.org/history.html
So someone tell me who is causing this “attack upon the religious Jewish community.”
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