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Nov '12
Nov '12
Election season ratchets up the tension for Cuyahoga County’s Jewish voters
(Crain’s Cleveland Business)(Ed: This is not necessarily referring to the Orthodox community.)
“Things are getting ugly among the Jews of Cuyahoga County, with family splits and dinner invitations declined.”
So writes Roger Cohen in this New York Times op-ed piece about the pressures of a tight presidential race in Ohio and the Senate candidacy of a conservative Jewish Republican, Josh Mandel, who has divided loyalties among the 80,000 Jews of Greater Cleveland.
“I have never seen the divisions this acute,” said James Ratner, an executive at Forest City Enterprises.
