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November 6, 2012
Election day snapshots
Nettie Price voted for Obama in 2008, and in the past the registered independent has voted mostly a straight Democratic ticket. But not this year. Standing outside her polling place at Castle Heights Elementary School in Beverlywood, Price said this time she voted a straight Republican ticket, based on one issue: economics.
From Boca to Delray, Florida’s much-discussed Jewish voters finally have their say
At approximately 10 a.m. on Election Day, a black sedan pulled up to the polling station at the J.C. Mitchell Elementary School.
Israel extends Daylight Savings Time
Israel\’s Knesset passed a bill extending Daylight Savings Time.
Sandy stories: Destruction, recovery and human kindness
A week after Sandy swept into the New York area with fierce winds, driving rain and a high tide for the history books, the nation’s largest Jewish community was still picking up the pieces. JTA gathered stories from around the storm zone about Sandy’s destruction, the recovery and the remarkable tales of human kindness.
Security could intimidate, so Sinai Temple moves polling places outdoors
Polling places often move around from year to year, but normally not on Election Day itself, as happened to the polls at Sinai Temple this year.