\”Anything that moves a few hundred or a few thousand voters one way or another in any state can cause a seismic shift,\” said John Zogby, a pollster who says the closeness of this election is leading opinion-gatherers to focus more than ever on small groups like Jews.
How does a Jewish community journalist cover such a non-Jewish election?
The World Union is the umbrella organization for 1,500 Reform, Reconstructionist, Liberal and Progressive congregations in 44 countries and, Regev estimated, touches the religious, educational and social lives of approximately 2 million Jews.
The heart of the dispute centers on whether Sea Point must observe the standards of halacha demanded by the country\’s chief rabbinate in Johannesburg, or whether it can adopt looser standards.
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