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UPenn refuses to reschedule commencement ceremony on Shavuot
(JNS) The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia said it will not move the date of its commencement ceremony, which is set to take place during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, despite a petition to reschedule the event to accommodate those who celebrate the Jewish holiday.
According to the university’s student-run publication, The Daily Pennsylvanian, nearly 40 seniors who identify as Orthodox Jewish received an email about the decision on March 24. Vice president and university secretary Medha Narvekar, and vice presi. For access to this article please sign in or
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US President Donald Trump, right, greets Rep. Lee Zeldin, center, and his wife Diana Zeldin, left, after arriving at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, New York, Aug. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
JTA Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress and a staunch defender of Donald Trump, is running for governor of New York.
“The bottom line is this: To save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta go,” Zeldin said in a news release Thursday.
Zeldin, a House member from Long Island, handily won reelection in the fall over a Democratic Jewish challenger, despite being abashedly pro-Trump in a state where the former president is extremely unpopular.
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“The bottom line is this: To save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta go,” Zeldin said in a news release Thursday.
Zeldin, a House member from Long Island, handily won reelection in the fall over a Democratic Jewish challenger, despite being unabashedly pro-Trump in a state where the former president is extremely unpopular.
Both Zeldin and David Kustoff of Tennessee, the other Jewish House Republican, voted to object to the Electoral College’s presidential vote tally after condemning the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
Cuomo, the incumbent governor, is ensnared in a series of scandals one involving lies about nursing home deaths in New York from COVID-19, as well as several allegations of sexual harassment by former colleagues.
In a bid to oust embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo at the ballot box next year,
Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin pledged on Thursday to “bring New York back from the brink and return it to glory.”
Screenshot from a video announcing Congressman Lee Zeldin’s 2022 gubernatorial campaign in New York. (Image via Courthouse News)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (CN) One of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, Representative Lee Zeldin announced on Thursday that he will run for governor of New York in 2022.
“The bottom line is this: To save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta go,” a video announcement for the 41-year old, four-term congressmen intones, referring to the multiple scandals tarnishing the image of the incumbent Democrat.