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Flatbush Rabbis: Don't Vote for Weprin

September 9, 2011 – 12:30 pm

Matzav reports: A group of Flatbush rabbonim have signed a letter stating that it is forbidden to vote or campaign for Democrat David Weprin in the race to replace Queens Rep. Anthony Weiner. Weprin is a New York State assemblyman and formerly a member of the New York City Council where he served as chairman of its finance […]

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NY Daily News on NOM's $75K to Defeat Pro-SSM Weprin

September 9, 2011 – 12:00 pm

Alison Gendar and Celeste Katz for the Daily Politics blog at the New York Daily News: The National Organization for Marriage is targeting Jewish and Latino voters for their message, hitting mailboxes today, organizers said. “This race is critical for the future of marriage,” said Brian Brown, president of NOM … One of the mailers […]

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Democrats to Drop Half a Million Dollars to Try to Save Weprin in NY-9

September 9, 2011 – 10:30 am

Big money coming in: Democrats are showing the clearest sign yet of concern ahead of next Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 9th District – the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up on air with an expensive television buy in the campaign’s closing days.According to buy information obtained by Hotline On Call, the DCCC has […]

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Weekly Standard Video: "Weprin Shakes What His Mama Gave Him"

September 9, 2011 – 9:00 am

Friday off-beat … we’ll have more serious updates on the NY-9 special election soon:

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NYTimes: NOM Invests $75K to Defeat Pro-SSM Weprin

September 8, 2011 – 2:35 pm

UPDATE – read our official press release here. Thomas Kaplan at the New York Times City Room blog got the scoop: After the New York State Legislature voted in June to allow gay couples to wed, opposition groups vowed that they would make trouble for lawmakers who supported the marriage bill the next time they […]

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Weprin Struggling in NY-9 a "Humiliation for the Democrat Party"

September 8, 2011 – 1:00 pm

That’s what happens when you cross the people who you need to vote for you: Democratic congressional candidate David Weprin is ploughing at least $260,000 into TV ads during the final stretch of the campaign to fight off a strong challenge from GOP rival Bob Turner in Tuesday’s special election for disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner […]

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Video: Weprin Questioned by Voter on His SSM Vote

September 6, 2011 – 9:00 am

Via Capital New York: In a conversation captured on video, a man recently asked David Weprin how, as an Orthodox Jew, he could vote to legalize same-sex marriage. (The man also raised hypothetical problems faced by “catering halls” that may have to comply with the new law.)

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Yeshiva World: "Can Weprin Represent Orthodox Jewish Views?"

September 6, 2011 – 8:00 am

Dave Hirsch is a political analyst and columnist who penned this op-ed in the Yeshiva World: David Weprin deserves credit for his past commitment to the Jewish community; yet, the placing of his career and party before his faith is troubling and makes him the wrong contender for this position. His loyalty to the liberal […]

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40 Orthodox Rabbis Signed Letter Opposing Weprin Over SSM Vote

September 4, 2011 – 10:00 am

A little nugget from the Five Towns Jewish Times: The Five Towns Jewish Times learned last week that the Turner campaign is in possession of a letter signed by 40 Orthodox rabbis in New York which states that because of Mr. Weprin’s vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, it is forbidden according […]

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Turner Tied with Weprin in Latest NY-9 Poll!

September 2, 2011 – 11:14 am

Roll Call: A new Republican-commissioned poll showed the race to replace ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) in New York’s 9th district to be a dead heat. A McLaughlin & Associates poll of 300 likely voters found 42 percent would vote for state Assemblyman David Weprin (D) while 42 percent said they would vote for retired businessman […]

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Weprin Mystified As To Why Orthodox Community Abandoning Him Over SSM Betrayal

September 1, 2011 – 12:00 pm

In this interview with The Jewish Press Assemblyman David Weprin, who is running as a candidate for the upcoming special election in NY-9, seems to imply he’s owed the support of the Orthodox Jewish community, even if he abandoned them on marriage: [The Jewish Press:] You’ve taken some heat in the Orthodox community for your […]

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Weprin Cancels NY-9 Debate, Blames Irene

August 30, 2011 – 10:45 am

Gotham Gazette: Democratic congressional candidate and State Assemblymember David Weprin has withdrawn from [yesterday’s] scheduled debate with his GOP rival, Bob Turner. The two men are locked in a tough contest to succeed Anthony Weiner in the Ninth Congressional District in Brooklyn and Queens. … Holden, though, was not accepting the hurricane as a reason for Weprin’s change in […]

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NY-9: Weprin Supporters More Likely to Change Vote After SSM Betrayal

August 30, 2011 – 8:00 am

Orthodox Jews have supported NY Assemblyman David Weprin in the past but now his vote for same-sex marriage is putting that support in grave jeopardy, as the Village Voice reports: “…Though Weprin gave generously to Jewish nonprofit groups when he was the City Council’s finance chair, many religious Jews are still fuming about his vote […]

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Video: Weprin Tries to Explain Away Unpopular Gay Marriage Vote in Advance of NY-9 Election

August 26, 2011 – 3:28 pm

David Weprin is facing huge backlash in the Orthodox Jewish community for his vote to legalize same-sex marriage. He does his best to get out of his predicament when faced with tough questions about it:

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NY Jewish Week: Gay Marriage Issue Galvanizing Orthodox Against Weprin

August 24, 2011 – 3:30 pm

Adam Dickter for the New York Jewish Week: We’ll take a closer look at the campaign of Democrat Assemblyman David Weprin for Congress in this week’s paper, but I’d be remiss in not blogging today about what I am hearing is a groundswell of anti-Weprin sentiment among the Orthodox in the district because of his […]

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