By Lieba Nesis
Hakarat HaTov, the Hebrew term for gratitude, is one of the pillars of the Jewish religion. There is no President that deserves our thanks more than President Donald Trump. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem, ridding the world of the one-sided Iran-US nuclear deal, signing an executive order to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses, commuting the unduly harsh 27-year prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, recognizing the right of Jews to live in Judea/Samaria, arranging a peace agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan, cutting more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians, visiting the Western Wall and treating Prime Minister Netanyahu with the utmost respect and regard (unlike Obama) at each and every opportunity are just a few of the hallmark accomplishments of the Trump administration.
In fact, a historic letter by the leading Rabbis in America was released in support of Donald Trump on October 25th. In an unprecedented show of unity the Bobov, Munkach, Vizhnitz, both Satmar Rebbes, along with the head of the Crown Heights Bais Din and the Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood, Philadelphia, and South Fallsburg, all sent a letter of appreciation and blessing to Trump-a group that has heretofore never entered the political arena. Undoubtedly, a large group of secular Jews will continue to show support for the Democratic left. However, in this time of rising anti-Semitism and the hijacking of the Democrat party by the anti-Semitic left this election is the most consequential in the history of the Jewish people.
The orthodox community has finally decided to galvanize in support of this heroic president with a recent survey from Ami magazine revealing that a whopping 83 percent would vote for Trump.
Moreover, on Sunday a Trump 2020 car parade originating in Monsey, Flatbush, Boro Park, and Manhattan converged on Marine Park for a rally heralding this once-in-a-lifetime pro-Jewish President. Hundreds of vehicles containing the American flag and banners for Trump 2020 are flooded the streets of these areas with an enthusiasm the Biden campaign has failed to ignite.
The convoy which departed at 10 AM from Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn was headed down Ocean Parkway, making its way to Trump Tower and finally meeting up at Marine Park Flatbush with the Monsey, Boro Park, and Manhattan crowd in tow.
Boris Epshteyn, strategic advisor to Trump, Andrea Catsimatidis, Chair of the Manhattan Republican Party, and Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman, spoke at Brooklyn’s Marine Park.
The frum community, which normally fails to mobilize for political causes, has thankfully decided to energize for a President that has repeatedly put his own political career on the line for the Jewish community.
Ivanka Trump, the President’s orthodox daughter, visited the tomb of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens this past week accompanied by Rabbi Zalman and Toba Grossbaum, the directors of the Chabad of Livingston New Jersey. Ivanka and Jared also prayed at the Ohel (tomb) before the 2016 Presidential election-providing hope the Lubavitcher Rebbe will once again intervene on behalf of the Jewish people to elect Trump for this monumental election.
