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Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County’s first Jewish executive, guided by Orthodox tradition

JL;DR SUMMARY Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County's first Jewish executive, is guided by his Orthodox Jewish traditions while embracing a multicultural connection. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityOrthodox JudaismCoalition BuildingMezuzahBdsNassau CountyBruce Blakeman

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Nassau County, New York, United States
"Blakeman, a Republican, became the first Jewish executive of Nassau County in New York on Saturday."
Hempstead, New York, United States
"Blakeman served as councilman of the countys largest town, Hempstead, since 2015."
Atlantic Beach, New York, United States
"He is a member of the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach, an Orthodox congregation, and prays every day."
Lawrence, New York, United States
"Michael Fragin, a Republican political strategist and a resident of the village of Lawrence, described Blakeman as a fixture in the local community who wears his Judaism on his sleeves."
Georgia, United States
"...Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgian Republican, who has issued a torrent of remarks and tweets deemed antisemitic since she was elected to Congress in 2020..."
Washington DC, United States
"Earlier this year Greene compared vaccination and mask requirements to the Nazi rule during the Holocaust. She apologized and visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. after widespread condemnation..."

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