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Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to turn election into a show of Chabad’s local force

JL;DR SUMMARY Activists in the Crown Heights Jewish community, primarily from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, are pushing to boost voter turnout to show political influence in local matters, despite New York City's predictably Democratic outcomes. 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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ChabadCrown HeightsVoter TurnoutLocal ElectionsCommunity ActivismSocial ProgramsSchool VouchersJewish Future AllianceOrthodox Jewish Voting

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New York City, New York, United States
"There is no question about which presidential candidate will win New York City, but the Jewish Future Alliance is encouraging Crown Heights Jews to vote anyway to signal to local elected officials that they make up a constituency worth paying attention to."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"But three decades after his death, too few Jews living in Crown Heights, the movements home base, are casting ballots, according to a nonprofit there aimed at increasing voter turnout."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Crown Heights supported Trump by a considerable margin in the 2020 presidential election, forming an island of red in deep blue Brooklyn, and Trump and some of his surrogates have courted Hasidic voters ahead of Tuesdays vote."

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