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— Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law a bill targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The legislation, which prohibits the state from contracting with companies that engage in boycotts of Israel, including firms located outside of the state, and also requires companies to explicitly state in contracts that they are not…
— The Ohio Senate approved a bill targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, all but assuring it will become law. The bill passed Thursday by a vote of 26-5 and now awaits Gov. John Kasich’s signature. The state’s House of Representatives passed the measure last month. The legislation prohibits the state from…
John Kasich gave an impromptu 20-minute speech about hope and religious faith to a suburban New York Orthodox synagogue. The Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate avoided politics in the address Saturday to hundreds of congregants at Long Island’s Great Neck Synagogue, Newsday reported. Kasich — who is second in the New York Republican primary…
Invoking Jesus , as John Kasich did last week, is obviously incompetent campaigning. Visiting Borough Park before the New York Primary, Kasich explained to several ultra-Orthodox Jews that the paschal lamb prefigures Christ, the “lamb of God.” For a politician, this is roughly equivalent to biting a baby when you were supposed to kiss it….
(JTA) — If Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s visit to Hasidic Brooklyn this week had yielded only one amusing moment, Dayenu – it would have been enough. But, thank God, there were many in the Republican presidential candidate’s visit to a Jewish bookstore, shmura matzah bakery and Hasidic school in Borough Park on Tuesday. “It’s a…
John Kasich bantered with haredi Orthodox Jews about which biblical figure was most significant and other lessons from the Jewish Bible. The Ohio governor and one of three Republicans left vying for the party’s presidential nomination toured a Jewish book store in Borough Park, a Brooklyn neighborhood, Tuesday, Jewish Insider reported. New York State’s primary…
Governor John Kasich just got his most important endorsement and let us tell you, it is YUUUGE. It’s not from any millionaires or billionaires. It’s from one, very adorable Bernie Sanders impersonator who, after heckling the GOP candidate, went up to the center of the hall and thanked Kasich for “bringing some class to the…
If there’s one thing John Kasich is clear on, it’s properly labeling movies at Blockbuster. Since it’s no longer the mid 90s, he probably won’t make it a large part of his platform. During the usually even-tempered GOP candidate’s lengthy political career, he took issue with the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers film “Fargo.” Kasich was so…
