Parashat Lech L’cha, November 11, 2016; 11 Heshvan 5777
Hello. I’m with Election Protection. We’re not connected to any party or candidate. We just want to make sure that everyone who is eligible can vote. Do you have the identification you’ll need on you?”
I repeated words like these hundreds of times this past Tuesday. I was sent to Cincinnati as part of Project Nitzavim, an effort by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism to work with other groups to ensure that no one was improperly denied the franchise. Nitzavim is the Hebrew word for standing proud and upright. It’s what we tried to do, although after a few hours, I was also content to lean on the occasional railing for support.
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