A Lubavitch resident of Pomona, NY, has been elected to serve as Mayor of Pomona, a village in Rockland County, NY.
Ilan Fuchs has won the election for Mayor on Tuesday. He has been serving as a trustee on the Village Board along with fellow Lubavitch resident of Pomona Mendy Lasker.
Three other Frum men, Joel Grunwald, Raanan Zidile, and Marc Greenberg have been elected to the Pomona Board in the same election.
In a video message, Fuchs thanked all those who voted for him and pledged to continue to work for the community.
“We won by a really large majority, thanks to all your help,” he said. “Thanks to the Aibishter for the opportunity to serve the community, and we thank all the men and women who came out to vote.”
Fuchs said he looks forward to continuing to serve the community, “improving the services, and improving communication.”
vaad arba harotzos
Go Mendy!
1st and foremost congratulations to him and pomona in general. 2nd I really hope these videos don’t make it to the general public. He needs to realize that there’s a (significant?) population in pomona who are not happy a jew won, he can’t just put out videos which are only addressing jews and completely disregarding the rest of his constituents. I’m sure the non jews in pomona are already fuming and there’s no reason to give them any extra ammo… Look the part, talk the talk and walk the walk. I hope he has some “worldly” people around him now… Read more »
You are seriously out of touch. Ilan is wonderful man and is friends with the Jews & non Jews alike. He is well respected, spoken & liked. Nothing wrong with congratulating your people.
We are blessed to have such an amazing community.
he says nothing about being there for any specific group of people
Lubavitchers have as much right to vote and run in elections as anyone else.
Shemayah and Avtalyon received from them. Shemayah says, “Love work, hate lordship and do not become familiar with the government.”.
כי מרדכי היהודי, משנה למלך אחשורוש, וגדול ליהודים ורצוי לרב אחיו דרש טוב לעמו…
רצוי לרוב אחיו
לרוב
He’s gotta remember to represent everyone.
And no more supporting Democrats for public office even if they promise you all the money in the world.
Mazel Tov to my good friend Ilan!