Latest move by a leading Orthodox Jewish Republican activist signals complete failure of Craig Eaton’s Brooklyn GOP to incorporate Orthodox Jewish voters into the Kings County Republican Party in any meaningful way
It was a long time coming. Joseph Hayon, a very active socially conservative Orthodox Jewish Republican, had repeatedly reached out and made overtures to the Brooklyn Republican organization. His work was instrumental in obtaining key support in the Frum communities for Bob Turner and David Storobin in their special election victories. Hayon has run for party office and public office as a Republican, usually as the candidate personally favored by County Chairman Craig Eaton.
In 2013 Joseph Hayon has decided to turn his back on everything and everybody that the GOP is putting forward at the top of its city-wide ticket. For this election cycle, Mr. Hayon has formally and publically come out for the Democratic Candidate for Mayor. Erick Salgado. He chose to announce this endorsement and support of Mr. Salgado by several public acts, including his appearing on the steps of City Hall at Erick Salgado’s formal announcement, along with several other Orthodox Jewish religious and political leaders and State Senator Ruben Diaz, one of Mr. Hayon’s strongest allies in politics.
Mr. Hayon accompanied his personal endorsement and appearance at City Hall with an electronic blitz that included the posting of an article by Robert Adler, entitled “United to Save America,” and a statement signed by several Rabbis who said, “It's a mitzvah chiyuvis to support Erick Salgado because he is ‘committed to fighting for morality and religious freedom for the Jewish Community’.” The seven rabbis who signed or supported this statement are: Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Nelkenbaum (Mir Rosh Yeshiva); Rabbi Chaim Benoliel (Rav B'nai Yosef, and Mikdash Melech Rosh Yeshiva); Rabbi Eliyahu Ben Haim (Av Beis Din, Rav Kehillah Yotzei Mashad, and YU Rosh Yeshiva ); Rabbi Yisrael Neuman (Lakewood (Beis Medresh Gevoah) Rosh Yeshiva ); Rabbi Moshe Green (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva D'monsey); Rabbi Shlomo Tzvi Stern (Debreziner Rav (Khal Yesodai Hatorah); Rabbi Amram Klein (Ungar Rav); and Rabbi (Samuel) Shmuel Dovid Krausz (Udvari Rav) [The statement was accompanied by a photographed copy of a mitzva letter of endorsement signed by several of the rabbis].
In response to this statement by the Rabbis, Joseph Hayon announced that, as a former Republican assembly candidate he had decided to donate money to Erick Salgado’s campaign and that it was >>>> THE FIRST DONATION HE HAD EVER MADE TO AN INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE. Hayon also made postings and social media announcements that — “If anyone want's to donate to fulfill this mitzva here's the page to donate. https://salgadonyc.nationbuilder.com/donate”
Hayon has said that he informed the Brooklyn GOP county leader of his intent to support Erick Delgado’s run for mayor. However, perhaps more illustrative of Hayon’s intent to put the Republican Party at arm’s length is one of Hayon’s recent Facebook communications with the leader of the Republicans of New York State, Ed Cox. Although it does not formally state that he is resigning from the Republican Party, Joseph Hayon’s comment did suggest that he thinks the Republican Party in New York City might have kicked him and his socially conservative coalition, Jews For Morality, to the side of the road when it came to mayoral selections — “I am sorry Mr. Cox, but the Republican candidates running for NYC aren't reaching out to religious voters. I know you tried hard to get AR Barnard, and I applaud you for that, but with the options left, I have no other candidate besides Erick Salgado.”
Although a formal re-registration may be in the offing, my most recent communications with Mr. Hayon indicated that he intended to remain personally associated with the Republican Party in order to help change its direction in Brooklyn. His latest move will certainly cause a little stir inside the Brooklyn GOP, or at least catch the attention of Brooklyn Chairman Craig Eaton and some of his key players, even with all kinds of other turbulence swirling around them.
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BACKFILL: It had been earlier reported that Joseph Hayon had spoken out on behalf of Erick Salgado at large gathering in Brooklyn earlier this year along with Russian Kingmaker and radio personal, Gregory Davidzon (See “Brooklyn's Russian Kingmaker and Conservative Orthodox Activist Behind Hispanic Pastor for Mayor”at NYC Elects–2013, 1/20/13 [http://nymayor.blogspot.com/2013/01/brooklyns-russian-kingmaker-and.html]). According to the NYC Elects’ report: “Local activist and former Assembly candidate, Joseph Hayon, who's an Orthodox Jew born to Egyptian and Colombian decent parents, also announced his support for Rev. Salgado. Touting Salgado's family values, Hayon vowed to help Salgado get elected as mayor, so he will not forget anyone who voted for him. "This is not only Mr. Salgado, this is Rev. Salgado. This is a man of God. When he goes to City Hall, God goes with him," Hayon told the audience.”
Also at around that time (January, 2013), Mr. Hayon had introduced Mr. Salgado to a meeting of the Brooklyn Tea Party, where Erick Salgado spoke and was very favorably received by about twenty-five Tea Partiers.
In my Monday, February 11, 2013 post, “Big news at the Brooklyn Tea Party — Joseph Hayon resigns as president...”, I reported on Hayon’s resignation from the Brooklyn Tea Party, in part due to his intent to support Erick Selgado’s run for mayor.
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UPDATE: The first candidate for mayor in 2013 who is mentioned in a feature post by a former key operative of the Brooklyn GOP organization, Jacob Kornbluh, is Erick Delgado.... Kornbluh then says that much of the “Jewish Vote” would be up for grabs in 2013 ( See “The Jewish Vote 2013 #1 - How The Mayoral Candidates Are Courting Orthodox Jewish Voters” by Jacob Kornbluh, 4/7/13, NYC Elects – 2013 [http://nymayor.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-jewish-vote-2013-1-how-mayoral.html]).
Kornbluh mentions that Erick Salgado has Joseph Hayon acting as his Orthodox Jewish advocate; and also that the influential Russian-Jewish media mogul and power broker, Gregory Davidzon, has been active as Salgado’s campaign manager.
I also am glad to note that Kornbluh’s piece links to this blog’s post of February 28th, “Published report confirms that Orthodox Jewish Republican activist Joseph Hayon has come out as an active supporter of Democratic Mayoral Candidate Erick Salgado”.
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