By Ben Fractenberg & Valeria Ricciulli, DNAinfo.com
Republican presidential hopeful Senator Ted Cruz toured Brighton Beach Thursday, watching children make matzo at a local bakery.
Cruz first met with community leaders at the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach at 2915 Ocean Parkway at about 4:45 p.m.
He then headed over to the Chabad Neshama Model Matzah Bakery about 15 minutes later, where he met with Chabad Director Rabbi Moshe Winner.
“I’m going to tell him that we’re happy that he’s here to support the Jewish holiday” of Passover, Rabbi Winner told DNAinfo before the Cruz visit. “Matzah is all about freedom.”
Winner added that neither he nor the Chabad Center was endorsing Cruz. Winner added that the Cruz campaign reached out to the center “because of our connection to the community.”
“We welcome everybody, we don’t officially support any of the candidates.”
Dozens of supporters surrounded the candidate, yelling “Jews for Cruz” while he entered the Jewish Center.
“I believe in his very conservative values, he stands up for Israel all the time, he talks about the Jewish people all the time, he makes a point that he will be there for us,” said supporter Victoria Grazi, 31.
The Texas senator won the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, but still trails Donald Trump 743 delegates to 517.
The New York primary is set for April 19, with more Trump-friendly northeastern states like Connecticut and Pennsylvania set to vote on April 26.
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Ted Cruz visits a matzah bakery in New York City. cnnpolitics.com
Posted by CNN Politics on Thursday, April 7, 2016
He has the momentum. Was always a true friend to the Jews undisputed. Trump can’t win with any minority group which means he will lose. Vote for Cruz a true friend.
I can hardly wait to see Cruz in the White House
I can’t wait for him to come to crown heights!
so nice to see them dressed like mentchen, and not embarrassed to wear their hats! Kol hakavod, what a kiddush hashem and lubavitch!
I can’t wait for him to come to crown heights!
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Cruz certainly is following in the American political tradition of kissing babies and eating hotdogs, but it is also true that to an American Christian the Torah (what they call the Old Testament) is the foundation stone of his faith, and that includes The Promised Land, and the miraculous rebirth of Israel in 1948 (5708) after the Holocaust had seemed to doom such hopes. That rebirth took place in the Jewish calendar year of 5708. Amazingly, in verse 5708 of the Torah, G-D promises to gather scattered Jews and bring them to “… the land that your fathers possessed.” In… Read more »
Fantastic job you guys do!
13 totaly agree with you cruz is doing this only for the votes in the new york primary all of a sudden he goes to chabada when he needs their vote
Theres no other choice. Cruz makes flat matzos… Trump will make the economy rise like you wont believe, big fat surplus…!!!
BS”D
better he should bake bread so he rises to the occasion and rises in the standings
what a great religious candidate!!!!
Thats what we need- someone who believes in the power of Gd
it does not belittle the chag, en contrar
So nice that you are part of the winners
Keep up the rabonus
You are the best in gantz lubavitz
Wow! Ted Cruz is on COL! He’s famous!
…And really cool that he went to Chabad too 🙂
I know why it benefits the candidates, but why do we insist on having non Jews pretend to participate in our traditions. It’s purely pr for them and only belittles the significance of the chag
Always fun at the Neshama Center
So proud!!!
MW
Senator Cruz is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people.
Nice job Winners!
When is Ted Cruz coming to crown hights?
If Ted Cruz becomes President the world will change for the better, security, economy, foreign relations, etc. Go Ted Cruz!!
Nusky husky!!