The campaign of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who is running for Congress in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District, this week announced its first quarter fundraising totals, as filed with the Federal Election Commission.
The campaign revealed that it had raised more than $90,470 as of its first quarter deadline on March 31st, 2012, from 106 individual donors. The campaign reported $74,190 of cash on hand. Donations ranged from several $18 contributions (18 being the number that signifies “chai” – life – in Judaism) to a maximum $5,000 contribution from ERIC, the PAC of Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Rabbi Shmuley’s campaign also gained the support of several high-profile donors, including nationally-syndicated radio host Dennis Prager, philanthropist and Birthright Israel co-founder Michael Steinhardt, Coffee Bean Chief Executive Sunny Sassoon, and Elisha Wiesel.
Rabbi Shmuley said, “The substantial sum we raised in little over five weeks, since announcing my campaign, is evidence of the passionate desire on the part of Americans for a values-based campaign that dismisses divisive social wedge issues and focuses on fixing the family, combatting materialism and greed, and encouraging service and commitment on the part of America’s citizens. I am humbled by the support we have gained with our message of dignity through self-reliance and economic renewal through personal accountability and entrepreneurship. As two Democratic incumbent Congressmen assail each other with negative ads, we seek to build on the support we’ve received with a positive and inspirational message of values being the bedrock of American exceptionalism.”
For those not familiar with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, he is one of the world’s leading spirituality and values exponents and relationships experts and during the 1990s he was an unofficial spiritual adviser to Michael Jackson. His 27 books, including his newest and most controversial book “Kosher Jesus,” have been translated into 18 languages. Hailed as one of the world’s most gifted public speakers, he is the winner of the highly-prestigious London Times Preacher of the Year competition.
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