Long Island Jewish World Newspaper Endorses Chris Cox

  Publishers Cite Cox’s Commitment to “Fight Islamic Terrorism”

SMITHTOWN, NY — In their September 10-16, 2010 edition, the Long Island Jewish World newspaper, which serves the entire Jewish community from Brooklyn to Montauk, endorsed Chris Cox for Congress in New York’s First Congressional District.

The issue-oriented editorial praised Chris Cox, a successful marketing consultant and an New York University Law School graduate, for how he “has committed himself to fight “Islamic terrorism”, and for the fact that he has consistently warned of the dangers to both Israel and the United States if Iran is allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.”

After pointing out Chris Cox’s family lineage, the editorial also praised his grandfather — President Richard Nixon — for his vital support of Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War and went on to say, “Our support of Chris Cox is hardly based on his heritage.”

The newspaper editorial said that “the Hamptons”  a “genuine bastion of Jewish life, and the rest of the First District could use a vital young representative in Washington; we support Chris Cox in Tuesday’s primary.”

“I am delighted to have the endorsement of The Long Island Jewish World,” Cox said, “and I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my Jewish friends a very happy and healthy New Year.”

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And last but not least, we have one final endorsement - for the first congressional district on Long Island - which bookends our initial endorsements in Brooklyn.  As a community paper, we are proud to serve the Jewish population from Williamsburg all the way east to Montauk.

Chris Cox, Republican, First Congressional District

It seems like only yesterday that President Richard M. Nixon ordered the airlift of much-needed weaponry to Israel at a dark time during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.  We haven’t forgotten that gesture, and are particularly pleased to express our support for Chris Cox, the late president’s grandson, in the upcoming Republican primary for the First Congressional District.  The 31-year-old Cox is also the son of Republican State Chairman Ed Cox, but our enthusiasm for his candidacy in a district that comprises much of Eastern Long Island, including the Hamptons, is hardly based solely on his pedigree.

The NYU Law School graduate and successful marketing consultant has committed himself to “fight Islamic terrorism,” and he’s consistently warned of the dangers to both Israel and the U.S. if Iran is allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.  The Hamptons, which are rapidly becoming a genuine bastion of Jewish life, and the rest of the First District could use a vital young representative in Washington; we support Cox in Tuesday’s primary.