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Florida Governor's Western Wall Notes Seem To Work So Far

By Howard M. Friedman

Florida Governor Charlie Crist told a group of real estate agents that when he visited Israel as part of a trade mission in 2007, he placed a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem asking God to protect Florida from storms. No major hurricanes hit Florida that year. So when Florida state Sen. Nan Rich traveled to Israel in 2008, he asked her to do the same thing, and earlier this year Crist asked a friend who was traveling to Israel to put in a note for this year. So far this year, for the third consecutive year, no major storms have hit the state. JTA reported yesterday that Crist doesn't take credit for the lack of hurricanes. He says: "I leave that to God."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 25, 2009 (boomark / email).