Jews are not a major demographic in this race. But with
candidates battling for every vote, their outreach efforts to the
Jewish community can make a difference.

also was elected as city controller in
2017, an office she held for more than
four years.

“Her background as someone that’s
interested in policy in some ways fits
the higher educated, more affluent and,
sometimes, when you look at Center
City, younger constituents,” Borick
said. “Part of that group is Jewish.”
Borick also described Philadelphia
as “a city of neighborhoods,” and he
said Domb is trying to tap into that.

The real estate developer and former
councilman has made frequent visits
to Northeast Philadelphia, which has
more than 10,000 Jewish residents.

Domb believes that Northeast
Philadelphians identify with his rise
from humble beginnings to success-
ful real estate developer. The candi-
date also thinks that since many
Northeast residents have started
small businesses, they agree with his
proposal to end “double taxation,” or
the state and local tax hit, now at
15.9%, that slows business develop-
ment in the city. The developer wants
to end the local part of that tax system.

“If we lower that to zero over 10 years,
we could create 100,000 good-paying
jobs,” he said. “My goal is to have an
economic boom in the city.”
Brown’s strength, according to the
poll, is not in any one geographic area.

But Borick believes that his emphasis
on fighting crime, a major issue for
each candidate, is playing well with
older voters, a high turnout group.

Brown, a grocer who owns several
ShopRite locations, said that the issues
in this race, crime and city services
especially, cut across neighborhood
and demographic lines. He has heard
about them from Jewish voters, but also
from other residents. That’s why he tries
to listen to people’s personal stories
and then make a general appeal.

“No matter what group you look at,
they’re not completely homogenous.

We have our own issues based on our
life experiences and our work. Jewish
people aren’t homogenous. I didn’t
take for granted that I understood. I
went and listened,” he said. “In this
race, the major issues really cut across
the whole city. I’ve found very few
neighborhoods that don’t have the
same list. They pretty much agree
that a lot of our problems emanate
from structural poverty that has not
improved over the decades.” ■
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