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Title: Rabbi calls for Ilhan Omar to step down
Post by: your_dude_james on March 14, 2019, 04:28:23 PM
Babylon is burning (http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/march/rabbi-declares-omar-unfit-pushes-pelosi-sit-in-to-confront-democratic-anti-semitism)

QuoteA "sit-in" to combat anti-Semitism was held Thursday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) congressional office in Washington, DC.

Spokesman for the National Conference on Jewish Affairs (NCJA) Rabbi Aryeh Spero called for the event, announcing it as an "emergency action" to address the lack of a clear rejection of anti-Semitism by Democrats in the House of Representatives.

"Omar should be censured and, beyond that, removed from the powerful and influential House Foreign Affairs Committee that Speaker Pelosi surprisingly granted to this first-year legislator. Omar's thinking, her conduct, and her blithe willingness to inject anti-Semitic tropes into the legislative process make her unfit to hold such a strategic position," Rabbi Spero said.
Title: Re: Rabbi calls for Ilhan Omar to step down
Post by: Baruch on March 14, 2019, 07:03:57 PM
AIPAC and NYC voters say ... kiss our tuchas ... or we won't fund your party ;-)
Title: Re: Rabbi calls for Ilhan Omar to step down
Post by: Poison Tree on March 15, 2019, 12:05:43 AM
Quote from: Baruch on March 14, 2019, 07:03:57 PM
AIPAC and NYC voters say ... kiss our tuchas ... or we won't fund your party ;-)
Careful, you sound just like Omar
Title: Re: Rabbi calls for Ilhan Omar to step down
Post by: Baruch on March 15, 2019, 05:28:42 AM
Quote from: Poison Tree on March 15, 2019, 12:05:43 AM
Careful, you sound just like Omar

I am not a NYC Jewish person or an Israeli Jewish person.  Just Jewish enough, thanks.  Traditionally Jewish ethics is concerned about fair play for all, not litmus test politics.