They don’t just hate Israel. They hate Jews.
Cuomo’s aides tweeted a petition by “300 Rabbis” representing something called the New York Jewish Agenda which had been created earlier this year to fight for “social justice.” None of them are members of the Orthodox Jewish communities targeted by Cuomo and De Blasio. None, for that matter, even live there.
The letter was headed by Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a gay temple, much of whose membership defected when it decided to pray for Hamas terrorists.
“Recent events have demonstrated that CBST is far more committed to a progressive political agenda than to the Jewish people,” Bryan Bridges, a former board member, wrote. “I couldn’t imagine raising a child in this congregation, and have that child hear, just before we recite Kaddish, the names of people who are trying to kill her grandparents.”
But, to give Sharon Kleinbaum credit, a member of J Street’s rabbinic cabinet, she doesn’t limit her antisemitism to Jews in Israel.
Kleinbaum supported providing space to Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, but is quite happy to see apartheid implemented by her Democrat political allies against Orthodox Jews in America.
The petition also includes the usual anti-Israel suspects like Jill Jacobs of T’ruah.
A helpful reminder that the anti-Israel Left doesn’t just hate Israel, it hates Jews.
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