Posted on 12/10/2018 9:43:19 AM PST by Libloather
Hanukkah celebrates the miracle that oil thought to be enough for only one day burned instead for eight. So the Jewish festival of lights is also, in a way, a celebration of surprise.
A temple in Queens got a small dose of surprise on Sunday - the final night of Hanukkah - when Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat with a knack for dramatic flourish, told those gathered to light the menorah that her ancestors were Jewish.
One of the things that we discovered about ourselves is that a very, very long time ago, generations and generations ago, my family consisted of Sephardic Jews, Ocasio-Cortez said. These are Jews who settled in the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe after the Jewish diaspora. They were expelled from Spain in 1492.
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Many of our ancestors may have been Jewish - 2200 years ago.
The Jews that were expelled from Spain by her other ancestors.
the very last thing the Jewish people need!
1/1024 ???
Shes practically a holocaust survivor!
Where’s the person who posted the article earlier today about how she’s dangerous and we shouldn’t make fun of her? HAHAHahAHA!
OK, a pure-bred, hyphenated, self-oppressed shiksa.
She is, like, 1024th Jewish?
Oy vey is right!
The best meme I have seen about her was captioned:
“The puzzle box said 5-7 years. I finished it in 2 weeks!”
Definite islamist facilitator.
Yeah, ok.
Has anyone here done a DNA Ancestry test, or known anyone who has? If your ancestors are from Europe there’s a good chance way down at the bottom of your list will be something along the lines of “< 1% (Ashkenazi or Sephardic) Jew”.
My sister’s DNA test lists one or the other - I can’t remember which. Many others have the same kind of results. I’m fairly sure this bobble head is referring to the same thing.
My sister and her husband are very good friends with an Israeli couple living here in CA..they have 4 kids..talked with them over Thanksgiving, they said that they fear American Jews more than anyone else...because they are brainwashed to believe the lefty agenda,.to give all of Israel to the Arabs for “Peace” when in reality all they are doing is sending Jews to their deaths..but they dont care
Two crazy eyes for 8 crazy nights
Sheesh. My grandfather was Jewish. I don’t claim to be Jewish any more than I can claim to be American Indian.
Pandering to ethnic and racial groups is so trite and such political claptrap, it should be instant political death.
What - 0.00045?
Actually Jews and Moors were expelled AFTER 1492 as the Alhambra was not taken until 1492. As for fleeing to Puerto Rico. For an expelled Jew fleeing Spain, going to Puerto Rico would have been like a slave escaping from South Carolina and seeking refuge in Tennessee. I lived two blocks from the Jackson Heights Jewish Center. The congregation must be ancient now as most of the Jews lived in one of two coop complexes north and south of Northern Blvd between 88 st and 92 street. Very few Jews lived in the attached one family homes that made up most of the area. Today those
homes are owned by South Americans, Indians, and East Asians with a smattering of Europeans.
Have not the Jews suffered enough?
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