Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry at Hanukkah celebration

Boston Globe ^ | 12/10/18 | Isaac Stanley-Becker

[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.

[VietVet876]

That must be true because her cankles are about spittin’ images of Golda Meir’s.

[Wallace T.]

Occasional Cortex, the gift that keeps on giving. She provides more ammunition for conservatives than the Clintons, Carlos Danger, and John Brennan combined. I am sure Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer would rather have had Joe Crowley retain the seat, as he was a reliable, low profile liberal.

[Rurudyne]

With intersectionality they key to being an oppressed person it to have the most checkmarks possible in the oppressed peoples category.

Even if you were born with a silver foot in your mouth.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Warren said it was the high cheekbones. Will Cortez claim a hooked nose?

[timestax]

[Sasparilla]

AOC sees herself as all things to all people.

[humbleexpert]

Since Alexandria Occasional-Cortex’s supporters and potential supporters are imbeciles who will believe anything she says, she might as well claim to be the Queen of Sheba instead of a mere descendant of Jewish ancestors.

[beelzepug]

“More recent ancestors include Mister Edd.”

Let’s review. She’s got Black, Latino, Indian, Jewish, Muslim, Aussie Aboriginal, and now Mister Edd’s blood.

Are they going to film “50 Shades of Brown” anytime soon?

[SunkenCiv]

I think I've already seen a video showing elephants taking a dump.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Occasional-Cortex didn’t say when she was bat mitzvah.

5.56mm

[keats5]

Yep. I have < 1% of Ashkenazi in me. So does my son, who we adopted from Korea.

[caww]

Oh My gosh what won’t this Motor Mouth say! Such an attention whore.

[Fedora]

She must be related to John Kerry.

[Rummyfan]

She’s as Jewish as Elizabeth Warren is a Native American.

[Rebelbase]

She’ll come out as bisexual next.

[alternatives?]

Assuming 25 years between generation that mend she is 0.5 to the 21 power part Jewish or .0000005 or 0.00005%.

[jmacusa]

“Leonard Zelig is the man who ran over my mother’s wrist. My mother is elderly and uses her wrist a lot’’.

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

.... and this helps to inspire her to be a radical BDS supporter wanting to destroy Israel???

[Berosus]

Yes, but “Jewish” cannot be determined through a DNA test. I guess she isn’t as stupid as we thought.

In 1999 the Lemba, a small black tribe in Zimbabwe and South Africa that claims Jewish ancestry, submitted to DNA testing, and they have the "Cohanim gene," which so far has only turned up on the Y chromosome of Jewish men from the tribe of Levi. That means the Lemba are not only Jewish, but also Levites, members of the ancient priestly class, so the Israeli government is allowing them to emigrate to Israel. Of course, since Ms. Occasional-Cortex isn't a man, that critical gene shouldn't appear in any DNA test she takes.

[Rashputin]

Does she have dual US/Israeli citizenship?