Posted on 03/10/2019 8:09:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about Israel have consumed Washington. But here in Minnesota’s diverse 5th Congressional District, a pillar of progressivism that handed Omar a decisive victory in November's midterm elections, there has been far less outrage.
In interviews here, including with residents who are Jewish and Muslim, few of Omar's constituents voiced any anger at the lawmaker, even if they found the remarks troubling. One Jewish leader said she would be open to a good-faith foreign policy debate.
To the director of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center, a large mosque 10 miles south of this city, the furor is overblown.
"Anti-Semitism is real in this country," Mohamed Omar, who is not related to the freshman Democrat, said in an interview in a private study, as children nearby hurried to Friday afternoon prayers. But the controversy, he said, is a "distraction."
In the nation’s capital, Ilhan Omar drew an intense backlash for a tweet that suggested American support for Israel was "all about the Benjamins baby" and a remark that pro-Israel activists pushed for "allegiance to a foreign country." She was accused by some lawmakers and prominent Jewish groups of anti-Semitism and playing on toxic anti-Jewish stereotypes.
In response, the House of Representatives last week overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning all hate, though the measure did not single her out. Omar, for her part, has apologized for suggesting that the United States' connection to Israel is driven by money from AIPAC, a prominent pro-Israel lobby group.
Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman of Temple Israel, a Reform Jewish congregation that is the oldest synagogue in this city, said many of members of her community have called her over the last month to say they were troubled by Omar's comments.
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One Jewish leader said she would be open to a good-faith foreign policy debate.
SMH
Maybe if she talks with her he’ll achieve “peace in our time”.
” One Jewish leader said she would be open to a good-faith foreign policy debate”
“Kill all the Jews” is a debate?
Farooq ‘em all
Women cannot be rabbis in Judaism. "Reform" female "rabbis" are progressive Marxist fakes who spend their "sermons" mainly bashing Trump.
Doesn’t sound “diverse” to me.
These are the nut jobs that voted her in. They knew what they were doing.
Sounds like she is going to be hard to vote out and will be causing headaches fur the democrats for years to come
If Minn 5th district is such a dervious community why would rural Texas or Alabama not be concitered the same I hate the way the media trys to play up for fools
Muslims hate the Jews because:
(1) Mohammed tried to pass himself off as a prophet and the Jews he tried to convince
laughted at him and told him to get lost. He returned later with his thugs and killed
them all.
(2) Jealousy. While calling the Jews “pigs” and “dogs” they can’t get over the fact that
the Jews have had a disproportionate number of major accomplishments in nearly
every field, while The Muslims have done squat.
That congressional district is as dumb as the Germans.
In a movie I saw about the holocaust years ago, there’s a scene in Germany in the 30’s where a young jewish man is trying to convince his father to take the Nazis seriously, when the father asked “What do you think they’re going to do, kill us all?”
To the director of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center, a large mosque 10 miles south of this city, the furor is overblown.
“Anti-Semitism is real in this country,” Mohamed Omar, who is not related to the freshman Democrat, said in an interview in a private study, as children nearby hurried to Friday afternoon prayers. But the controversy, he said, is a “distraction.”
“...as children nearby hurried to Friday afternoon prayers.”
How pastoral, such a peaceful vision!
Gag me with a spoon.
So the lamb is willing to have dinner with the wolves and negotiate what’s for dinner.
In Minneapolis, there are only about 40,000 Jews, of which there are an estimated 750-1500 Orthodox Jews. Reform synagogues basically make up their rituals and practices as they go along, very loosely based on authentic Jewish laws and practices. This woman, according to Jewish law, cannot be a rabbi. The fact that she calls herself a rabbi, goes through the motions of a rabbi's duties, etc. clearly demonstrates that she is a far left dingbat. So she does NOT speak for the Jewish people in any official sense. If she says that "Jews hate Trump", she is lying through her teeth. Orthodox Jews, those living an authentic Jewish life, overwhelmingly support Trump. As for those Jews making it up as they go along, they don't represent anything except a tragedy.
I bet they see it in a different light. In the old country they also saw Obama’s drones in a different light than your average American when they exploded.
*** Please note that in Omar’s district which is supposedly 78% white, only one white person is interviewed ***
Well, I know some white Lutherans there that voted for her because she was the Dem candidate.
They must be ELCA types.
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