Posted on 03/01/2020 7:09:38 PM PST by karpov
WASHINGTON, NOV. 20, 2021: When Bernie Sanders won the presidential election in a squeaker last year, progressive Jews enthused that a glorious new era in American Judaism had dawned.
Synagogues in Park Slope and on the Upper West Side took turns hosting thought leaders such as Peter Beinart (author of “The Crisis of Zionism”) and Max Blumenthal (“Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel”) to explain how American Jews were heading into a “post-Israel” era — and why that was a good thing.
Lefty rabbis published lengthy Facebook posts about how mainstream and center-right Jewish organizations are all actually racist — and how the Sanders administration will help Jews overcome the community’s “particularist obsession” with “Jewish security.”
Yet a year into his term, the first Jewish president hasn’t, in fact, ushered in a Jewish golden age. For one thing, violent attacks against Jews, particularly the Orthodox, continue to escalate, triggering an exodus not seen since that of French Jewry in 2015-16.
The $17 federal minimum wage has sharply increased the unemployment rate among unskilled workers, and Jews have been an immediate scapegoat on the far right and left. Harsh new housing-development standards enacted as part of the Green New Deal, meanwhile, have deepened the existing homelessness crisis.
“Jewish landlords” has emerged as a catchphrase seen on many signs at “Free Homes Now” protests. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Linda Sarsour has voiced her support for the movement on Twitter. Confronted with evidence of overt anti-Semitism, she said Team Sanders “deplores all hate,” while urging “privileged communities” to “think and act intersectionally.”
When three synagogues were burned to the ground in Los Angeles, White House Press Secretary Bill de Blasio said: “Let me be very clear. We won’t stand for these white-supremacist attacks on any community.”
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>>what a President Bernie Sanders would mean for Jews
Approximately what Hitler meant to them.<<
Ding! Ding! Ding! bernie would do what obozo wanted to.
Sanders will be like cutting six inches off the top of a blanket then sewing it on the bottom and proclaim “See that! I’ve given you a longer blanket”. That’s how socialism works.
Bernie folds when booed. He couldn’t argue himself out of a sleeping bag.
Yeah, this article sounds about right. This what Bolshevik Bernie would do —and when he dies of his second heart attack in office, President Pochahontas will continue these same rotten policies.
I heard Charlie Kirk, also. These brain dead millennials really think college will be free. College will be free as Bernie Sanders crooked wife made the college sj=he worked for free. Why is she ot in jail?
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Yes, she’s an outright criminal, so it’s easy to hide in plain sight when you’re a Dim.
Wonderful commentary! As a Christian who grew up in a largely Jewish area and has studied the Hebrew Bible, I knew about Purim (Esther, Ahasuarus, Mordecai and Haman) and the tradition of costumes, but not the Purim spiels — thank you! And happy Purim!
You’re still a bit emotional, nopardons.
Not doubting history, past election history or general history when applied to the US.
Simply watching human history....
Thank you. I just this minute took my Hamentaschen (the traditional triangular pastry you have on Purim, reminding us of the shape of the Grand Vizier Haman's hat) out of the oven. I tasted one. Mmmmm. Totally yum!
Yes, the Purim spiels are little acts or skits which turn reality on its head, such as "President Bernie" having "Secretary of State" Tlaib and other improbable situations which bring laughter. Lots of people make up poems which are silly, printing them on cards or papers put in with the goodies in the goodies bag. It is a very fun holiday where you can really let your hair (or wig) down a bit and be silly.
No, you make patently ridiculous comments; so you aren't "simply watching......" at all. Pity that, because you would be served by "simply watching".
Again, with the words, nopardons.
Some very interesting things happened in history simply because all the matches were laid upon the camp fire in just the correct position. Only took one little match for flames to cross the world, weather via war or in-country revolutions.
Our own history with the election of Pres Trump is an excellent example. All the populist matches were laid out and a man coming down an escalator was the match that caused a political power-shift.
So yes, I’m fine with simply watching history.
It’s fascinating, don’t you think?
You should only hope it remains to laugh...
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