jewworldorder--2020-12-02--James O’Keefe: We Taped Two Months of CNN Editorial Calls with Jeff Zucker

James O ’ Keefe ’ s Project Veritas released the first of its apparent audio recordings of CNN editorial calls with network president Jeff Zucker on Tuesday evening , promising more releases of what O ’ Keefe says is two months ’ worth of CNN internal dialogues .
Earlier Tuesday , O ’ Keefe live-streamed what he identified as CNN ’ s morning call , as well as the reaction of the participants after he unmuted himself and revealed that he was listening .
As promised , O ’ Keefe began the first of his releases at 7:00 p.m. Eastern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ staff are apparently heard to agree that they should not provide President Donald Trump with a “ platform ” to contest the election results , claiming that the 9/11 terror attacks were partly a result of an awkward transition after the 2000 election .
In another recording , Zucker is apparently heard criticizing the president , apparently in October , saying that he is “ acting erratically , ” and claiming that CNN ’ s chyrons were “ too polite ” to him .
( One chyron at the time claimed that Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus diagnosis . )
Zucker is also heard apparently directing staff to target Sen. Lindsey Graham ( R-SC ) , whom he says “ really deserves it.
” In another recording , a CNN executive is apparently heard accusing Fox News ’ s Tucker Carlson of being a racist , calling his program “ White Supremacy Hour ” and claiming Trump takes racist cues from him .
( CNN claimed O ’ Keefe identified the wrong person . )
Earlier Tuesday , CNN communications tweeted that O ’ Keefe may have committed a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m .
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James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released the first of its apparent audio recordings of CNN editorial calls with network president Jeff Zucker on Tuesday evening, promising more releases of what O’Keefe says is two months’ worth of CNN internal dialogues.
Earlier Tuesday, O’Keefe live-streamed what he identified as CNN’s morning call, as well as the reaction of the participants after he unmuted himself and revealed that he was listening.
As promised, O’Keefe began the first of his releases at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time.
In one recording, CNN staff are apparently heard to agree that they should not provide President Donald Trump with a “platform” to contest the election results, claiming that the 9/11 terror attacks were partly a result of an awkward transition after the 2000 election.
BREAKING: Special Correspondent @JamieGangel Details How @CNN Should Cover Up Trump’s Contested Election Claims On 9am Call “News organizations have to be very careful & very responsible about not giving @realDonaldTrump too much of a platform on his not conceding…”#CNNTapes pic.twitter.com/LoCqh79pOG — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 2, 2020
In another recording, Zucker is apparently heard criticizing the president, apparently in October, saying that he is “acting erratically,” and claiming that CNN’s chyrons were “too polite” to him. (One chyron at the time claimed that Trump had been “spooked” by his coronavirus diagnosis.) Zucker is also heard apparently directing staff to target Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whom he says “really deserves it.”
BREAKING: @CNN President BLASTS Trump & Republicans on 9am Call with Senior Leadership ‘He(@realDonaldTrump) is acting erratically…I think we need to lean into that…’ “If we’ve made any mistake, its been our banners have been too polite…”#CNNTapes pic.twitter.com/zMIRxq9qC6 — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 2, 2020
In another recording, a CNN executive is apparently heard accusing Fox News’s Tucker Carlson of being a racist, calling his program “White Supremacy Hour” and claiming Trump takes racist cues from him. (CNN claimed O’Keefe identified the wrong person.)
James & Tucker, the voice you ID’d tonight as “Marcus Mabry” is actually GA resident & CNN General Counsel David Vigilante. We’re certain you’ll want to correct the record and apologize to the Black executive for assuming he was the voice raising concerns over white supremacy. — CNN Communications (@CNNPR) December 2, 2020
Earlier Tuesday, CNN communications tweeted that O’Keefe may have committed a felony.
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jewworldorder--2020-12-02--British army arrives at Bristol stadium for COVID vaccine roll-out “due to start next week”

British army arrives at Bristol stadium for COVID vaccine roll-out “ due to start next week ” Roll-out of a @ @ @ @ @ barely tested , of a sort that ’ s never been used before .
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jewworldorder--2020-12-02--British Elite Army Unit To Spy On & Combat ‘Anti-Vax Militants’: Sunday Times

As anti-lockdown protests continue to rage in London , resulting in the arrests of over 150 this past weekend , @ @ @ @ @ with a hugely alarming report that almost has to be seen to be believed given @ @ @ @ @ example it is of the state using every means possible to crush free speech and @ @ @ @ @ literally use military intelligence to seek out and stamp out what The Times calls “ @ @ @ @ @ “ propaganda content ” in cyberspace .
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As anti-lockdown protests continue to rage in London, resulting in the arrests of over 150 this past weekend, The Sunday Times is out with a hugely alarming report that almost has to be seen to be believed given how open and brazen an example it is of the state using every means possible to crush free speech and independent thought.
Britain will literally use military intelligence to seek out and stamp out what The Times calls “anti-vaccine militants” and related “propaganda content” in cyberspace.
Of course, it’s entirely open to state authorities’ interpretation as to what this even means, and will likely morph into cracking down on any speech that’s even remotely critical or questioning as to the potential harmful side effects of the new rapidly developed COVID-19 vaccines.
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LINK: https://alethonews.com/2020/12/01/british-elite-army-unit-to-spy-on-combat-anti-vax-militants-sunday-times/


jewworldorder--2020-12-03--HOLOCAUST is a Jewish Ritual

HOLOCAUST is a Jewish Ritual

Proof today ’ s self-identifying Jews are Gog .
Gog and Magog are historically/Biblically Turkic Mongols Esau/Edomites [ Amalak ] .
It was treacherous Judah who rabbis admit melded with Edomites who become Gog which is EXACTLY the same region that was later named Khazaria [ Ashkenazim/Khazar ] .
They brutally oppress and occupy the actual Israelites [ Palestinian Christians and forced converted Muslims ] for many years until smote by God Himself .
The prophecy is full on already and being fulfilled .
Now , who else is falsely claiming this title ?
None .
More proof .
Traditional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were the descendants of Esau who often battled the Jewish nation .
Edom was in southeast Palestine , stretched from the Red Sea at Elath to the Dead Sea , and encompassed some of Israel ’ s most fertile land .
The Edomites attacked Israel under Saul ’ s rulership .
King David would later defeat the rogue nation , annexing their land .
At the fall of the First Temple , the Edomites attacked Judah and looted the Temple , accelerating its destruction .
The Edomites were later forcibly converted into Judaism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Greek name.. because most of the 13 tribes of israel were Aegean Greek tribes ) and then became an active part of the Jewish people .
Famous Edomites include Herod , who built the Second Temple .
[ Source : Jewish Virtual Library ] “ Son of man , set thy face against Gog , the land of Magog , the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal , and prophesy against him.
” – Ezekiel 38:2 “ For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly , nor is circumcision that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But he is a Jew who is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that which is of the heart , by the Spirit , not by the letter ; and his praise is not from men , but from God.
” – Romans 2:28-29 “ I know thy works , and tribulation , and poverty , ( but thou art rich ) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews , and are not , but are the synagogue of Satan.
” Rev .
2.9 “ I will make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Satan , who claim to be Jews though they are not , but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
” Rev 3.9 Bible says , And Samuel said to Saul , “ The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel ; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord .
Thus says the Lord of hosts , ‘ I have noted what Amalek ( Jews ) did to Israel in opposing them on the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have .
Do not spare them , but kill both man and woman , child and infant , ox and sheep , camel and donkey.
’ ” ( 1 Sam 15:1‑3 )

Proof today’s self-identifying Jews are Gog. Gog and Magog are historically/Biblically Turkic Mongols Esau/Edomites [Amalak]. It was treacherous Judah who rabbis admit melded with Edomites who become Gog which is EXACTLY the same region that was later named Khazaria [Ashkenazim/Khazar].
They brutally oppress and occupy the actual Israelites [Palestinian Christians and forced converted Muslims] for many years until smote by God Himself. The prophecy is full on already and being fulfilled.
Now, who else is falsely claiming this title? None. More proof.
Traditional enemies of the Israelites, the Edomites were the descendants of Esau who often battled the Jewish nation.
Edom was in southeast Palestine, stretched from the Red Sea at Elath to the Dead Sea, and encompassed some of Israel’s most fertile land.
The Edomites attacked Israel under Saul’s rulership. King David would later defeat the rogue nation, annexing their land.
At the fall of the First Temple, the Edomites attacked Judah and looted the Temple, accelerating its destruction.
The Edomites were later forcibly converted into Judaism by John Hyrcanus, ( He used a Greek name.. because most of the 13 tribes of israel were Aegean Greek tribes ) and then became an active part of the Jewish people.
Famous Edomites include Herod, who built the Second Temple. [Source: Jewish Virtual Library]
“Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and
prophesy against him.” – Ezekiel 38:2
“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.” – Romans 2:28-29
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” Rev. 2.9
“I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.” Rev 3.9
Bible says,
And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek (Jews) did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Sam 15:1‑3)


jewworldorder--2020-12-03--Across Texas, the show of outdoor Hanukkah festivities must go on

“ This year , more than ever , the light of Hanukkah is needed to increase the feeling of the triumph and eradication of evil with goodness , illness with health , sadness with joy , ” said Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff , program director for Chabad in Houston , adding that the events this year have been “ carefully chosen to adhere to best safety practices possible.
” Through large outdoor menorah lightings and other public celebrations they organize every year for the eight-day Festival of Lights , Jewish communities large and small throughout the state — from Lubbock to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t shy away from expressing their Jewish pride .
In Houston , the celebrations are among the largest in the state with a City Hall lighting ceremony , menorah car parade and “ gelt drop ” that involves the chocolate coins being dropped from a helicopter .
It ’ s all organized by the city ’ s chapter of the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement , which is known for its outreach activities .
But the limitations on public gatherings due to the pandemic has significantly changed the logistics this year in Houston and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up less than 1 % of the state ’ s population of nearly 30 million .
The 25th annual City Hall lighting , for example , will only be accessible by Zoom .
In place of the gelt drop , which became unfeasible under social distancing guidelines , there will be a “ Distanced Gelt and Gift Hunt ” involving a scavenger hunt for kids with prizes spaced at least 6 feet apart .
The car parade , meanwhile , featuring 71 vehicles – including police , fire trucks and EMS sporting menorahs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s streets on Dec. 10 , the first evening of the holiday .
There are 13 Chabad-Lubavitch centers in Houston alone and 35 throughout Texas .
A Chabad of Texas Towns based in Houston was established recently to increase the movement ’ s involvement in small towns and rural areas that are home to Jews in the state .
But Chabad isn ’ t the only organizer of Texas menorah lightings .
“ Our theme is from darkness to light , ” French said .
“ We really need the lightings to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we had to do something for the community.
” For Rabbi Deborah Goldman of Congregation Shaareth Israel in Lubbock , a city in west Texas , the synagogue ’ s virtual events will feel familiar .
Goldman has been with the congregation of 41 families since 2016 , but from afar — she lives in Los Angeles .
Shaareth Israel will participate in the Institute of Southern Jewish Life ’ s virtual lighting and concert event along with nearly two dozen Jewish organizations in 13 states , including Texas groups in Humble , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Corpus Christi , about 200 miles south of Houston , the Jewish community center will hold a socially distanced and masked event on Dec. 10 on the grounds of its building as part of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life lighting .
About 200 Jews live in the city on the Gulf Coast , but Norma Levens , the center ’ s executive director , said it was important to provide the city ’ s Jewish community a chance to get out of the house in a safe environment – even if it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
“ No , we ’ re not going to have as many as we had last year , but we need a chance to interact with each other , ” Levens said .
“ The first rule is , ‘ If you don ’ t feel safe , don ’ t come.
’ But if you do feel safe , then this is a chance to share a unity of some sort.
” Texas is experiencing some of the highest coronavirus case and hospitalization rates in the country .
Retail and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 75 % , and Gov .
Greg Abbott has resisted calls , including from the White House task force , to tighten public restrictions .
But not all the public festivities revolve around menorah lightings .
In the small eastern city of Tyler , the local Congregation Beth El will move its immensely popular Hanukkah klezmer concert online .
The event has sold out for 12 straight years – an impressive achievement , says Beth El Rabbi Neal Katz , since there are only 75 families in the congregation and most of Tyler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a large Jewish population .
The University of North Texas , located in Denton , about 30 miles north of Dallas , has only 400 or so Jewish students in a population of about 40,000 .
Melissa Duchin , the executive director of the university ’ s Hillel chapter , said Hanukkah usually falls when students are already home for winter break .
So besides a mention at the final Shabbat service before final exams , the students are typically at home without much ado about Hanukkah .
But this is no ordinary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first virtual menorah lighting for students on Dec. 15 , after finals are complete .
“ What we ’ ve seen this year , because we held events over the summer and saw it then , that it ’ s just very important to do something together as a community , ” Duchin said .
“ Even if it wasn ’ t something we couldn ’ t do physically .
”

DALLAS ( JTA ) — Most will be virtual, some will take place as part of tightly regulated events — but there will be menorah lightings and more Hanukkah festivities this year in Texas , despite the coronavirus pandemic.
“This year, more than ever, the light of Hanukkah is needed to increase the feeling of the triumph and eradication of evil with goodness, illness with health, sadness with joy,” said Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff, program director for Chabad in Houston, adding that the events this year have been “carefully chosen to adhere to best safety practices possible.”
Through large outdoor menorah lightings and other public celebrations they organize every year for the eight-day Festival of Lights, Jewish communities large and small throughout the state — from Lubbock to El Paso to Corpus Christi — don’t shy away from expressing their Jewish pride.
In Houston, the celebrations are among the largest in the state with a City Hall lighting ceremony, menorah car parade and “gelt drop” that involves the chocolate coins being dropped from a helicopter. It’s all organized by the city’s chapter of the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which is known for its outreach activities.
But the limitations on public gatherings due to the pandemic has significantly changed the logistics this year in Houston and elsewhere in Texas, where Jews make up less than 1% of the state’s population of nearly 30 million.
The 25th annual City Hall lighting, for example, will only be accessible by Zoom. In place of the gelt drop, which became unfeasible under social distancing guidelines, there will be a “Distanced Gelt and Gift Hunt” involving a scavenger hunt for kids with prizes spaced at least 6 feet apart.
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The car parade, meanwhile, featuring 71 vehicles – including police, fire trucks and EMS sporting menorahs — will still wind through the city’s streets on Dec. 10, the first evening of the holiday.
There are 13 Chabad-Lubavitch centers in Houston alone and 35 throughout Texas. A Chabad of Texas Towns based in Houston was established recently to increase the movement’s involvement in small towns and rural areas that are home to Jews in the state.
But Chabad isn’t the only organizer of Texas menorah lightings.
The tradition is especially important in El Paso, where the pandemic has hit hard and the city’s diverse Jewish community still lives in the shadow of the 2019 white supremacist shooting that killed 23 at a Walmart, said Robert French, executive director of the city’s Jewish federation. The federation is coordinating Hanukkah festivities this year with the city’s other Jewish organizations to include virtual lightings each night featuring a city Jewish group, as well as a socially distanced and masked public lighting on Dec. 10 at San Jacinto Park.
“Our theme is from darkness to light,” French said. “We really need the lightings to keep our spirits lifted. We knew we had to do something for the community.”
For Rabbi Deborah Goldman of Congregation Shaareth Israel in Lubbock, a city in west Texas, the synagogue’s virtual events will feel familiar. Goldman has been with the congregation of 41 families since 2016, but from afar — she lives in Los Angeles. Shaareth Israel will participate in the Institute of Southern Jewish Life’s virtual lighting and concert event along with nearly two dozen Jewish organizations in 13 states, including Texas groups in Humble, El Paso and Corpus Christi.
In Corpus Christi, about 200 miles south of Houston, the Jewish community center will hold a socially distanced and masked event on Dec. 10 on the grounds of its building as part of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life lighting. About 200 Jews live in the city on the Gulf Coast, but Norma Levens, the center’s executive director, said it was important to provide the city’s Jewish community a chance to get out of the house in a safe environment – even if it’s only a couple of dozen people.
“No, we’re not going to have as many as we had last year, but we need a chance to interact with each other,” Levens said. “The first rule is, ‘If you don’t feel safe, don’t come.’ But if you do feel safe, then this is a chance to share a unity of some sort.”
Texas is experiencing some of the highest coronavirus case and hospitalization rates in the country. Retail and restaurant capacity is currently allowed up to 75%, and Gov. Greg Abbott has resisted calls, including from the White House task force, to tighten public restrictions.
But not all the public festivities revolve around menorah lightings. In the small eastern city of Tyler, the local Congregation Beth El will move its immensely popular Hanukkah klezmer concert online. The event has sold out for 12 straight years – an impressive achievement, says Beth El Rabbi Neal Katz, since there are only 75 families in the congregation and most of Tyler and surrounding East Texas does not have a large Jewish population.
The University of North Texas, located in Denton, about 30 miles north of Dallas, has only 400 or so Jewish students in a population of about 40,000. Melissa Duchin, the executive director of the university’s Hillel chapter, said Hanukkah usually falls when students are already home for winter break. So besides a mention at the final Shabbat service before final exams, the students are typically at home without much ado about Hanukkah.
But this is no ordinary year. The Hillel will hold its first virtual menorah lighting for students on Dec. 15, after finals are complete.
“What we’ve seen this year, because we held events over the summer and saw it then, that it’s just very important to do something together as a community,” Duchin said. “Even if it wasn’t something we couldn’t do physically.”
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--Giuliani doubles down, says Soros uses Judaism as ‘a shield and a sword’

In a series of messages with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency over WhatsApp , Giuliani denied that his most recent comments about Soros — made during a news conference at which he alleged that the 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was part of a wide-ranging plot to rig the November election in favor of President-elect Joe Biden — were in any way antisemitic .
“ Why would criticisms of Soros be antisemitic ?
My goodness with his history it would be just the opposite , ” Giuliani said , hinting at debunked claims that Soros was a Nazi collaborator .
“ He can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a human being not as a Jew.
” Soros , a major Democratic Party donor whose Open Society Foundation funds liberal causes around the globe , frequently crops up as a villain in conspiracy theories , many of them harking back to classic antisemitic tropes of rich and powerful Jews pulling the strings behind the scenes .
In Hungary , President Viktor Orban has come under intense criticism from local Jewish groups for accusing Soros of masterminding a migrant “ invasion ” of the country , rhetoric that was later echoed by Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming up through Mexico to the United States .
Some claim that the idea that Soros conspiracy theories are antisemitic are made in bad faith .
Giuliani said it “ depends on what he is accused of .
He ’ s not immune from criticism because he is Jewish and a self described atheist .
Jewish scholars might have a problem with that part.
” Giuliani continued to question Soros ’ Jewish identity , stating that “ if you are an atheist , if he is , are you universally accepted as Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you ’ re an atheist you can ’ t be a Christian or Muslim.
” Informed that many American Jews are secular but still identify as Jewish , Giuliani quipped that he was “ just confused on the definition and using a religion you don ’ t seem to accept as a shield and a sword against all criticism .
If he ’ s an atheist he rejects the religion but accepts the ethnicity , is that it ?
” Critics have portrayed Soros , who identifies as an atheist , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he has said that he “ respects all faiths and religious practices ” and “ believes that people of faith and faith communities contribute to the public ’ s understanding of pressing social issues and often add a principled , moral aspect to debates that are too often dominated by politicians , statistics and polling.
” Emily Tamkin , a journalist and author of “ The Influence of Soros , ” a book about anti-Soros conspiracy theories , said that those who assert Soros isn ’ t really Jewish often do so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theories .
“ It ’ s meant to protect them from being accused of antisemitism even while they are actively using it , ” she said .
Deborah Lipstadt , the prominent Holocaust scholar who writes frequently on antisemitism , called Giuliani ’ s comments “ insane , ” describing them as “ clueless antisemitism.
” “ I ’ m not saying that Rudy is an antisemite .
I don ’ t think he ’ s antisemitic , ” Lipstadt said .
“ I think he ’ s a stirrer of the pot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using Soros , he uses Soros ” — even if it spreads a “ classic antisemitic metaphor ” easily recognized by antisemites .
“ It is not antisemitic to highlight Soros and his work and the candidates he supports financially , ” Brooks said .
“ His engagement makes him fair game for criticism .
To suggest , as some do , that attacks on Soros are antisemitic codewords are simply wrong.
” Halie Soifer , Brooks ’ counterpart at the Jewish Democratic Council of America , described Giuliani as both a threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spread of antisemitic tropes .
“ It ’ s sad to see someone who nearly two decades ago was known as ‘ America ’ s mayor ’ today serve as America ’ s chief conspiracy theorist attacking our democracy and providing fuel to the flames of right-wing extremism , ” Soifer told JTA .
“ It ’ s not up to Rudy Giuliani to judge anyone ’ s Judaism , and shame on him for perpetuating hateful stereotypes and attacks that have been used by antisemites to target Jews , including George @ @ @

JTA ) — President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has a history of publicly attacking the Jewish billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros, having previously called him the “Antichrist,” saying he was “hardly a Jew” and asserting that he wanted to destroy the government because of his “sick background.”
Now the former New York mayor is doubling down on his statements on Soros’ Jewish identity, saying that he is “the last person in the world who can claim victimization as being Jewish.”
In a series of messages with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency over WhatsApp, Giuliani denied that his most recent comments about Soros — made during a news conference at which he alleged that the 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was part of a wide-ranging plot to rig the November election in favor of President-elect Joe Biden — were in any way antisemitic.
“Why would criticisms of Soros be antisemitic? My goodness with his history it would be just the opposite,” Giuliani said, hinting at debunked claims that Soros was a Nazi collaborator. “He can be criticized like anyone else. As a human being not as a Jew.”
Soros, a major Democratic Party donor whose Open Society Foundation funds liberal causes around the globe, frequently crops up as a villain in conspiracy theories, many of them harking back to classic antisemitic tropes of rich and powerful Jews pulling the strings behind the scenes. In Hungary , President Viktor Orban has come under intense criticism from local Jewish groups for accusing Soros of masterminding a migrant “invasion” of the country, rhetoric that was later echoed by Trump when he warned of a migrant caravan coming up through Mexico to the United States.
Some claim that the idea that Soros conspiracy theories are antisemitic are made in bad faith. Giuliani said it “depends on what he is accused of. He’s not immune from criticism because he is Jewish and a self described atheist. Jewish scholars might have a problem with that part.”
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Giuliani continued to question Soros’ Jewish identity, stating that “if you are an atheist, if he is, are you universally accepted as Jewish. I don’t know. If you’re an atheist you can’t be a Christian or Muslim.”
Informed that many American Jews are secular but still identify as Jewish, Giuliani quipped that he was “just confused on the definition and using a religion you don’t seem to accept as a shield and a sword against all criticism. If he’s an atheist he rejects the religion but accepts the ethnicity, is that it?”
Critics have portrayed Soros, who identifies as an atheist, as an enemy of organized religion. However, he has said that he “respects all faiths and religious practices” and “believes that people of faith and faith communities contribute to the public’s understanding of pressing social issues and often add a principled, moral aspect to debates that are too often dominated by politicians, statistics and polling.”
Emily Tamkin, a journalist and author of “The Influence of Soros,” a book about anti-Soros conspiracy theories, said that those who assert Soros isn’t really Jewish often do so as an excuse to peddle anti-Soros conspiracy theories.
“It’s meant to protect them from being accused of antisemitism even while they are actively using it,” she said.
Deborah Lipstadt, the prominent Holocaust scholar who writes frequently on antisemitism, called Giuliani’s comments “insane,” describing them as “clueless antisemitism.”
“I’m not saying that Rudy is an antisemite. I don’t think he’s antisemitic,” Lipstadt said. “I think he’s a stirrer of the pot, and if he gets traction by using Soros, he uses Soros” — even if it spreads a “classic antisemitic metaphor” easily recognized by antisemites.
Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, strongly disagrees.
“It is not antisemitic to highlight Soros and his work and the candidates he supports financially,” Brooks said. “His engagement makes him fair game for criticism. To suggest, as some do, that attacks on Soros are antisemitic codewords are simply wrong.”
Halie Soifer, Brooks’ counterpart at the Jewish Democratic Council of America, described Giuliani as both a threat to American democracy and a vector for the spread of antisemitic tropes.
“It’s sad to see someone who nearly two decades ago was known as ‘America’s mayor’ today serve as America’s chief conspiracy theorist attacking our democracy and providing fuel to the flames of right-wing extremism,” Soifer told JTA. “It’s not up to Rudy Giuliani to judge anyone’s Judaism, and shame on him for perpetuating hateful stereotypes and attacks that have been used by antisemites to target Jews, including George Soros.”
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--6 prominent Holocaust survivors have died in Europe over the past month

These are their stories .
Esther Cohen Esther Cohen is flanked by her husband Samuel , left , and German President Joachim Gauck in Ioannina , Greece , March 7 , 2014 .
( Credit : Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images ) One of only 160 people from her native Greek city of Ioannina who survived the genocide , Cohen died there on Tuesday at the age of 96 .
She had escaped the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and for years told high school students about her survival story in testimonies , TVXS reported .
Born to Romanian Jews who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a linguist and English teacher who died Nov. 23 in Paris at 91 .
An experienced lecturer and gifted writer , he often spoke at high schools before teenagers .
Many of them easily related to Cling ’ s story because he was 15 when police took him away at his school on May 20 , 1944 .
Cling was sent to the Drancy internment camp with his parents and older brother , Willy .
The family was deported to Auschwitz , where the Nazis murdered the parents on arrival .
Willy would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murdered there .
Cling was moved to Dachau and liberated there by American troops .
He had four children .
Paul Sobol speaks at the Federal Parliament in Brussels , Belgium , Jan. 23 , 2018 .
( Credit : Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images ) After walking for days in a death march from Auschwitz , Sobol , who died in Brussels on Nov. 17 at 94 , found the strength to escape during an Allied air raid on the German troops guarding him and fellow prisoners .
He was 18 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ family had lived four years in hiding in Nazi-occupied Brussels .
The Nazis murdered his parents and younger brother , but his sister survived .
For many years after the war , Sobol did not speak much about the Holocaust , but felt the need to share his story as he grew older .
He would be celebrated by the local media as “ a conveyer of memory ” for his activities at schools and Holocaust commemoration events .
In addition to testifying before young people about the Holocaust , Gattegna , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 81 , also helped rebuild the Jewish community in Italy after the genocide .
Gattegna had led the Union of Italian Jewish Communities for 10 years until 2016 .
Although he was born in 1938 , “ I started living in 1944 , ” he said in one interview .
His early childhood was a time of fear , want and uncertainty as his family moved from one hiding place to the next in Rome ’ s suburbs , where they managed to flee before fascist gangs showed up and ransacked their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lenkom Theatre in Moscow , Oct. 13 , 2018 .
( Credit : Artyom Geodakyan/TASS via Getty Images ) Before his death on Nov. 6 at 86 in Moscow , Zhvanetsky was to Russians what Jackie Mason is to Americans : a standard-bearer for standup comedy .
But Zhvanetsky , who identified as Jewish when doing so was dangerous , operated in the Soviet Union under one of the 20th century ’ s most repressive regimes — one that was famously anti-Semitic .
In a disarmingly self-deprecating manner , he delivered his commentary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was apolitical but with traces of social criticism on the edge of what was safe to say publicly in those years .
Born in Odessa , in what is now Ukraine , Zhvanetsky was evacuated with his family to Russia before the advancing Nazi army conquered his native city , murdering his childhood friends and many relatives in the Holocaust .
Zhvanetsky performed for decades until his retirement only last month .
He has won many awards , including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland last year .
He had five children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Holocaust commemoration activist , Sonder died Nov. 3 in Chemnitz at 94 .
Soon after his return from Auschwitz to Germany , Sonder began devoting his life to rebuilding the society that created Nazism .
He became a police officer just six months after US troops liberated him from a death march from Auschwitz , in Poland , to Germany .
His mother and 21 of his relatives were murdered in the camp .
Climbing the ranks , Sonder eventually became a commissioner for serious crimes .
Following his retirement in 1985 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal parliament for four years , beginning in 2009 , as a representative of the Die Linke left-wing party .
In 2016 , he testified in the trial of SS guard Reinhold Hanning , who was convicted of crimes against humanity .
For decades , Sonder spoke about the Holocaust to high school students in eastern Germany , where the far right is seeing a resurgence .
He had three children .

JTA ) — The constant stream of breaking news about American politics and the coronavirus pandemic has hidden a sobering fact: Six prominent Holocaust survivors who had dedicated much of their lives to educating others against hatred have died in Europe over the past month.
These are their stories.
Esther Cohen Esther Cohen is flanked by her husband Samuel, left, and German President Joachim Gauck in Ioannina, Greece, March 7, 2014. (Credit: Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images)
One of only 160 people from her native Greek city of Ioannina who survived the genocide, Cohen died there on Tuesday at the age of 96. She had escaped the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and for years told high school students about her survival story in testimonies, TVXS reported.
Cohen belonged to the ancient Romaniote Jewish community, which had survived for 2,000 years before nearly eradicated by the Nazis. Ioannina was a major center of Romaniote Jews, with about 1,800 living there before the Holocaust . Cohen had two children.
Maurice Cling Maurice Cling speaks to high school students in Paris, Sept. 29, 2015. (Credit: Memorial de la Shoa)
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Born to Romanian Jews who fled anti-Semitism for France, Cling was a linguist and English teacher who died Nov. 23 in Paris at 91.
An experienced lecturer and gifted writer, he often spoke at high schools before teenagers. Many of them easily related to Cling’s story because he was 15 when police took him away at his school on May 20, 1944.
Cling was sent to the Drancy internment camp with his parents and older brother, Willy. The family was deported to Auschwitz, where the Nazis murdered the parents on arrival. Willy would help Maurice survive the camp but was murdered there. Cling was moved to Dachau and liberated there by American troops. He had four children.
Paul Sobol
Paul Sobol speaks at the Federal Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 23, 2018. (Credit: Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images)
After walking for days in a death march from Auschwitz, Sobol, who died in Brussels on Nov. 17 at 94, found the strength to escape during an Allied air raid on the German troops guarding him and fellow prisoners. He was 18.
Before his capture, Sobol and his family had lived four years in hiding in Nazi-occupied Brussels. The Nazis murdered his parents and younger brother, but his sister survived.
For many years after the war, Sobol did not speak much about the Holocaust, but felt the need to share his story as he grew older. He would be celebrated by the local media as “a conveyer of memory” for his activities at schools and Holocaust commemoration events.
Sobol had two children.
Renzo Gattegna
Renzo Gattegna, left, stands outside a kosher restaurant in Rome, March 9, 2015. (Credit: Stefano Montesi-Corbis/Getty Images)
In addition to testifying before young people about the Holocaust, Gattegna, who died of COVID-19 complications on Nov. 10 at 81, also helped rebuild the Jewish community in Italy after the genocide. Gattegna had led the Union of Italian Jewish Communities for 10 years until 2016.
Although he was born in 1938, “I started living in 1944,” he said in one interview. His early childhood was a time of fear, want and uncertainty as his family moved from one hiding place to the next in Rome’s suburbs, where they managed to flee before fascist gangs showed up and ransacked their home.
Gattegna had two children.
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Mikhail Zhvanetsky performs at the Lenkom Theatre in Moscow, Oct. 13, 2018. (Credit: Artyom Geodakyan/TASS via Getty Images)
Before his death on Nov. 6 at 86 in Moscow, Zhvanetsky was to Russians what Jackie Mason is to Americans: a standard-bearer for standup comedy.
But Zhvanetsky, who identified as Jewish when doing so was dangerous, operated in the Soviet Union under one of the 20th century’s most repressive regimes — one that was famously anti-Semitic. In a disarmingly self-deprecating manner, he delivered his commentary on everyday life in Russia. It was apolitical but with traces of social criticism on the edge of what was safe to say publicly in those years.
Born in Odessa, in what is now Ukraine, Zhvanetsky was evacuated with his family to Russia before the advancing Nazi army conquered his native city, murdering his childhood friends and many relatives in the Holocaust. Zhvanetsky performed for decades until his retirement only last month. He has won many awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland last year.
He had five children.
Justin Sonder
Justin Sonder attends a news conference in Detmold, Germany, Feb. 10, 2016. (Credit: Bernd Thissen/picture alliance via Getty Images)
A retired police officer, politician and Holocaust commemoration activist, Sonder died Nov. 3 in Chemnitz at 94.
Soon after his return from Auschwitz to Germany, Sonder began devoting his life to rebuilding the society that created Nazism. He became a police officer just six months after US troops liberated him from a death march from Auschwitz, in Poland, to Germany. His mother and 21 of his relatives were murdered in the camp.
Climbing the ranks, Sonder eventually became a commissioner for serious crimes. Following his retirement in 1985, he served as a lawmaker in the federal parliament for four years, beginning in 2009, as a representative of the Die Linke left-wing party. In 2016, he testified in the trial of SS guard Reinhold Hanning, who was convicted of crimes against humanity.
For decades, Sonder spoke about the Holocaust to high school students in eastern Germany, where the far right is seeing a resurgence. He had three children.
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--Virus was spreading in US as early as December 2019, new study indicates

US researchers have found evidence that the coronavirus was spreading through the American population long before it was first observed .
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at 7,389 blood samples from various states between December 13 and January 17 and found 106 individuals had antibodies for COVID-19 , indicating they had been exposed to the virus .
Of these , 39 samples taken between December 13-16 in Oregon , Washington and California had antibodies .
The first US case was confirmed on January 20 .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories Free Sign Up “ SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been present in the US in December 2019 , earlier than previously recognized , ” the authors of the study said .
Recent data has shown the virus was spreading around the world before previously thought .
Italian researchers said last month that the coronavirus was circulating in northern Italy as early as September 2019 , well before the initial COVID-19 outbreak was identified in Wuhan , China .
The number of people being treated in US hospitals for COVID-19 topped 100,000 for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ There are 100,226 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US — the first time hospitalizations have exceeded 100k , ” the COVID Tracking Project said in a tweet .
Meanwhile , the US death toll surpassed 2,700 in one day as of Wednesday evening , the highest since April , Johns Hopkins University said .
The new tally of 2,731 fatalities raises the overall known death toll in America to 273,181 since the pandemic started late last year .
The number of new infections over the past 24 hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against COVID-19 by the end of February , a top official said Wednesday , which is approximately 40 percent of the country ’ s adult population .
The push should start within weeks , when vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna-NIH are expected to be approved .
Each of these require two doses , the second after three weeks and four weeks , respectively .
“ Between mid-December , and the end of February , we will have potentially immunized 100 million people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government ’ s Operation Warp Speed program , told reporters .
This , he continued , would cover the “ at-risk ” population comprising the elderly , health care workers and first responders .
There will be an “ ample ” amount of vaccine to immunize three million residents of long-term care facilities in December , said the former pharmaceutical executive , who was recruited by the administration of President Donald Trump in spring .

US researchers have found evidence that the coronavirus was spreading through the American population long before it was first observed.
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at 7,389 blood samples from various states between December 13 and January 17 and found 106 individuals had antibodies for COVID-19, indicating they had been exposed to the virus. Of these, 39 samples taken between December 13-16 in Oregon, Washington and California had antibodies.
The first US case was confirmed on January 20.
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“SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been present in the US in December 2019, earlier than previously recognized,” the authors of the study said.
Recent data has shown the virus was spreading around the world before previously thought.
Italian researchers said last month that the coronavirus was circulating in northern Italy as early as September 2019, well before the initial COVID-19 outbreak was identified in Wuhan, China.
The number of people being treated in US hospitals for COVID-19 topped 100,000 for the first time on Wednesday, a monitor said.
“There are 100,226 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US — the first time hospitalizations have exceeded 100k,” the COVID Tracking Project said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, the US death toll surpassed 2,700 in one day as of Wednesday evening, the highest since April, Johns Hopkins University said.
A stretcher is loaded back into an ambulance after EMTs dropped off a patient at a newly opened field hospital operated by Care New England to handle a surge of COVID-19 patients in Cranston, Rhode Island, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
The new tally of 2,731 fatalities raises the overall known death toll in America to 273,181 since the pandemic started late last year.
The number of new infections over the past 24 hours was 195,121, the university said.
The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against COVID-19 by the end of February, a top official said Wednesday, which is approximately 40 percent of the country’s adult population.
The push should start within weeks, when vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna-NIH are expected to be approved.
Each of these require two doses, the second after three weeks and four weeks, respectively.
Sherry Becerril, left, holds Sophia Becerril while taking photos of Evan Becerril after they chose a Christmas trees on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Long Beach, California (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
“Between mid-December, and the end of February, we will have potentially immunized 100 million people,” Moncef Slaoui, scientific advisor to the government’s Operation Warp Speed program, told reporters.
This, he continued, would cover the “at-risk” population comprising the elderly, health care workers and first responders.
There will be an “ample” amount of vaccine to immunize three million residents of long-term care facilities in December, said the former pharmaceutical executive, who was recruited by the administration of President Donald Trump in spring.


jewworldorder--2020-12-03--COVID-19 shows how important religious liberty is to Orthodox Jews in US

There was the lawsuit challenging New York state for applying different standards on attendance at houses of worship than at businesses .
Agudath Israel filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs .
There was the case in which Orthodox summer camp directors sued the same state for shutting down overnight camps .
Agudath Israel backed the camps .
There was the case in June , when the US Supreme Court ruled that a state-run scholarship program funded by tax-deductible gifts could not exclude religious schools .
Agudath Israel had filed a brief in favor of the plaintiff , a parent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ send her children to a religious school .
Zwiebel doesn ’ t expect the court cases to end anytime soon .
“ More and more , the action will be in the judicial arena … because the legal challenges to our way of life are coming up with greater frequency and we have to turn to the court to protect us , ” said Zwiebel , Agudath Israel ’ s executive vice president .
The organization ’ s advocacy also includes legislative work in Washington and in state legislatures .
The ruling against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Supreme Court decisions on religious freedom that Orthodox Jews have seen as critical .
That interest in religious liberty isn ’ t new — it ’ s been a central priority for as long as Orthodox Jews have been involved in advocacy .
But the centrality of the issue to Orthodox Jews has become more apparent as high-profile social issues have thrust religious liberty into conflict with other values .
That passion for religious freedom exploded on the streets of Brooklyn in October as Orthodox Jews there protested closures of synagogues and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ What has changed in recent years is the self-confidence and asserting that very loudly into the public sphere , ” said Rivka Schwartz , an associate principal at SAR High School in the Bronx ’ s Riverdale neighborhood and a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute who writes frequently about politics and the Orthodox community .
The public discourse on religious liberty , particularly high-profile Supreme Court cases that turn on the issue , has contributed to the rightward political shift among American Orthodox Jews .
The perception of stronger support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drawn some Orthodox Jews to the political right .
But for many Orthodox Jews — particularly the haredim , or ultra-Orthodox , most of whom would not identify as Zionists — religious liberty has become the key issue binding them to the GOP .
“ I think it ’ s primarily , right now , because of the religious liberty issue , ” Eli Steinberg , a politically conservative Orthodox writer who lives in Lakewood , New Jersey , said of his community ’ s move to the political right .
“ Everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Pre-election polls indicated that Orthodox Jews overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump , whose four years in office led to a conservative majority on the Supreme Court .
Three of those justices are in their 40s with decades of rulings ahead of them , but Steinberg said last week ’ s victory is no reason to grow complacent .
“ It ’ s a 5-4 majority , ” he said .
“ We know how tenuous those are.
” Steinberg cited several major Supreme Court cases as bringing the idea of religious liberty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They include the 2014 Hobby Lobby case , in which the high court ruled that requiring a corporation to provide insurance coverage for contraception violated religious liberty , and the 2018 Masterpiece Cake case , in which the court ruled in favor of a baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple ’ s wedding .
Both cases pitted religious liberty arguments against changing social norms .
Agudath Israel filed briefs in both cases : In Hobby Lobby , on behalf of the store , and in Masterpiece Cake supporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come into conflict with other social values that has raised very serious questions about how society and courts are intended to balance the claims of different groups , ” said Michael Helfand , associate dean for faculty and research at Pepperdine University ’ s Caruso School of Law , who noted that several new Orthodox organizations have formed to work on religious freedom issues in recent years .
“ It pulls religious liberty into the culture wars and as a result , everyone has gotten louder.
” The pandemic has made the conflicts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials have placed restrictions on religious practice in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus .
Over the past several months , religious groups have gone to court repeatedly asserting that the restrictions have gone too far and infringed on religious liberties .
“ In a non-pandemic world , you just wouldn ’ t have things like capacity limits on a house of worship , so there ’ s just a lot more opportunity , ” said Akiva Shapiro , a lawyer who represented the Brooklyn Diocese in its petition to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrictions on houses of worship in areas with increasing COVID cases .
( The court decided the cases together brought by the Roman Catholic diocese and Agudath Israel . )
“ In a regular time , things don ’ t move so fast and so radically.
” While the number of religious freedom cases this year has been particularly high , Helfand said Orthodox Jews have long been involved in filing amicus briefs on issues of religious liberty .
So have non-Orthodox Jewish groups , but many have targeted issues of church-state separation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sphere .
Orthodox groups have been more focused on the free exercise clause and more open to governmental support for religion , particularly in the form of funding for religious schools .
“ For those of a certain political mindset , the right to equality is the most central right and therefore it couldn ’ t be that religious liberty trumps because it imposes too great a cost on others , ” Marc Stern , chief legal officer of the American Jewish Committee , said of the position taken by much of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The other side says there ’ s no reason to give priority to equal protection.
” While religious liberty fights like abolishing blue laws that kept stores closed on Sunday and keeping prayers , usually Christian , out of public schools were important to non-Orthodox groups , those issues have largely been resolved .
But for Orthodox groups , Stern said , religious liberty questions , such as about government interference in private religious schools , are still live issues with a clear impact on the rank-and-file of the community .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the restrictions on houses of worship in parts of New York with climbing COVID cases .
To Agudath Israel leaders , their lawsuit over those restrictions , which pitted the organization directly against New York ’ s governor , felt like a last resort .
“ It ’ s a cultural thing , we try to lay low a little bit , ” said Rabbi Avi Schnall , director of Agudath Israel in New Jersey .
“ We ’ re in an amazing country that does a tremendous amount for the Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grateful for that and we don ’ t want to come off as ungrateful .
”

JTA ) — In the more than 30 years that Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel has worked at Agudath Israel, an umbrella organization and advocacy group representing haredi Orthodox Jews, he can’t remember a single year where as much of the group’s work took place in court.
There was the lawsuit challenging New York state for applying different standards on attendance at houses of worship than at businesses. Agudath Israel filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs.
There was the case in which Orthodox summer camp directors sued the same state for shutting down overnight camps. Agudath Israel backed the camps.
There was the case in June, when the US Supreme Court ruled that a state-run scholarship program funded by tax-deductible gifts could not exclude religious schools. Agudath Israel had filed a brief in favor of the plaintiff, a parent who wanted to use the scholarship to send her children to a religious school.
And just last week, there was a late-night victory that resounded across America: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the organization’s petition against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on houses of worship in areas with climbing COVID cases. In what the group hailed as a “high court victory for religious liberty,” the court ruled that Cuomo could not restrict capacity in houses of worship to 10 or 25 people regardless of building size while businesses were allowed to operate in the same areas without capacity restrictions.
Zwiebel doesn’t expect the court cases to end anytime soon.
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“More and more, the action will be in the judicial arena … because the legal challenges to our way of life are coming up with greater frequency and we have to turn to the court to protect us,” said Zwiebel, Agudath Israel’s executive vice president. The organization’s advocacy also includes legislative work in Washington and in state legislatures.
The ruling against Cuomo was the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions on religious freedom that Orthodox Jews have seen as critical. That interest in religious liberty isn’t new — it’s been a central priority for as long as Orthodox Jews have been involved in advocacy.
But the centrality of the issue to Orthodox Jews has become more apparent as high-profile social issues have thrust religious liberty into conflict with other values. That passion for religious freedom exploded on the streets of Brooklyn in October as Orthodox Jews there protested closures of synagogues and yeshivas due to rising COVID cases.
“What has changed in recent years is the self-confidence and asserting that very loudly into the public sphere,” said Rivka Schwartz, an associate principal at SAR High School in the Bronx’s Riverdale neighborhood and a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute who writes frequently about politics and the Orthodox community.
The public discourse on religious liberty, particularly high-profile Supreme Court cases that turn on the issue, has contributed to the rightward political shift among American Orthodox Jews. The perception of stronger support for Israel within the Republican Party has drawn some Orthodox Jews to the political right. But for many Orthodox Jews — particularly the haredim, or ultra-Orthodox, most of whom would not identify as Zionists — religious liberty has become the key issue binding them to the GOP.
“I think it’s primarily, right now, because of the religious liberty issue,” Eli Steinberg, a politically conservative Orthodox writer who lives in Lakewood, New Jersey, said of his community’s move to the political right. “Everything else sort of flows out of that.”
Pre-election polls indicated that Orthodox Jews overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump, whose four years in office led to a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Three of those justices are in their 40s with decades of rulings ahead of them, but Steinberg said last week’s victory is no reason to grow complacent.
“It’s a 5-4 majority,” he said. “We know how tenuous those are.”
Steinberg cited several major Supreme Court cases as bringing the idea of religious liberty to the fore for Orthodox Jews.
They include the 2014 Hobby Lobby case, in which the high court ruled that requiring a corporation to provide insurance coverage for contraception violated religious liberty, and the 2018 Masterpiece Cake case, in which the court ruled in favor of a baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding.
Both cases pitted religious liberty arguments against changing social norms. Agudath Israel filed briefs in both cases: In Hobby Lobby, on behalf of the store, and in Masterpiece Cake supporting the baker.
“Religious liberty has come into conflict with other social values that has raised very serious questions about how society and courts are intended to balance the claims of different groups,” said Michael Helfand, associate dean for faculty and research at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law, who noted that several new Orthodox organizations have formed to work on religious freedom issues in recent years. “It pulls religious liberty into the culture wars and as a result, everyone has gotten louder.”
The pandemic has made the conflicts over religious liberties even starker as government officials have placed restrictions on religious practice in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Over the past several months, religious groups have gone to court repeatedly asserting that the restrictions have gone too far and infringed on religious liberties.
“In a non-pandemic world, you just wouldn’t have things like capacity limits on a house of worship, so there’s just a lot more opportunity,” said Akiva Shapiro, a lawyer who represented the Brooklyn Diocese in its petition to the Supreme Court challenging Cuomo’s restrictions on houses of worship in areas with increasing COVID cases. (The court decided the cases together brought by the Roman Catholic diocese and Agudath Israel.) “In a regular time, things don’t move so fast and so radically.”
While the number of religious freedom cases this year has been particularly high, Helfand said Orthodox Jews have long been involved in filing amicus briefs on issues of religious liberty.
So have non-Orthodox Jewish groups, but many have targeted issues of church-state separation and keeping religion out of the public sphere. Orthodox groups have been more focused on the free exercise clause and more open to governmental support for religion, particularly in the form of funding for religious schools.
“For those of a certain political mindset, the right to equality is the most central right and therefore it couldn’t be that religious liberty trumps because it imposes too great a cost on others,” Marc Stern, chief legal officer of the American Jewish Committee, said of the position taken by much of the non-Orthodox parts of the Jewish community. “The other side says there’s no reason to give priority to equal protection.”
While religious liberty fights like abolishing blue laws that kept stores closed on Sunday and keeping prayers, usually Christian, out of public schools were important to non-Orthodox groups, those issues have largely been resolved. But for Orthodox groups, Stern said, religious liberty questions, such as about government interference in private religious schools, are still live issues with a clear impact on the rank-and-file of the community.
And that impact was clear in the case of the restrictions on houses of worship in parts of New York with climbing COVID cases.
To Agudath Israel leaders, their lawsuit over those restrictions, which pitted the organization directly against New York’s governor, felt like a last resort.
“It’s a cultural thing, we try to lay low a little bit,” said Rabbi Avi Schnall, director of Agudath Israel in New Jersey. “We’re in an amazing country that does a tremendous amount for the Jewish community, and we’re forever grateful for that and we don’t want to come off as ungrateful.”
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--European Union makes move to combat anti-Semitism

A key body of the European Union adopted a declaration on Wednesday to combat anti-Semitism .
The Council of the European Union is comprised of government ministers from the 27 E.U .
member-states , who meet to make laws and coordinate policies .
The ministers have the authority to commit their governments to the actions agreed upon by the council , its main decision-making body .
The declaration makes the fight against anti-Semitism a priority of Europe ’ s executive branch .
The declaration calls anti-Semitism “ an attack on European values , ” reading : “ Any form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incompatible with the values and aims of the European Union and its Member States and must be addressed through decisive action at European and national level.
” It affirms that member states ’ “ permanent , shared responsibility to actively protect and support Jewish life.
” It also acknowledges the increasing prevalence of anti-Semitism in Europe , particularly in the context of the coronavirus pandemic , and that “ an increase in anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes is a cause of great concern.
” The declaration calls on member states to engage in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a view to ensuring appropriate levels of security awareness , specific training for security staff and law-enforcement officers , exchange of best practices and thorough implementation of appropriate measures to ensure the security of Jewish institutions.
” Regarding the growth of anti-Semitic hate speech , particularly its dissemination online , “ crimes committed online should be punished just as crimes offline are and must be adequately addressed by means of effective prosecution and other measures , ” the declaration reads .
“ Illegal hate speech and terrorist content online must be removed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in according with the relevant legal and non-legal framework.
” The declaration also calls for the systematic collection of data on anti-Semitic incidents so as to “ develop , implement and monitor progress on tailored comprehensive strategies and education instruments , ” and for increased Holocaust education as “ one of the most important tools to prevent anti-Semitic prejudices.
” The European Council is expected to formally adopt the declaration at its two-day meeting beginning on Dec. 10 .
The World Jewish Congress , which for years has worked with E.U .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at member state and local levels , applauded the move .
“ This declaration is a significant step forward in making Europe a better place for Jews , ” said WJC president Ronald S. Lauder in a statement .
“ The responsibility now falls on member states to apply the policies and understanding laid out by the European Union in each of their countries , to ensure that the scourge of anti-Semitism is dealt with , that perpetrators are prosecuted to the greatest extent of the law , and that our next generation @ @ @ @ @ @ @

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A key body of the European Union adopted a declaration on Wednesday to combat anti-Semitism.
The Council of the European Union is comprised of government ministers from the 27 E.U. member-states, who meet to make laws and coordinate policies. The ministers have the authority to commit their governments to the actions agreed upon by the council, its main decision-making body. The declaration makes the fight against anti-Semitism a priority of Europe’s executive branch.
The declaration calls anti-Semitism “an attack on European values,” reading: “Any form of anti-Semitism, intolerance or racist hatred is incompatible with the values and aims of the European Union and its Member States and must be addressed through decisive action at European and national level.”
It affirms that member states’ “permanent, shared responsibility to actively protect and support Jewish life.” It also acknowledges the increasing prevalence of anti-Semitism in Europe, particularly in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, and that “an increase in anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes is a cause of great concern.”
The declaration calls on member states to engage in “continuous dialogue with the Jewish community with a view to ensuring appropriate levels of security awareness, specific training for security staff and law-enforcement officers, exchange of best practices and thorough implementation of appropriate measures to ensure the security of Jewish institutions.”
Regarding the growth of anti-Semitic hate speech, particularly its dissemination online, “crimes committed online should be punished just as crimes offline are and must be adequately addressed by means of effective prosecution and other measures,” the declaration reads. “Illegal hate speech and terrorist content online must be removed promptly and consistently by Internet service providers, in according with the relevant legal and non-legal framework.”
The declaration also calls for the systematic collection of data on anti-Semitic incidents so as to “develop, implement and monitor progress on tailored comprehensive strategies and education instruments,” and for increased Holocaust education as “one of the most important tools to prevent anti-Semitic prejudices.”
The European Council is expected to formally adopt the declaration at its two-day meeting beginning on Dec. 10.
The World Jewish Congress, which for years has worked with E.U. leadership on codifying measures to fight anti-Semitism at member state and local levels, applauded the move.
“This declaration is a significant step forward in making Europe a better place for Jews,” said WJC president Ronald S. Lauder in a statement. “The responsibility now falls on member states to apply the policies and understanding laid out by the European Union in each of their countries, to ensure that the scourge of anti-Semitism is dealt with, that perpetrators are prosecuted to the greatest extent of the law, and that our next generation learns that hatred is unacceptable.”
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--United Nations Failure And Sri Lanka’s Defiance

The fate of the UNHRC Resolutions 30/1 of 2015 and 40/1 of 2019 Sri Lanka ’ s democracy completely changed and is now ruled by a dictatorial Sinhala Buddhist President elected by the majority Sinhala Buddhist voters .
The 20th Amendment to the Constitution has placed him with absolute powers over judiciary , police , election and other independent Commissions which functioned independently without political interference to some extent .
The recent incidents and oppressions against the Tamils and Muslims very clearly indicate that Sri Lanka is now a deeply polarized nation ; an embedded infrastructure of racism is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country .
The Buddhist nationalist ideology is widely accepted and got wide support from politicians and political parties toeing a pro-Sinhala Buddhist line since independence in 1948 .
The institutionalization of the Sinhalese Buddhist ideology means that a political solution to Sri Lanka is unlikely as a meaningful devolution to the Tamils in the North and East is opposed by these extremist groups .
The Security forces , Police and Special Task Forces are composed of almost 95 % Buddhist Sinhalese , with the deeply polarized administration and judiciary there is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Sri Lanka .
President Gotabaya Rajapakshe who was the Defence Secretary from 2006-2009 who conducted the brutal war stated on December 20th 2019 that “ We can not entertain UNHRC Resolutions on war crimes in its current form.
” The Gotabaya Rajapakshe ’ s regime is still operating the cruel , unjust draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act [ PTA ] system , which has overwhelmingly impacted the Tamil community , human rights activists and Tamil journalists .
Although United Nations Special Rapporteurs make frequent visits a few years back and submitted their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Commissioner for Human Rights , Sri Lanka is reluctant to implement any of their recommendations .
In her statement to the 45th session of the Human Rights Council , Michelle Bachelet came with the following remarks on “ Sri Lanka ” on Monday : “ In Sri Lanka , I am troubled that the new Government is swiftly reneging on its commitments to the Human Rights Council since it withdrew its support for resolution 30/1 .
Among other developments , the proposed 20th amendment to the Constitution may negatively impact on the independence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Human Rights Commission .
The pardon given in March to a former Army sergeant convicted of participating in unlawful killings ; appointments to key civilian roles of senior military officials allegedly involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity ; and moves within the police and judiciary to thwart the investigation of such crimes , set a very negative trend .
The surveillance and intimidation of victims , their families , human rights defenders , journalists and lawyers should cease immediately .
I encourage the Council to give renewed attention to Sri Lanka @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent threats to peace , reconciliation and sustainable development.
” The withdrawal of co-sponsorship by Sri Lanka must be not allowed to go scot free from its commitments to the UNHRC and the said Resolutions were also co-sponsored by other countries which will remain binding .
The obvious reasons for withdrawal by Sri Lanka are that the present President and Prime Minister will not be able to evade liability for the war crimes etc .
committed under the principle of Command Responsibility .
It is obvious that they will never initiate any local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lanka could take up the position that they are no more committed to implement the Recommendations of those Resolutions even when Sri Lanka is legally bound to implement them after withdrawals , the chances of implementing them by any Sri Lankan Government is very remote and almost nil viewing its dismal conduct and record of Sri Lanka for the last six years [ 2015 – 2021 ] in relation to their implementations and the delaying tactics , hollow promises and deceptive undertakings .
The Report of the Secretary General ’ s Internal Review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released on November 14 , 2012 undertaken by Charles Petrie , reveals UN involvement in Sri Lanka to be a “ grave failure ” in preventing the mass atrocities that occurred at the end of the civil war in 2009 .
In view of the prevailing political climate enveloping the helpless and traumatized Tamils , the United Nations , UN Human Rights Council and the International Community can not ignore and remain complacent any more but are duty bound to take urgent and appropriate steps to right the wrongs and stop the gradual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the possible steps which could be taken by the UNHRC and United Nations as follows : • Set up an independent international investigation into war crimes , crimes against humanity etc .
• Initiate a United Nation ’ s supervised referendum in the North and East including the Diaspora Tamil migrated all over the world .
• Consider referring Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court .
• Enforce mandatory sanctions like economic , political and diplomatic to Sri Lanka • Urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to initiate an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crimes against humanity amounting to genocide committed by Sri Lankan Security Forces .
In addition to this the Sri Lankan Government is pursuing an anti-Tamil and hostile attitude vowing not to accept or grant the devolution of powers specified in the 13th Amendment passed due to the Indo/Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 which is an international Accord between India and Sri Lanka .
It is appropriate to note the calls and Resolutions of the UN and other human rights organizations on the question of genocide : - The former UN High Commissioner for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his report on Sri Lanka in September 2015 , confirmed the commission of crimes amounting to genocide by stating “ The investigation has laid bare and horrific level of violations and abuses that occurred in Sri Lanka , revealing violations that are among the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.
” The Commissioner also alluded to “ the fact of commission of genocide could well be proved after all the evidences is collected at the conclusion of the criminal investigation.
” The United Nations utterly failed to protect the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or its own local staff .
Francis Harrison in her book Still Counting the Dead – The war the United Nations Lost .
[ Page 29 ] wrote “ Even the UN ’ s local staffs were detained in the refugee camp , which was heavily guarded .
It was a deeply disturbing sight : huddled four or five rows were rugged , emaciated women and children peering through barbed wire – images reminiscent of the detention camps for Bosnian Muslims more than a decade earlier .
Armed soldiers from the conquering army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white UNHCR tents and tin sheds .
Two UN drivers were arrested and tortured by the Sri Lankan authorities .
Reports of rape and disappearances started to tickle out of the camps from few local charities allowed access .
Protection workers from the UN had to struggle to get in .
‘ The Government didn ’ t want people in there asking questions about what happened in the war and what was going on in the camps ’ , explained one worker .
‘ It was extremely frustrating ; we couldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employee , who watched the suspected combatants being separated at the checkpoint and taken away from their families ” .
The failure of the United Nations to protect Tamil civilians was symptomatic of the indifference of the world as a whole .
It was worse than doing nothing as on May 25 , 2009 , less than a week after the end of the genocidal slaughter of Tamils , the UN Human Rights Council had a two day ‘ special session ’ .
Sri Lanka proposed a Resolution describing the conflict as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside intervention ’ .
China , India .
Egypt and Cuba were among 29 developing countries that backed the Resolution and that was passed .
It is also to be noted that the judicial system , the military , and the police force are politicized in Sri Lanka , where the culture of impunity is entrenched for these heinous crimes , especially when the victims are Tamils .
It is a very sad state of affairs to note that the United Nations , UNHRC , UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignore the norms of the UN Conventions and UN Charter .

The fate of the UNHRC Resolutions 30/1 of 2015 and 40/1 of 2019
Sri Lanka’s democracy completely changed and is now ruled by a dictatorial Sinhala Buddhist President elected by the majority Sinhala Buddhist voters. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution has placed him with absolute powers over judiciary, police, election and other independent Commissions which functioned independently without political interference to some extent.
The recent incidents and oppressions against the Tamils and Muslims very clearly indicate that Sri Lanka is now a deeply polarized nation; an embedded infrastructure of racism is the main cause for all the problems in the country. The Buddhist nationalist ideology is widely accepted and got wide support from politicians and political parties toeing a pro-Sinhala Buddhist line since independence in 1948. The institutionalization of the Sinhalese Buddhist ideology means that a political solution to Sri Lanka is unlikely as a meaningful devolution to the Tamils in the North and East is opposed by these extremist groups.
The Security forces, Police and Special Task Forces are composed of almost 95% Buddhist Sinhalese, with the deeply polarized administration and judiciary there is no room for justice to the oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka.
President Gotabaya Rajapakshe who was the Defence Secretary from 2006-2009 who conducted the brutal war stated on December 20th 2019 that “We cannot entertain UNHRC Resolutions on war crimes in its current form.”
The Gotabaya Rajapakshe’s regime is still operating the cruel, unjust draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act [PTA] system, which has overwhelmingly impacted the Tamil community, human rights activists and Tamil journalists.
Although United Nations Special Rapporteurs make frequent visits a few years back and submitted their findings and recommendations to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sri Lanka is reluctant to implement any of their recommendations.
In her statement to the 45th session of the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet came with the following remarks on “Sri Lanka” on Monday:
“In Sri Lanka, I am troubled that the new Government is swiftly reneging on its commitments to the Human Rights Council since it withdrew its support for resolution 30/1. Among other developments, the proposed 20th amendment to the Constitution may negatively impact on the independence of key institutions, including the National Human Rights Commission. The pardon given in March to a former Army sergeant convicted of participating in unlawful killings; appointments to key civilian roles of senior military officials allegedly involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity; and moves within the police and judiciary to thwart the investigation of such crimes, set a very negative trend. The surveillance and intimidation of victims, their families, human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers should cease immediately. I encourage the Council to give renewed attention to Sri Lanka, in view of the need to prevent threats to peace, reconciliation and sustainable development.”
The withdrawal of co-sponsorship by Sri Lanka must be not allowed to go scot free from its commitments to the UNHRC and the said Resolutions were also co-sponsored by other countries which will remain binding. The obvious reasons for withdrawal by Sri Lanka are that the present President and Prime Minister will not be able to evade liability for the war crimes etc. committed under the principle of Command Responsibility. It is obvious that they will never initiate any local investigation leading to their prosecution. Sri Lanka could take up the position that they are no more committed to implement the Recommendations of those Resolutions even when Sri Lanka is legally bound to implement them after withdrawals, the chances of implementing them by any Sri Lankan Government is very remote and almost nil viewing its dismal conduct and record of Sri Lanka for the last six years [2015 – 2021] in relation to their implementations and the delaying tactics, hollow promises and deceptive undertakings.
The Report of the Secretary General’s Internal Review Panel on UN Action on Sri Lanka released on November 14, 2012 undertaken by Charles Petrie, reveals UN involvement in Sri Lanka to be a “grave failure” in preventing the mass atrocities that occurred at the end of the civil war in 2009.
In view of the prevailing political climate enveloping the helpless and traumatized
Tamils, the United Nations, UN Human Rights Council and the International Community cannot ignore and remain complacent any more but are duty bound to take urgent and appropriate steps to right the wrongs and stop the gradual extinction of Tamils through assimilation. Some of the possible steps which could be taken by the UNHRC and United Nations as follows:
Set up an independent international investigation into war crimes, crimes against humanity etc. Initiate a United Nation’s supervised referendum in the North and East including the Diaspora Tamil migrated all over the world. Consider referring Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court. Enforce mandatory sanctions like economic, political and diplomatic to Sri Lanka Travel Ban to war criminals and refuse visa. Urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to initiate an ad-hoc investigation into the war crimes, crimes against humanity amounting to genocide committed by Sri Lankan Security Forces.
In addition to this the Sri Lankan Government is pursuing an anti-Tamil and hostile attitude vowing not to accept or grant the devolution of powers specified in the 13th Amendment passed due to the Indo/Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 which is an international Accord between India and Sri Lanka.
It is appropriate to note the calls and Resolutions of the UN and other human rights organizations on the question of genocide:- The former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights HE Said Al- Read, in his report on Sri Lanka in September 2015, confirmed the commission of crimes amounting to genocide by stating “The investigation has laid bare and horrific level of violations and abuses that occurred in Sri Lanka, revealing violations that are among the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.” The Commissioner also alluded to “the fact of commission of genocide could well be proved after all the evidences is collected at the conclusion of the criminal investigation.”
The United Nations utterly failed to protect the civilians during the peak of the war or its own local staff. Francis Harrison in her book Still Counting the Dead – The war the United Nations Lost. [Page 29] wrote “Even the UN’s local staffs were detained in the refugee camp, which was heavily guarded. It was a deeply disturbing sight: huddled four or five rows were rugged, emaciated women and children peering through barbed wire – images reminiscent of the detention camps for Bosnian Muslims more than a decade earlier. Armed soldiers from the conquering army roamed at will through interminable rows of white UNHCR tents and tin sheds. Two UN drivers were arrested and tortured by the Sri Lankan authorities. Reports of rape and disappearances started to tickle out of the camps from few local charities allowed access. Protection workers from the UN had to struggle to get in. ‘The Government didn’t want people in there asking questions about what happened in the war and what was going on in the camps’, explained one worker. ‘It was extremely frustrating; we couldn’t do anything,’ said another UN employee, who watched the suspected combatants being separated at the checkpoint and taken away from their families”.
The failure of the United Nations to protect Tamil civilians was symptomatic of the indifference of the world as a whole.
It was worse than doing nothing as on May 25, 2009, less than a week after the end of the genocidal slaughter of Tamils, the UN Human Rights Council had a two day ‘special session’. Sri Lanka proposed a Resolution describing the conflict as a ‘domestic matter that did not warrant outside intervention’. China, India. Egypt and Cuba were among 29 developing countries that backed the Resolution and that was passed.
It is also to be noted that the judicial system, the military, and the police force are politicized in Sri Lanka, where the culture of impunity is entrenched for these heinous crimes, especially when the victims are Tamils.
It is a very sad state of affairs to note that the United Nations, UNHRC, UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court are ineffective in punishing these states that ignore the norms of the UN Conventions and UN Charter.
Kumarathasan Rasingam, Secretary Tamil Canadian Elders for Human rights Org. Toronto, Canada.
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--New York Young Republicans call Andrew Cuomo aide a ‘court Jew’

Responding to a tweet by the director , Jake Adler , disparaging an upcoming in-person conference hosted by the state ’ s Young Republicans , the GOP club was repeating a claim by Cuomo critics that he has been biased against Hasidic communities in Brooklyn during the coronavirus pandemic .
“ Imagine being Jewish and working for the most antisemitic Governor in America , ” the group tweeted .
“ You are a disgrace and pathetic .
Shouldn ’ t you guys be arresting Orthodox Jews in BK ?
Keep being a good boy for your failed corrupt boss.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who is CEO of the Met Council on Jewish Poverty , vouched for Adler on Twitter , the Young Republicans responded by deriding “ court Jews.
” The reference was to Jews who would work in royal courts in exchange for special privileges not afforded other Jews .
It has become a slur disparaging Jews who are seen as selling out communal interests to advance their own status .
“ Court Jews defending the blatant antisemitism of Cuomo is so repugnant & vile its almost too unreal to behold , ” the Young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leadership is full of proud Jews who are happy to call a spade a spade and not cover up the systemic discrimination and persecution of Hasidic Jews.
” The Anti-Defamation League ’ s regional office tweeted in response that “ Everyone has the right to disagree w/ public policy & political positions , but resorting to tropes should be off limits.
” In response , the Young Republicans tweeted that the ADL is a “ sham ” and told the civil rights group to “ shut up .
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JTA ) — The New York Young Republican Club called Andrew Cuomo’s director of Jewish affairs a “court Jew” and tweeted that he is “working for the most antisemitic Governor in America.”
Responding to a tweet by the director, Jake Adler, disparaging an upcoming in-person conference hosted by the state’s Young Republicans, the GOP club was repeating a claim by Cuomo critics that he has been biased against Hasidic communities in Brooklyn during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Imagine being Jewish and working for the most antisemitic Governor in America,” the group tweeted. “You are a disgrace and pathetic. Shouldn’t you guys be arresting Orthodox Jews in BK? Keep being a good boy for your failed corrupt boss.”
When David Greenfield, an Orthodox Jew who is CEO of the Met Council on Jewish Poverty, vouched for Adler on Twitter, the Young Republicans responded by deriding “court Jews.” The reference was to Jews who would work in royal courts in exchange for special privileges not afforded other Jews. It has become a slur disparaging Jews who are seen as selling out communal interests to advance their own status.
“Court Jews defending the blatant antisemitism of Cuomo is so repugnant & vile its almost too unreal to behold,” the Young Republicans tweeted. “Thankfully our Club leadership is full of proud Jews who are happy to call a spade a spade and not cover up the systemic discrimination and persecution of Hasidic Jews.”
The Anti-Defamation League’s regional office tweeted in response that “Everyone has the right to disagree w/ public policy & political positions, but resorting to tropes should be off limits.”
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jewworldorder--2020-12-03--CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield Calls Again for In-School Learning

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) repeated his call for schools to open for in-person learning , asserting that schools are not a major cause of coronavirus contagion .
“ You know , I was very disappointed in New York when they closed schools , when they hit their three percent point , ” said Dr. Robert Redfield during an interview with CDC officials and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce .
“ [ B ] ecause , as you pointed out , we now have substantial data that shows that schools ’ face-to-face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and particularly in the elementary and middle schools in a safe and responsible way , ” Redfield continued , according to Fox News .
The CDC director explained infections that do occur among teachers and students are largely due to the spread of the virus within communities or in homes .
I just think it ’ s healthy for these kids to be in school .
That said , they got to do it safely and they ’ ve got to do it responsibly .
And when this was started over the summer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They thought that these public health measures would work .
But now the data clearly shows us that you can operate these schools in face-to-face learning in a safe and responsible way .
Redfield said as early as July that it is “ critically important for public health to open schools this fall.
” He warned parents that “ school closures have disrupted normal ways of life for you and your children and they have had negative health consequences on our youth.
” At the same time , former Vice President Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is “ just plain dangerous ” for children to return to school .

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) repeated his call for schools to open for in-person learning, asserting that schools are not a major cause of coronavirus contagion.
“You know, I was very disappointed in New York when they closed schools, when they hit their three percent point,” said Dr. Robert Redfield during an interview with CDC officials and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“[B]ecause, as you pointed out, we now have substantial data that shows that schools’ face-to-face learning can be conducted in K-12, and particularly in the elementary and middle schools in a safe and responsible way,” Redfield continued, according to Fox News.
The CDC director explained infections that do occur among teachers and students are largely due to the spread of the virus within communities or in homes.
“We’re not seeing intra-school transmission,” Redfield affirmed, adding:
I just think it’s healthy for these kids to be in school. That said, they got to do it safely and they’ve got to do it responsibly. And when this was started over the summer, no one really knew for certain. They thought that these public health measures would work. But now the data clearly shows us that you can operate these schools in face-to-face learning in a safe and responsible way.
It is critically important for our public health to open schools this fall. CDC resources will help parents, teachers and administrators make practical, safety-focused decisions as this school year begins. https://t.co/QSCGa85yT2 pic.twitter.com/hyajzvIgET — Dr. Robert R. Redfield (@CDCDirector) July 24, 2020
Redfield said as early as July that it is “critically important for public health to open schools this fall.”
He warned parents that “school closures have disrupted normal ways of life for you and your children and they have had negative health consequences on our youth.”
Everyone wants our schools to reopen. The question is how to make it safe and how to make it stick. Forcing educators and students back into classrooms in areas where infection rates are going up or remaining too high is just plain dangerous. pic.twitter.com/8OeTj2eWdt — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 17, 2020
At the same time, former Vice President Joe Biden has been warning Americans that it is “just plain dangerous” for children to return to school.
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