Bernie Sanders is Kamala Harris for Jews (2/2)
To look at the cover of JFREJ's "Racial Justice Haggadah" one would think that the story of the deliverance from Egypt takes place between 1960 and 2015, and that no Jews were involved. In the previous installment I sought to discuss how Bernie Sanders' personal philosophy places him at such a conflict traditional Jewish thought that calling him a representative of the Jewish people would be a distortion of that concept. Sanders has in many ways sought to reduce his Jewish heritage as an element of both his personality and his ideas. Like Kamala Harris among many black voters, he is able to act and behave like one of the them, yet his record in office, policies, and public statements show that his priorities lay elsewhere. This is a free personal choice, but it has not deterred fans of his from using him as the standard bearer of all of us. Here are some examples: Like with every candidate there was a Jews for Bernie forum created during his 2016 run and ...