December 10, 2018
Ocasional Cortex claims Jewish roots
Jack Kemp
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-jewish-ancestry-hanukkah-celebration/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4169eb6f1674
A temple in Queens got a small dose of surprise on Sunday the final night of Hanukkah when Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat with a knack for dramatic flourish, told those gathered to light the menorah that her ancestors were Jewish.
â€Å“One of the things that we discovered about ourselves is that a very, very long time ago, generations and generations ago, my family consisted of Sephardic Jews,â€Â Ocasio-Cortez said. These are Jews who settled in the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe after the Jewish diaspora. They were expelled from Spain in 1492...
She laughed, using the occasion to connect with soon-to-be constituents, and drawing a broader lesson about freedoms of beliefs and shared values. Ocasio-Cortez, who has identified as Catholic, hardly claimed to be a practicing Jew. Her understanding of her ancestry came from "doing a lot of family trees in the last couple of years," she said.
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The discussion of distant Jewish heritage is not an uncommon one. This summer, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), a practicing Catholic, found out that he was 3 percent Ashkenazi Jewish, based on findings from PBSâ€â„¢s â€Å“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.Â
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The liberal firebrand is part of an incoming class of Democratic lawmakers who appear willing to split with the partyâ€â„¢s top brass in criticizing the Israeli government. In May, before she bested long-serving Rep. Joseph Crowley, Ocasio-Cortez condemned the killing of Palestinians on the Gaza border as a â€Å“massacre.â€Â In July, she criticized the â€Å“occupation of Palestine but also said she was â€Å“not the expertâ€Â on the issue â€â€ in remarks that drew scorn from conservatives.
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She claims to be part Jewish and she can't figure out how to pay for an apartment? Alexander Hamilton, who was not Jewish but went to a Jewish school in the Caribbean as a boy because no Christian school would accept this boy born out of wedlock, figured out how to pay off America's Revolutionary War debt and was the first Secretary of the Treasury. How Jewish is Ocasio-Cortez? 1/1024th? This is like the joke Connie Francis used to say, "I'm 10 percent Jewish on my agent's side."
Well, I give Ms. Occasional Cortex this: she is as obnoxious and stuborn as Ruth Bader Ginsberg and as John Kerry (who has many generations closer Jewish roots). And she has the potential to cause as many problems for the Democratic Party as both of them - without going so far in her political career.
Tim asks:
FauxcaJewish? Hebrewhontas? She should have learned from Lizzie "Big Hairy Squaw" Warren, who has been nose diving since she did the DNA thing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-jewish-ancestry-hanukkah-celebration/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4169eb6f1674
A temple in Queens got a small dose of surprise on Sunday the final night of Hanukkah when Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat with a knack for dramatic flourish, told those gathered to light the menorah that her ancestors were Jewish.
â€Å“One of the things that we discovered about ourselves is that a very, very long time ago, generations and generations ago, my family consisted of Sephardic Jews,â€Â Ocasio-Cortez said. These are Jews who settled in the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe after the Jewish diaspora. They were expelled from Spain in 1492...
She laughed, using the occasion to connect with soon-to-be constituents, and drawing a broader lesson about freedoms of beliefs and shared values. Ocasio-Cortez, who has identified as Catholic, hardly claimed to be a practicing Jew. Her understanding of her ancestry came from "doing a lot of family trees in the last couple of years," she said.
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The discussion of distant Jewish heritage is not an uncommon one. This summer, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), a practicing Catholic, found out that he was 3 percent Ashkenazi Jewish, based on findings from PBSâ€â„¢s â€Å“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.Â
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The liberal firebrand is part of an incoming class of Democratic lawmakers who appear willing to split with the partyâ€â„¢s top brass in criticizing the Israeli government. In May, before she bested long-serving Rep. Joseph Crowley, Ocasio-Cortez condemned the killing of Palestinians on the Gaza border as a â€Å“massacre.â€Â In July, she criticized the â€Å“occupation of Palestine but also said she was â€Å“not the expertâ€Â on the issue â€â€ in remarks that drew scorn from conservatives.
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She claims to be part Jewish and she can't figure out how to pay for an apartment? Alexander Hamilton, who was not Jewish but went to a Jewish school in the Caribbean as a boy because no Christian school would accept this boy born out of wedlock, figured out how to pay off America's Revolutionary War debt and was the first Secretary of the Treasury. How Jewish is Ocasio-Cortez? 1/1024th? This is like the joke Connie Francis used to say, "I'm 10 percent Jewish on my agent's side."
Well, I give Ms. Occasional Cortex this: she is as obnoxious and stuborn as Ruth Bader Ginsberg and as John Kerry (who has many generations closer Jewish roots). And she has the potential to cause as many problems for the Democratic Party as both of them - without going so far in her political career.
Tim asks:
FauxcaJewish? Hebrewhontas? She should have learned from Lizzie "Big Hairy Squaw" Warren, who has been nose diving since she did the DNA thing.
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