WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders launched a campaign video highlighting his Jewish identity and casting President Donald Trump as part of the white nationalist threat.
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The four-minute video posted Thursday night on Sanders’ Twitter feed, interpolates excerpts from Sanders’ speech last year to J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, with commentary by Joel Rubin, the campaign’s Jewish outreach director.
It starts with Sanders’ declaration of pride in being Jewish. “I’m very proud to be Jewish and look forward to becoming the first Jewish president in the history of this country,” Sanders says.
During his 2016 run for the Democratic nomination, Sanders at first played down his Jewish background, although he was the first Jewish major-party candidate to win nominating contests. This cycle, he has emphasized his Jewishness.
The video otherwise focuses almost entirely on the threat that Sanders says President Donald Trump poses to Jews and other minorities.
“Jewish values teach us that community matters, that tolerance matters, that engaging the other matters,” Rubin says, and notes his roots in Pittsburgh where in 2018 a gunman killed 11 worshippers at The Tree of Life synagogue complex, “some of whom were friends of my parents.”
“We live in a perilous time where not only are white nationalists attacking our synagogues and raising hate speech on the internet, we have a white nationalist right now sitting in the White House,” Rubin says, referring to Trump’s equivocation in condemning neo-Nazis after a deadly march in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.
“We need to have someone in office who gets it, gets it in his kishkes, understands what it really means to ensure that we are healing our world,” Rubin says.
The video does not address Israel policy at all. Sanders has said he is pro-Israel and would work to secure the country, but also has sharply criticized its treatment of Palestinians and says he would leverage aid to Israel to make changes.
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Bernie Sanders ymsh is Jewish like I’m the pope.
True. Bernie 2020 2024 First Jewish POTUS in USA Bis Hundred und Zwanzing Am Yisroel Chay.
Says linda sarsours best friend
Bernie – you were NEVER a Jew, you will never be a Jew and it won’y help you in the election identifying yourself as a Jew ‘cuz your language and thinking is ANTI-SEMITIC.
Trump is the best president for ALL Americans that the United States ever had and WILL CONTINUE FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.
Actions speak louder than words.
What has Bernie Sanders done for the Jews?
What has Donald Trump done for the Jews!
If this isn’t the height of irony, I don’t know what is. Bernie, the self hater, defender of terrorist palestinians, refers to Israel as oppressors, maligns a sitting PM of Israel, has been endorsed by the anti Semitic, pro-BDS Squad members (if the muslims are endorsing him, you can be sure it because he’s pro muslim, anti Israel).
On the other hand, Pres. Trump has signed legislation punishing universities that tolerate anti semitism, has released Rabbi Rubashkin from prison, released us from the dangerous (to Israel and the US) Iran deal which Israel has condemned since Obama stupidly got us into it, moved the embassy to Jerusalem, declared Golan Heights to belong to Israel, removed the illegal designation from settlements, been Israel’s biggest defender at the UN, defunded the terrorist PA, defunded anti Israel UNRWA, etc. And who’s the real threat to Jew
look who is talking a socialist!!!
The only threat to the Jewish community in the USA is Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, the squad & the rest of the liberal demorats. He is a pandering self hating Jew, with no love for Israel. Any Yid who casts a vote for him or any other left wing radical socialist casts a vote for anti-semitism. President Trump has been a friend to Klal Yisroel and it is our obligation to keep in office. He has done what no other president has done for the State of Israel & for Jews in America.Far more than that anti-semite FDR who allowed 6 million to die. May that momzer rot in hell. Yet Jews in America think FDR was a friend of Jews, than was the philandering anti-semite JFK
Watch for it. Super yid Bernie. He will his Jewish bonafides lose against trump (Gd willing) but the left will blame the Jews for the loss . Hence tremendous leftist pigeon like anti Semitic.
Isn’t it funny and odd that both Bernie and Bloomy are “rediscovering” their Jewish roots, at this time. Next, they will probably release a campaign ad of them putting on Tephillen!
In 2016, Bernie had the chutzpah to state that “my parents were both Polish immigrants”. He didn’t have the guts to state that “my parents were JEWISH immigrants from Poland”.
What is the difference between Pres Trump and Comrade Bernie?
PUTUS has yidishe ayniklach.
Maybe Bloomberg will take Sanders as vp.
Two self hating Jews. What a team.
מהרסיך ומרחביך ממך יצאו
Bernie as halachically Jewish as any VIN reader, however he is neither a viable candidate ot practicing Jew.
slimy wind bag.trump has almost done more for yidden than all us presidents combined .sanders says anything to anyone in order to get votes.will forgive student loans.will help palestinians (made up word) .proud of his jewisness……will be megayer the pope. blah blah etc
Herr Trumpf is a tsar-loving fascist who is a bigot and racist. These are not Toira Jewish values. He is NOT ‘good for the Jews’. He’s only good for himself. soon he’ll throw Yidden under the bus. Just watch. Achtung!
I hope the Chabad Rabbi in the picture regrets giving this kofer a photo opp