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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone understand how a rabbi performed the wedding ceremony
for Stephen Miller who shows every indication of being a Nazi?????
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)TNNurse
(6,929 posts)WTF???
hlthe2b
(102,384 posts)Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, who is a senior adviser to David Friedman, the United States ambassador to Israel, officiated.
I think I have a clue....
VOX
(22,976 posts)Who else would Miller associate with?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/.premium-u-s-ambassadors-aide-ran-dark-money-nonprofit-that-donated-to-im-tirtzu-1.5455978
The Guardian
06/10/2017
U.S. Ambassadors Adviser Ran 'Dark Money' Nonprofit That Donated $1m to Right-wing Israeli Group
Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone has been working for U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for several months, but previously worked at Shining City, which gave millions of shekels to Im Tirzu from unknown sources.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedmans senior adviser is a rabbi who previously headed a U.S.-based nonprofit that donated over $1 million to the controversial Israeli right-wing organization Im Tirtzu in 2015.
An embassy spokesperson confirmed to Haaretz that Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone is now serving as a senior adviser to Friedman at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.
However, the embassy did not answer Haaretzs questions about Lightstones previous role at Shining City, which donated 3.7 million shekels (about $1 million) to the Im Tirtzu organization during Israels last election year, 2015.
Im Tirtzu defines itself as a Zionist movement, but is best known for its media campaign at the end of 2015 when it branded various artists and human rights organizations as foreign agents.
In June, Haaretz revealed Lightstones involvement in Shining City, which is what is known as a dark money organization. The nonprofit was registered under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(4), which gives a special tax-exemption status to nonprofits involved in promoting social welfare goals, and also enables them to use part of their capital to promote political objectives without revealing their sources of funding.
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still_one
(92,422 posts)people, including Nazis.
It is a personal decision
Ms. Toad
(34,102 posts)There are Christians who aren't terribly good at following the teachings of the church. I assume it is the same in every faith.
sdfernando
(4,947 posts)there were Jews that worked for the Nazis....There were Jews that turned their fellow brothers/sisters in to the Nazis....there were Jews that tried to claim they were Christians. There are bad seeds in every religion.
hlthe2b
(102,384 posts)a Jewish person all but emulating Nazi behavior, strategies and philosophy, except perhaps for a rabbi blessing the marriage of such a person.
I suppose we've seen the equivalent for other religions, groups, races, and contexts, but it strains credulity.
Ms. Toad
(34,102 posts)Despite his horrifying behavior, he is stil a Jew. So it is logical to assume he will be married by a rabbi. No matter how jarring it is.
It was jarring that Nixon was a Quaker, a member of my faith - basic principles of which include honesty and pacifism.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Ewww. Who would marry him?
Crunchy Frog
(26,647 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)well, maybe not half, but there were Jewish Nazis.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Notice I said, in their right mind?
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Talk about mind-boggling.
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Hell, Glenn Greenwald has been in bed with and apologizing for anti-semites and homophobes for several years now...
applegrove
(118,816 posts)undocumented immigrants on the southern border.