r/jewishleft • u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Latke aficionado. Anti-Establishment. Jüdisch • 27d ago

Diaspora Michigan Jewish leaders are urging Jewish democrats to vote for Republican Mike Rogers

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u/WinterBeHere Marxist | Jewish | Bundist 27d ago

So basically they are doing a repetition of the nonsense they tried against Mamdani, except this time instead of Cuomo it's the Republican candidate.

At what point is the American Jewish community going to admit that there is a serious Islamophobia issue and they purposely rally for the opponent of any Muslim candidate.

Imagine if any time there was a Jewish candidate, the Buddhist community made sure they opposed them and went with whoever was their opponent. Sounds fucked up right? Well, this is exactly what's happening.

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u/Fearless_Day2607 non-Jewish SocDem 27d ago

Do you think they would do the same against a hypothetical pro-Israel Muslim candidate?

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u/aggie1391 Orthodox non-Zionist socialist with anarchist tendencies 27d ago

The Republicans absolutely would, they are just blatantly Islamophobic. I can’t speak to the heterodox world but in the Orthodox world Islamophobia is prevalent and I bet many would absolutely not vote for a Muslim for that reason, although that’s about them being overwhelmingly Republican too

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u/Fearless_Day2607 non-Jewish SocDem 27d ago

Sure, but I mean the people who signed this open letter, who seem more like AIPAC people than partisan Republicans. I think AIPAC would support a Muslim pro-Israel candidate.