Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick ‘abandoned his responsibility’ by voting ‘no’ to impeach Donald Trump, DJOP says Bucks County’s U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA 1) “abandoned his responsibility to our democracy and our nation” in voting against the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the Democratic Jewish Outreach Pennsylvania (DJOP) said today.
Tshuvah
By Burt Siegel, Vice Chair DJOP. Any member of the Jewish community who supported Trump should make Tshuvah. They knew what he represented and reflected and made believe that he wasn’t evil. Was moving the embassy or formalizing an existing relationship with a distant Muslim country enough to turn a blind eye to a racist, megalomaniac…
DJOP Statement on Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
DJOP is horrified by the anti-American insurrection which took place at the Capitol Complex. The actions of these domestic terrorists are a direct threat to our Democracy and our Democratic institutions. These terrorists placed our elected officials in danger and desecrated their offices. They endangered every single person in the Capitol. Trump and his enablers…
A Season of Change? Only If We Do Our Part
By Joshua Runyan For the first time since ceding the reins of a Jewish newspaper, I was called a traitor last week by a member of the Jewish community. I was guilty of betraying Israel, of betraying the United States, of betraying the Torah, because I had voted for Joe Biden. Not only had I…
Don’t Trust Republicans When it Comes to Fighting Anti-Semitism and Racism
By Joshua Runyan “Proud Boys, stand back, and stand by.” As president of the United States, Donald J. Trump had one job to do: Call out racism and anti-Semitism for what it is and to tell the modern incarnation of the Nazi Party in America that the hatred that they spew has no place in…