thehill.com A group of Jewish leaders told President Trump that he is no longer welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism following the shooting at a synagogue there over the weekend.
Eleven members of the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice penned a letter to Trump following the Saturday shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
“Our Jewish community is not the only group you have targeted,” the group wrote. “You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.”
Trump was fiercely criticized after he failed to condemn white supremacy and asserted that there is “blame on both sides” after last year’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
The group also said Trump is not welcome in the city until he also stops targeting minorities, immigrants and refugees.
The president has “spread lies and sowed fear about migrant families in Central America,” the group wrote.
“The Torah teaches that every human being is made b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. This means all of us,” the leaders wrote. “In our neighbors, Americans, and people worldwide who have reached out to give our community strength, there we find the image of God.”
They noted how Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh neighborhood where the attack took place, was once the neighborhood where children’s television host Fred Rogers lived.
“Here in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, we express gratitude for the first responders and for the outpouring of support from our neighbors near and far,” they wrote.
Robert Gregory Bowers, 46, has been arrested and charged with the deaths of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
The attack on the synagogue is the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.
Trump condemned the attack as “an assault on humanity.”
“It will require all of us working together to extract the hateful poison of anti-Semitism from our world. This was an anti-Semitic attack at its worst,” Trump said during a rally Saturday night.
He condemned the gunman as a “wacko” who should get the death penalty and suggested that an “armed guard” at the synagogue could have prevented the attack.
The president, however, was criticized on social media Saturday night for tweeting about the World Series game shortly after the shooting took
12 thoughts on “Jewish leaders tell Trump he's not welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism”
The Pot calling the Kettle black
Why isn’t there the same outrage when they murder Palestinians, especially Palestinian children, and old people. How about when they raise their weapons to Palestinians who also happened to be Roman Catholic Priests, and Orthodox Priests?
SENDING LOVE AND COMFORTING THOUGHTS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN PITTSBURG We need to stand as one to denounce these kind of attacks… To the entire jewish communities, I dont even have words to express my feelings about your sudden and horrific losses but please know you are in my thoughts and my sincerest condolences….. Shirley
Eisenberg, the former synagogue president, said officials at Tree of Life had not gotten any threats that he knew of before the shooting. But he said security was a concern, and the synagogue had started working to improve it.
Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras. “But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said.
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from apnews com 10/27
So, there was cctv, but none has been shown of Bowers walking up to the entrance. Why not, I am compelled to ask ? Is it because he wasn’t there, or because the cameras were switched off ?
Replying to @AIPAC
_Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras. “But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said._**** from apnews com 10/27. So, there was cctv. Show Bowers outside.
4:02 AM – 29 Oct 2018
Replying to @samissamuel @ADL_National and 6 others
_Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras. “But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said._ ****apnews com 10/27. . . There was cctv. Show Bowers walking in ?
3:57 AM – 29 Oct 2018
@aus_jewishnews _Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras.“But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said._ apnews10/27. There was cctv. Show Bowers walking in?
4:13 AM – 29 Oct 2018
The POTUS can Not be responsible for every misinformed head banger with a gun,also one would have to laugh at Jewish accusations that the POTUS has put people of colour and the lgbtq communities safety in danger :/,when it is Jewish neocons that layer to waste the non white global south,e.g the slaughter of Arabs and Africans, in North Africa and the middle east,under Obama the ziocons have slain more blacks and Arabs than any ardent neo Nazis could dream of,also will these Jews condemn Jewish nationalism/Zionism??, a ideology that think it’s OK to support genocide against Syrians by supporting takfiris terrorists or shooting Palestinian journalist with exploding bullets,all these crimes to create a greater Israel,the Jews hypocrisy has No bounds..
The Yews are suicidal…always have been, always will be. That’s what happens when you not only reject God, but think you ARE god(s) and become deranged. This is a rabid people who respond to the dog whistles of their masters. Rabid animals cannot be reasoned with.
Oh the gall of these 11 parasites (11 being one of the master numbers they love to work with) to tell Pres Trump that “You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.” Simply INCROYABLE! This group has never had it so good until they came to America. Since when did they own Pittsburg and furthermore since when did they care about others? What are they planning on doing? Bringing in the MosSAD to keep Americans out of their own cities? They already have American taxpayers footing the bill for their security in some of their shitholes enclaves. Where is the proof that a white man called Bowers actually committed this crime…Remember people this group is the Master group of lies and deception. And in the meantime they are killing Palestinians daily as if its bloodsport.AMERICA wake to hell up, Wake to hell up. Look at Russia and the massacre of the Russians by the Bolsheviks (joozs). America Wake to hell up. How long will the Elephant allow itself to be terrorized by the ant?
The irony of Israel saying that other nations can’t be racist or nationalists. Any journalist worth their salt could rip apart their logic in a nanosecond. But, then they’d lose their jobs … so they don’t have the guts to do that.
I don’t think racism is good, but if you are going to give Jews a pass on theirs — why call out anyone else for it? If closed borders are okay for Israel, why not everyone else? If citizenship can be limited by religion and/or ethnicity in Israel — why can’t it be done else where?
Jews need to stop being so damn schizophrenic. Either they are ultra liberal or ultra right wing. They can’t be both. You can’t be liberal in all other countries, but support apartheid (and worse) in the state of Israel. I think they are all just terrified that they’ll all be forced to move to Israel. It’ll be kind of hard to manipulate/blackmail/bribe politicians in other countries if they don’t live there. And once they don’t have that kind of control, people will stop caring about what happens in a shitty little country the size of a postage stamp that can’t even function without US taxpayer money.
11 dead jews (or whatever number), is not only the biggest, most significant event of the 21st century so far, but it is the ONLY even worth talking about.
y’know, because jews got souls while goyim are beasts that perish, their death only considered in the light of commercial loss to the jew owner, just like millions of cattle, chickens and fish mooing, clacking and gulping in abject terror as they face the shochet’s blade.
so, brothers and sisters livestock, let’s all moo our mournful tune in unison for the unspeakable loss to the cosmos of 11 precious jews, lt us all offer our organs to the survivors who need them for replacement or profit, to placate (fat chance) yhwh’s wrath, their blood crying out for vengeance, geysers of blood spurting out of spittburg, esther lamenting for her children, you get the idea.
The Pot calling the Kettle black
Why isn’t there the same outrage when they murder Palestinians, especially Palestinian children, and old people. How about when they raise their weapons to Palestinians who also happened to be Roman Catholic Priests, and Orthodox Priests?
SENDING LOVE AND COMFORTING THOUGHTS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN PITTSBURG We need to stand as one to denounce these kind of attacks… To the entire jewish communities, I dont even have words to express my feelings about your sudden and horrific losses but please know you are in my thoughts and my sincerest condolences….. Shirley
Eisenberg, the former synagogue president, said officials at Tree of Life had not gotten any threats that he knew of before the shooting. But he said security was a concern, and the synagogue had started working to improve it.
Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras. “But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said.
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from apnews com 10/27
So, there was cctv, but none has been shown of Bowers walking up to the entrance. Why not, I am compelled to ask ? Is it because he wasn’t there, or because the cameras were switched off ?
Replying to @AIPAC
_Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras. “But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said._**** from apnews com 10/27. So, there was cctv. Show Bowers outside.
4:02 AM – 29 Oct 2018
Replying to @samissamuel @ADL_National and 6 others
_Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras. “But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said._ ****apnews com 10/27. . . There was cctv. Show Bowers walking in ?
3:57 AM – 29 Oct 2018
@aus_jewishnews _Chuck Diamond, a former rabbi at the synagogue who retired more than a year ago, said the building is locked during the week, and is outfitted with security cameras.“But on Sabbath it’s an open door,” he said._ apnews10/27. There was cctv. Show Bowers walking in?
4:13 AM – 29 Oct 2018
The POTUS can Not be responsible for every misinformed head banger with a gun,also one would have to laugh at Jewish accusations that the POTUS has put people of colour and the lgbtq communities safety in danger :/,when it is Jewish neocons that layer to waste the non white global south,e.g the slaughter of Arabs and Africans, in North Africa and the middle east,under Obama the ziocons have slain more blacks and Arabs than any ardent neo Nazis could dream of,also will these Jews condemn Jewish nationalism/Zionism??, a ideology that think it’s OK to support genocide against Syrians by supporting takfiris terrorists or shooting Palestinian journalist with exploding bullets,all these crimes to create a greater Israel,the Jews hypocrisy has No bounds..
The Yews are suicidal…always have been, always will be. That’s what happens when you not only reject God, but think you ARE god(s) and become deranged. This is a rabid people who respond to the dog whistles of their masters. Rabid animals cannot be reasoned with.
Oh the gall of these 11 parasites (11 being one of the master numbers they love to work with) to tell Pres Trump that “You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.” Simply INCROYABLE! This group has never had it so good until they came to America. Since when did they own Pittsburg and furthermore since when did they care about others? What are they planning on doing? Bringing in the MosSAD to keep Americans out of their own cities? They already have American taxpayers footing the bill for their security in some of their shitholes enclaves. Where is the proof that a white man called Bowers actually committed this crime…Remember people this group is the Master group of lies and deception. And in the meantime they are killing Palestinians daily as if its bloodsport.AMERICA wake to hell up, Wake to hell up. Look at Russia and the massacre of the Russians by the Bolsheviks (joozs). America Wake to hell up. How long will the Elephant allow itself to be terrorized by the ant?
The irony of Israel saying that other nations can’t be racist or nationalists. Any journalist worth their salt could rip apart their logic in a nanosecond. But, then they’d lose their jobs … so they don’t have the guts to do that.
I don’t think racism is good, but if you are going to give Jews a pass on theirs — why call out anyone else for it? If closed borders are okay for Israel, why not everyone else? If citizenship can be limited by religion and/or ethnicity in Israel — why can’t it be done else where?
Jews need to stop being so damn schizophrenic. Either they are ultra liberal or ultra right wing. They can’t be both. You can’t be liberal in all other countries, but support apartheid (and worse) in the state of Israel. I think they are all just terrified that they’ll all be forced to move to Israel. It’ll be kind of hard to manipulate/blackmail/bribe politicians in other countries if they don’t live there. And once they don’t have that kind of control, people will stop caring about what happens in a shitty little country the size of a postage stamp that can’t even function without US taxpayer money.
11 dead jews (or whatever number), is not only the biggest, most significant event of the 21st century so far, but it is the ONLY even worth talking about.
y’know, because jews got souls while goyim are beasts that perish, their death only considered in the light of commercial loss to the jew owner, just like millions of cattle, chickens and fish mooing, clacking and gulping in abject terror as they face the shochet’s blade.
so, brothers and sisters livestock, let’s all moo our mournful tune in unison for the unspeakable loss to the cosmos of 11 precious jews, lt us all offer our organs to the survivors who need them for replacement or profit, to placate (fat chance) yhwh’s wrath, their blood crying out for vengeance, geysers of blood spurting out of spittburg, esther lamenting for her children, you get the idea.