And Now for Something Completely Different: Ilhan Omar Joins Black-Jewish Caucus

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Min), on Wednesday announced she had joined the newly formed Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations. Omar tweeted: “Last month, [Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Il)] and I joined together to talk about the common threat of white nationalism faced by Muslim, black and Jewish-Americans. Glad to see colleagues follow through in working on the things that unite us and not divide us.” In March 2015, Schakowsky said at a J Street event that senior-editor-at-large for Breitbart News Joel Pollak was a “Jewish, Orthodox, Tea Party Republican.” So, all in all, a fine pick to represent US Jewish politicians in a new solidarity group with Congresswoman Omar, whose command of classic anti-Semitism is impressive for an east-African Muslim. The American Jewish Committee broke the news: “Reps. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) announce the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus, which AJC helped facilitate.”