Schumer’s Handling of Robo Calls
Dear Editor:
Senator Charles Schumer should practice what he preaches when introducing his proposed legislation to combat robo-calls. It is called “Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence or “TRACED” Act. This would allow federal agencies to trace calls and prosecute criminals, increase fines and lengthens the statute of limitations. Schumer also wants placing responsibility on phone companies by requiring carriers to a have system to block robocalls.
This legislation including annoying automated phone messages from spammers and scammers is just the start. Can we add all the annoying robo-calls from Schumer endorsing his favorite primary and general election candidates, along with his own reelection calls? Never shy around a microphone or camera, we already hear enough from Schumer every day.
Sincerely,
Larry Penner
Miffed at Pelosi for “Standing With Racists”
Dear Editor:
Nancy Pelosi embraces Al Sharpton and the Congressional Black Caucus who stand with and refuse to renounce open, unabashed, Jew hater. Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan. Pelosi said “Al Sharpton saved America”. Sharpton brought us the completely fabricated, racist Tawana Brawley charges against an innocent white police officer whose life was ruined, a man Brawley falsely accused of rape in 1987.
Pelosi defends Tlaib and Omar who peddle outright lies, slander and bigotry against Israel and Jews and…gets a Profile in Courage Award. “The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said that “desperate attempts to smear” Tlaib and misrepresent her comments were “outrageous.” Tlaib was neither smeared nor misrepresented. It was Pelosi’s defense of her remarks that was outrageous. Worse, this is now part of a pattern by Pelosi of sanitizing and normalizing antisemitism.”
Tlaib rewrites history by attempting to whitewash the so called Palestinian Arabs’ siding with Hitler and waging war on Israel even before it was a nation, exactly the kind of anti-Semitic lies that are spread to delegitimize the state of Israel…”Palestinian leadership during World War II actually worked with Adolf Hitler. Far from giving their lives to provide safe haven for the Jews, as she claimed, the Arabs of Palestine did everything they could to stop them from coming in and slaughtered as many as possible. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al Husseini, formed a pact with Hitler that if he won the war, the Mufti would ensure that every Jew in the Middle East was exterminated.”
“Although Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar accused Israel of “hypnotizing the world” and prayed that “Allah awaken the people and help them see [Israel’s] evil doings,” Pelosi appointed her to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. And after Omar claimed that Jews use their money to suborn American politicians in the interests of Israel, Pelosi played down the remark. “
John F. Kennedy must be turning in his grave, he who stood for truth telling and courage. This was a man who could identify a real victim from an oppressor, insights that are lost on Pelosi. This award disgraces the Kennedy center and his legacy.
What does this say about the future of Jews in the USA when leaders who support Israel demonizers and hate peddlers get distinguished awards?
Sincerely
Ginette Weiner,
Scottsdale, AZ
Rockefeller Foundation Supports Groups with Anti-Semitic Bias
Dear Editor:
The Rieders Foundation is filing a formal complaint with the New York state division of Human Rights on Monday May 20, 2019 against the Rockefeller Brother’s Foundation (RBF) for its extensive and well-documented donations to groups with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel bias. Attached to the complaint is a 19- page report outlining the various individuals and organizations that the RBF supplies with grants. Stephen Heintz, president of the RBF, responded to these claims in an article that was published in Tablet magazine. Heintz reiterated that donations regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were “aimed at ending the 50-year long occupation in order to bring justice, dignity, and security to all Israelis and Palestinians.”
Heintz failed to acknowledge that many of the recipients of RBF grants strongly support a 1 state solution, as well as the boycott, divest, and sanction (BDS) movement. BDS is widely recognized as the least productive path to a peaceful solution, eliminating the possibility for two states to coexist side by side. Legislation in the United States has made BDS irrelevant in 27 states and the number is increasing steadily. BDS is a symbolic replacement for traditional anti-Semitism, as was recognized 5/17/2019 by the German Bundestag.
At the Rieders Foundation, we are also clarifying the tax-exempt status that the RBF operates under. With donations as large as $3 million to organizations such as JStreet for its “Iran Campaign”, the RBF should not remain eligible for its 501(c) 3 tax-exempt status. Other recipients of RBF grants include, Ifnotnow, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the US campaign for Palestinian rights. Organizations such as Defense for Children International (which received $25,000 from the RBF in 2017) employed board members and workers with direct ties to the Popular front for the liberation of Palestine (PFLP), “a terrorist organization designated as such by the US, EU, Canada, and Israel.”
Sincerely
Joshua Rieders
