After calling them communists, SD Gov. Kristi Noem asks if new Georgia senators hold American values
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem called on the public to examine Georgia s two, newly elected Democratic U.S. senators to see if their values match American values. Nearly two weeks ago, Noem received blowback for incendiary remarks, referring derogatorily to Georgia s first Jewish and Black senators as communists. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem answers questions from reporters in a conference room in the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D., on Thursday, Jan. 21. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service)
PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem did not back down from inflammatory remarks about Georgia s Democratic senators, suggesting during a news conference in Pierre, S.D., on Thursday, Jan. 21, that the public should examine the newly elected Georgia senators and their belief system.
The first Jewish senator in Georgia history, Jon Ossoff, was sworn in on Jan. 20, on what his office described in a tweet as a “Hebrew scripture that belonged to historic Atlanta Rabbi Jacob Rothschild.”
It left many wondering what exactly the Hebrew scripture meant, and what the relevance was of using this particular copy.
The term “Hebrew scripture” usually refers to the 24 books that Christians denominate as the Old Testament. These biblical books, originally written in Hebrew, are ordered differently in Judaism and Christianity.
In Ossoff’s case, the volume selected was a well-thumbed copy of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, which Jews known as the Torah, edited with commentary by the American-educated former Chief Rabbi of Britain Joseph H. Hertz. That, for many years, was the edition of the Torah found in most American synagogues and temples.
The Upper Merion Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Committee presented its 2021 Humanitarian Award to Barbara Williamson, a longtime resident of the township’s Rebel Hill Neighborhood and its 2021
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