Minnesota's Jews celebrate 'mensch' Gov. Tim Walz as he enters national spotlight
JTA — On October 9, as the toll of Hamas’s brutal massacre in southern Israel was still being tallied, Tim Walz stood before a room of Jewish Minnesotans and condemned the terror onslaught of two days earlier.
“If you did not find moral clarity on Saturday morning, and you find yourself waiting to think about what you needed to say, you need to reevaluate where you’re at,” the governor said at the event, which was co-hosted by the local Jewish Community Relations Council.
Since Walz was tapped as the Democratic vice presidential nominee on Tuesday morning, Jewish conversations have been dominated by whether his selection, over Josh Shapiro, was a sign of antisemitism in the party. But Walz’s Jewish constituents in Minnesota say their governor’s elevation means the ticket will have another candidate with strong ties to the Jewish community and a lengthy track record of support for Israel.
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“Look, as a Jewish Minnesotan, everything that he has worked on and championed has impacted me and my family,” said Carin Mrotz, the former executive director of Jewish Community Action. “I think things like feeding kids in schools is a Jewish issue. I think that passing historic labor laws is a Jewish issue. So I tend to think of the governor of Minnesota more in the framework of how his work has impacted all Minnesotans, and not just the Jewish community.”
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