Ben Shapiro Slammed For Denying Bernie Sanders' Jewishness

[Eugene]

Source: HuffPost

Ben Shapiro Slammed For Denying Bernie Sanders' Jewishness

The right-wing podcaster claimed the Vermont senator, whose uncle was killed by Nazis, was "as Jewish as a ham sandwich topped with shrimp on lard bread.”

By David Moye
May 12, 2023, 08:40 PM EDT

Ben Shapiro may be feeling “the Bern” from Twitter users after he quipped that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) isn’t really Jewish.

The right-wing podcaster weighed in after Sanders hosted a “Nakba Day” event on Wednesday organized by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had previously canceled the event in the House.

Nakba refers to the “catastrophe” and recognizes when Palestinians were displaced from their homes beginning in 1948 with the establishment of the State of Israel.

Sanders, who is Jewish, has been critical of the Israeli government and has expressed sympathy for Palestinians.

Shapiro responded to a tweet about Sanders by calling the senator’s Jewishness into question...

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-shapiro-bernie-sanders-jewishness-twitter_n_645ec817e4b094269bb4382d

[Behind the Aegis]

1. People need to stay in their lane.

I really don't like others jumping in, but there has always been division among Jews....like EVERY OTHER minority group. I certainly find Shapiro's "analysis" repugnant, but Jews going after other Jews for who is "really" a Jew, has always happened, and continues today, even with the rise in anti-Semitism and the mass ignoring of it or minimizing of it. No, some are more interested in this bullshit and not actual anti-Semitism. They can fuck right off.

[Stargleamer]

2. i liked this person's response

Link to tweet

it is much newer

[Stargleamer]

3. This response is good too

Link to tweet

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I went through that bullshit during my childhood.

My family and I were somewhere between Reform and plain ole non-observant Jews.

The other Jewish families in town stayed away from us, especially in Temple during High Holy Days. We were given the message, "You're not Jewish enough".

Well, what do you want? We were Reform (kinda) and we ate lots of bacon and we didn't wear our religion on our sleeves. The other Jewish families acted as though we were counterfeit because they were Conservative. Trust me, I knew their kids and they were about as secular as we were.

Let Bernie be Bernie in peace and leave his religion out of the discourse. It's personal between him and his God.

[Beastly Boy]

5. I dunno...

In my experience, antisemites don't inspect your sandwich before they punch you in the face.

And I am not sure which one of the two faces in question they might find more punchable.