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State Chapters => NY/NJ => Topic started by: PeteS in CA on March 02, 2021, 08:28:38 pm
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Susan Lerner apologizes for calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist’ voting bloc
https://forward.com/fast-forward/465077/susan-lerner-apologizes-for-calling-orthodox-jews-an-extremist-voting-bloc/ (https://forward.com/fast-forward/465077/susan-lerner-apologizes-for-calling-orthodox-jews-an-extremist-voting-bloc/)
Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, apologized in an exclusive statement to the Forward for offensive remarks she made against the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn.
In a February interview with the Gothamist, a local New York website, Lerner characterized the Orthodox community as an ‘extremist bloc.’ Her comments were widely condemned by city politicians, including Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“In public debate, voters are best served when an argument is about how to solve problems, not labeling the people involved on either side,†Lerner said in a statement on Tuesday. “I apologize for causing anyone offense.â€
Lerner, who is Jewish, has been an outspoken critic of the yeshiva education system. ...
Lerner seems to epitomize the gulf between secular & Reform Jews and Orthodox & Conservative Jews. I wonder if her fauxpology included an offer to sell the tolls concession for the Brooklyn Bridge.