Pro-Clinton Rabbi Booted From Bernie Sanders Event for Being Too pro-Clinton

[workinclasszero]

Pro-Clinton Rabbi Booted From Bernie Sanders Event for Being Too pro-Clinton
Andy Bachman was swapped out for a different Reform rabbi, less than an hour before a roundtable discussion at a Brooklyn church.

Debra Nussbaum Cohen Apr 17, 2016

NEW YORK – Rabbi Sara Luria wasn’t sure why she was called to participate in a panel discussion on faith and social justice with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders just 45 minutes before it was to start.

Turns out she was a last-minute substitute for Rabbi Andy Bachman, who was scheduled to participate in the Saturday-night Sanders campaign event at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights but was unceremoniously uninvited shortly before it was to begin.


The leading New York rabbi — formerly the spiritual leader of Brooklyn’s Congregation Beth Elohim and now director of Jewish content and community ritual at the 92nd Street Y — was dumped from the program for recent tweets favoring Sanders’ opponent Hillary Clinton.

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.714843?v=690C4827E60393AA98F6DFDF0EF2D2BF

[GreatGazoo]

1. okay...I give up.... how was THIS one sexist?

[all american girl]

9. Nope, just rude. n/t

[mcar]

16. Just shameful

[geek tragedy]

2. LOL, Al Sharpton bailed so the main speaker was ... Cornel West. nt

[Ned_Devine]

3. Nice transparency page

[workinclasszero]

5. Glad you like it!

[apcalc]

4. It's what they do...here too.

[workinclasszero]

7. Yeah...

How about that?

[hobbit709]

6. Didn't get enough attention in Camp Bansalot?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107105929

[workinclasszero]

8. I always double post now because so many Hillary folks

can't stand the vileness and lies that flow out of GDP like a sewer and have trashed it.

Have a nice day!

[hobbit709]

10. As opposed to the vileness and lies coming from there?

[workinclasszero]

11. Enjoy the NY primary tomorrow

We will see who actual democrats want as their nominee.

[hobbit709]

12. ACTUAL Democrats or Corporatist supporters?

I've voted D in every election since I became old enough to vote(the voting age was lowered to 18 the year I turned 21)
So if you don't think I'm a Democrat I guess you don't want or need my vote in Nov.

[Ned_Devine]

13. What a foolish and repugnant thing to say

I've always been a registered democrat with REAL democratic values. Just because I don't support a hawkish corporatist (D)emocrat, I am no less a democrat than anyone else. In fact, it boosts my credentials as a democrat.

[KingFlorez]

14. It feels the Bern or it gets the hose

[postatomic]

15. Pretty damn silly

But on Saturday night he wrote: “I was booted off tonight’s interfaith panel with @BernieSanders‬ because of some “pro-@HillaryClinton‬” tweets. So much for being a loyal Dem.”

It is very important for The Sandman to control the message. Rabbi Andy Bachman would have been a perfect addition to this panel discussion. But, this wasn't a panel discussion. It was a staged political event.

[bettyellen]

17. a director at the 92nd Street Y? Ouch, that is not someone to fuck with.

[azurnoir]

18. she wasn't booted she was asked not to come seems she was slipped in as the replacement

for the originally slated Rabbi and when Bernie team wasfinally informed she was asked not to come