It moved me to tears to hear
@BernieSanders
talk about his father escaping anti-semitism in Poland. The Jewish story the media shows so rarely reflects the stories of so many of our families; high-profile Jews are too often either Israel-loving fanatics or wealthy bankers/lawyers
Sen. Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally delivers some of his most deeply personal remarks: "Coming from a lower-middle-class family, I will never forget about how money, or really, lack of money was always a point of stress in our family"
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So many of my Jewish friends have expressed that Bernie reminds them of their grandparents, but with better politics. The wild thing is that Bernie’s tradition of Jewishness — universalist and socialist — was a dominant force in American Judaism for much of the 20th century.
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It mirrors the Jewishness of my grandmother, who was a card-carrying Communist and lobbyist for the AFL and died before I could get to know her. So for me, Bernie feels like the grandparent I never knew.
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@emilyfmayer
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EXACTLY. My grandfather was a free speech lawyer who hated communists — named Bernie — so the stereotype holds true for me. But so many Jews of their generation were socialists.
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@emilyfmayer
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Wow. Can almost hear him saying “fehh” after mentioning the Holocaust and then with a wave of his hand, moving on. So many of us can relate.
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