5 Jewish things to know about Corey Booker

[Gothmog]

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[JI7]

1. there is video of him dancing

[Hekate]

14. You mean at Simchas Torah?

What an interesting guy this is.

[JI7]

15. when I first saw the video I didn't know about this but I think it speaks well of him

I always love it when people get interest and love for other communities and in turn they get the same love and support back.

shows that being multicultural isn't about being separate .

this actually puts him more into consideration for me as a possible primary vote.

[oberliner]

16. Not Purim?

[Hekate]

17. At Purim the kids get to dress up in costume, & the scroll of Esther is read while noisemakers ...

...drown out Haman's name.

Simchas Torah is when the Torah scroll gets danced through the congregation.

But there are certainly other occasions to dance in a secular manner, especially in a congregation of younger people. In context, I jumped to a conclusion.

[oberliner]

18. At Purim, the adults have a party where they get drunk and dance

I'm fairly sure the video of Cory Booker dancing comes from a Purim party with Shmuley Boteach.

[MurrayDelph]

19. Simchas Torah

Isn't Hebrew for "Be Kind, Rewind"?

[Hekate]

2. He was a Rhodes Scholar? Oh, and the other thing is interesting too!

Gods do we have a great lineup or what?

[Gothmog]

4. Yes we do

[Jamaal510]

7. We're going to need one

coming into 2020. 45 might be an idiot, but he has the advantage of being an incumbent politician. An incumbent is always tough to take down. He has more name recognition than any of the Dems who have announced so far, he has an online troll army behind him, and he probably has a fundraising advantage, too.

[a kennedy]

8. and he doesn't play like an adult......

[aidbo]

3. Davis Frum is a war criminal.

[Hekate]

5. He's also a Never Trumper. Which of these facts is more relevant to this thread?

[aidbo]

11. Fuck David Frum. Never Trumpers are useless.

The fact that Frum likes Booker does Booker no favors in my opinion.

[OnDoutside]

12. Ouch!

[Honeycombe8]

6. How in the world did THAT happen? nt

[whistler162]

9. Become a Rhodes Scholar or the other stuff?

http://www.rhodesscholar.org/

https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Real-Cory-Booker-328338

" have known and loved Cory Booker for 21 years. Ever since he walked into our Jewish student facility in Oxford’s ancient city center almost accidentally more than two decades ago on the Jewish festival of Simchas Torah, we have been soul friends. I was Rabbi to the students and he was an African-American Rhodes scholar. Within days we were studying Torah together several times a week and hosting other students at our “Kosher Soul Food” dinners that Cory made with my wife, Debbie, at our home. Within a year Cory was so popular among our thousands of student members that he became the first ever non-Jewish president of a major Jewish student organization, The L’Chaim Society at Oxford, which I had founded in 1989."

https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/senator-elect-booker-known-for-close-jewish-ties/

[Honeycombe8]

13. Become head of a Jewish group. That's pretty unusual, I'd think. nt

[Claritie Pixie]

10. I love Booker's humility and positive messaging.

What does Michelle say?

When they go low, we go high.

Booker lives those words.