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28. Col. Vindman is correct - Josh Mandel does not represent or practice Jewish values

As we are about to enter the Days of Awe (from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur) I am reminded of the Yom Kippur confessional prayers done publicly, as a congregation, known as the Vidui and specifically as the Ashamnu.

The Ashamnu is an alphabetical list of sins/offenses the we (collectively) have committed (here is a good link: https://jpeoplehood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Peoplehood-Education-Toolkit-Resources-Mutual-Responsibility-Text-Yom-Kippur-Liturgy.pdf). Some English versions (in the Conservative Judaism High Holiday prayer books) of the Ashamnu (also aphabetical) state for X - We have been xenophobic. For Z - We have been zealots for bad causes. I have read this every year since I was 13 yrs old.

Further, the Torah commands us (36 times) to treat the stranger (immigrants) justly, with compassion and justice. For example: Leviticus commands, “When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do them wrong. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens; you shall love them as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” [19:33-34].

Josh Mandel, Stephen Miller, and anyone who says or does hateful things against people simply because they are immigrants, are certainly NOT practicing Jewish values.