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Sunday, August 25, 2002
Tikkun: McKinney ignored repeated requests to condemn Hebrew U. attack

Tikkun: McKinney ignored repeated requests to condemn Hebrew U. attack
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A few notes from Tikkun

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3. ...The media, meanwhile, has ignored the voices of those in the Jewish
world who supported McKinney.

On the other hand, one reason why the voices of progressive
Jews could be ignored was that it was so little so late. And
Cynthia McKinney herself contributed to the weakness of that
effort. When Rabbi Lerner asked her to make a strong and
unequivocal statement condemning the bombing of students
in the Hebrew University lunchroom three weeks ago, she
did not respond. That statement was planned to be the basis of
an ad from Jewish progressives that would have appeared in an
Atlanta newspaper endorsing her candidacy. After repeated attempts
to secure that statement from her campaign failed, the support
for the ad fizzled. This was McKinney not acting in her own
self-interest. But unfortunately, it also had the effect of making
it appear that "Jews" were united against her, and were
raising money from all around the country to defeat her. The
Jewish people may, unfortunately, face anger in the future
for the role that the pro-Ariel Sharon forces played in defeating
a Black woman who championed civil rights and peace.

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