{"id":1647358,"date":"2022-09-19T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647358"},"modified":"2022-09-19T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:38:51","slug":"watch-j-street-rabbi-has-fangirl-moment-during-chance-encounter-with-anti-semitic-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-j-street-rabbi-has-fangirl-moment-during-chance-encounter-with-anti-semitic-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: J Street Rabbi Has \u2018Fangirl Moment\u2019 During Chance Encounter With Anti-Semitic Dictator"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-j-street-rabbi-has-fangirl-moment-during-chance-encounter-with-anti-semitic-dictator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has repeatedly denounced Israel as a &#8220;terrorist state,&#8221; met an unlikely admirer during his stroll through Manhattan over the weekend. Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg of Queens, N.Y., a prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/jstreet.org\/about-us\/our-supporters\/rabbinic-and-cantorial-cabinet\/#.YyhtvezML64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporter<\/a> of the liberal advocacy group J Street, had a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=fangirl%20moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fangirl moment<\/a>&#8221; upon encountering the notorious anti-Semitic dictator in Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh my gosh,&#8221; the starstruck rabbi said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BG__16\/status\/1571590859149262853?s=20&amp;t=Hxfd7RzJypZnWbT2266qog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> recorded by Turkish propaganda operatives. &#8220;Really? Can I shake your hand?&#8221; Goldenberg&#8217;s reaction was rather unusual, given that Erdogan has been widely condemned for his anti-Semitic rants. In 2021, for example, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20210518-us-condemns-erdogan-anti-semitic-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denounced<\/a> Jews as &#8220;murderers&#8221; who &#8220;kill children&#8221; and &#8220;only are satisfied by sucking their blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The House Anti-Semitism Task Force issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/lieu.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/house-antisemitism-task-force-condemns-turkish-president-erdogans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> blasting Erdogan&#8217;s anti-Semitic remarks as &#8220;tantamount to blood libel against the Jewish people.&#8221; The\u00a0U.S. State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/turkish-president-erdogans-anti-semitic-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> the comments &#8220;reprehensible.&#8221; Several months after the Turkish leader&#8217;s anti-Jewish tirade,\u00a0a Turkish man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/erdogans-veneer-of-respect-conceals-blatant-antisemitism-opinion-685083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> Erdogan a &#8220;Jew&#8221; was sentenced to 10 months in prison for insulting the dictator&#8217;s &#8220;honor, dignity, and reputation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan was &#8220;warmly welcomed&#8221; during his stroll through Central Park, according to the Turkish propaganda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/politics\/diplomacy\/erdogan-takes-stroll-in-central-park-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outlet<\/a> <em>Daily Sabah<\/em>. Alas, the fawning encounter with Goldenberg was not mentioned by the pro-government media apparatus, presumably for anti-Semitic reasons.<\/p>\n<p>J Street, which claims to be a &#8220;pro-Israel&#8221; organization, has been criticized for attacking Israel and defending anti-Semites. The advocacy group has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/j-street-has-history-of-lobbying-for-pro-iran-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lobbied<\/a> to roll back sanctions on Iran and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/j-street-anti-semitism-charges-against-omar-are-reckless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended<\/a> Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) in 2019 after the Squad member made a series of anti-Semitic statements. J Street communications director Logan Bayroff said Omar&#8217;s critics, which included Democrats as well as Republicans, were &#8220;reckless&#8221; and &#8220;politically motivated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year the group lent financial support to Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.), a Squad acolyte who abruptly <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-york-democrat-scrambles-to-appease-the-radical-anti-israel-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrew<\/a> his support for bipartisan legislation to strengthen the Abraham Accords, a Trump-era initiative to normalize relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Bowman has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/squad-acolyte-jamaal-bowman-cozies-up-to-controversial-turkish-advocacy-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">close ties<\/a> to the Turkish American National Steering Committee, a pro-Erdogan advocacy group whose members were involved in the beating of peaceful protesters outside the Turkish ambassador&#8217;s residence in Washington, D.C., in 2017.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has repeatedly denounced Israel as a &#8220;terrorist state,&#8221; met an unlikely admirer during his stroll through Manhattan over the weekend. 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