{"id":2403047,"date":"2025-02-15T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T19:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-jewish-leaders-turn-away-from-jon-ossoff-want-brian-kemp-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T14:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T19:13:04","slug":"georgia-jewish-leaders-turn-away-from-jon-ossoff-want-brian-kemp-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-jewish-leaders-turn-away-from-jon-ossoff-want-brian-kemp-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Jewish leaders turn away from Jon Ossoff, want Brian Kemp &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fgeorgia-jewish-leaders-turn-away-from-jon-ossoff-want-brian-kemp-washington-examiner%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=2403047&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--><p>A\u200c group of Jewish leaders in Georgia have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">publicly shifted thier\u2064 support<\/a>\u2063 away from\u2064 Senator Jon ossoff, advocating rather for Governor\u2063 Brian Kemp to run for the Senate.This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deportations-plunge-under-biden-in-u-s-interior\/\" title=\"Deportations Plunge Under Biden in U.S. Interior\">change stems<\/a> from dissatisfaction with ossoff&#8217;s handling of issues related to\u2062 antisemitism and the \u2064recent \u200dconflict in Gaza.\u200b In a bipartisan\u200c letter, prominent Jewish community\u200b members expressed their potential backing of Kemp for the 2026 Senate race,\u200d emphasizing that he would find loyal \u200dsupporters within their community. Despite Ossoff&#8217;s pride in his Jewish identity and his\u200d attempts\u2064 to support Israel, his \u2063vote related to a weapons blockade \u200cduring the Gaza conflict alienated many in the Jewish leadership, leading to widespread criticism. Some local leaders,\u2062 including a\u2063 Democratic state representative, acknowledged their differing views on \u200dvarious policies\u200d but \u2062deemed Ossoff&#8217;s actions a more significant\u200b betrayal in the context of current events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Georgia Jewish leaders turn away from Jon Ossoff, urge Brian Kemp to run for Senate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1944092\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A collection of Georgia&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jewish leaders<\/a> have turned to Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brian Kemp<\/a> (R-GA) to run against the state&rsquo;s first Jewish senator Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) due to their disapproval of Ossoff&rsquo;s handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">antisemitism <\/a>in the nation and the Gaza war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Some of Georgia&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-exposes-cdc-and-teachers-union-ties-on-school-reopening-guidance\/\" title=\"GOP Exposes CDC and Teachers\u2019 Union Ties on School Reopening Guidance\">biggest political donors<\/a> and major leaders in the Jewish community shared in a bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/15\/us\/politics\/jon-ossoff-georgia-jewish-democrats.html\">letter<\/a> obtained by the<em> New York Times<\/em> that they would support Kemp in a bid for the state&rsquo;s U.S. senate seat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a bipartisan group of leaders in the metropolitan Atlanta Jewish community, we humbly ask you to consider running for the United States Senate in 2026,&rdquo; the letter to Kemp stated. &ldquo;Should you decide to run in the 2026 election &hellip; you would find no better friends, more loyal allies or stronger supporters than us and our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff was first elected to his senate seat in 2020, and he shared during his campaign the great pride and strength he has in his Jewish identity. He used a book of Hebrew scripture when sworn into office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Ossoff met with the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and vowed security support for Israel, his vote against blocking certain weapons to Israel in November left a bad impression on the Jewish leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution authored by Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Bernie-Sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) failed to pass the Senate and mostly served to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-sickened-jim-carrey-slams-oscars-attendees-for-standing-ovation-post-slap\/\" title=\"\u2018I Was Sickened\u2019: Jim Carrey Slams Oscars Attendees For Standing Ovation Post Slap\">show disapproval<\/a> of the high Palestinian casualties at the hands of the Israel Defense Forces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff&rsquo;s vote for the arms blockade garnered disapproval from 50 Jewish groups and synagogues including from the rabbi of the Temple where he had his bar mitzvah.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can you imagine, all these Jewish organizations agreeing on something in a strong letter, a strong proclamation? Absolutely stunning change,&rdquo; Norman Radow, one of the state&rsquo;s largest Democratic donors who signed the letter supporting Kemp, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While some of the letter&rsquo;s supporters, like Democratic Georgia state representative Esther Panitch, are opposed to Kemp when it comes to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate\">key policy issues<\/a>; they have determined the issues of the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gaza<\/a>, which has reached a ceasefire, to be the most important one for Jewish Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kemp has done things that I am fighting against every day,&rdquo;&nbsp; Panitch said<em>. <\/em>&ldquo;But it is a different level of betrayal that Ossoff has committed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1944092\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1944092\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Jewish leaders back Brian Kemp for Senate, oppose Ossoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2403048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jon-Ossoff-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23131,4977,45259,50448,5894],"class_list":["post-2403047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brian-kemp","tag-georgia","tag-jewish-leaders","tag-jon-ossoff","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jon-Ossoff-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403047"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403051,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403047\/revisions\/2403051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}