New York – According to the Jewish week, [and first reported by VIN News] Gov Paterson has said In one of his last official acts as lieutenant governor, this past Sunday as he attended the Bukharian Jewish community’s legislative breakfast in Forest Hills and received its state leadership award.
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In his acceptance speech, Paterson revealed to the 200 guests that he recently had his DNA tested and that it revealed he had Jewish ancestors from Eastern Europe.
“He said we’re all connected, we’re relatives, and they all ate it up,” recalled Ezra Friedlander, a public relations executive who planned the event.
Anon. 9AM. I sincerely apologize if I [unintentionally] hurt anyone’s feelings. That was the last thing on my mind. The snide remark was meant for a demagogue of the first order, like Louis Farrakhan, who, after [all but] inciting to riot and spreading racial hatred and denigrating other religions, including the Jewish religion calling it a “gutter religion”, had the gall to say that he’s part Jewish, and “still recalls hearing the Torah being read on the Jewish Sabbath” and going right out and cursing and encouraging people to hate. Never was it intended for such a fine person like the Hon. Sen. David Patterson. Besides, I personally knew a Jewish African-American gentleman, originally from Harlem who used to come to Brooklyn to visit our Shul.
NYS isn’t Sedom? Unfortunately, lema’aseh, it often seems to be. The question is, are we going to be like Lot, or we going to be a sufficient number “tzadikim besoch ho’ir”.
To Bigwheeel; Hello again, it’s me, the African American female who visits this site everyday and occasionally leaves a comment. Please be aware that there are African and African American Jews in this country and in the global community. An African American cannot STOP being who they are, but Mr. Paterson certainly had the opportunity to embrace the Jewish faith. If he had, I suspect that he would not condone homosexual marriage. There are those in the Christian community, white and black who find gay marriage a sin as well, not just Jews. Getting back to the topic of blood vs. faith,one cculd decide however, to stop practicing the Jewish Faith, even if one is born Jewish. They are still Jewish, are they not? A Jew cannot decide to become an African American. To Anon. 12:21 AM,yes, people of other cultures and other races, can indeed, have “Jewish” blood or DNA coursing through their veins and I agree that if a non-Jew had a blood transfusion with blood belonging to a Jewish person, the DNA marker for that would show up if investigated, but that would not make that non-Jew a Jew unless they desire to embrace the faith and convert. I welcome everyone’s opinion on my comment.
There is no such thing as having Jewish blood. Either you are Jewish, by having a Jewish mother or you are not. What if you donate some Jewish blood to a blood bank, does that make all the recipients of your blood part Jewish? Of course not.
MAZEL TOV! We have a new Cousin! We,
the Yiddishe Nation have another Beside Gov. Patterson) long-lost (Wish he did) relative. {Lehavdil, of [Lt.] Gov. Patterson]
None other than Calipso Louie, a/k/a Louis Farrakhan YMSH”V, a hate-monger and race-baiting demagogue of the first order! He. (Louie) “Recalls”, that as a “kid” he lived in Roxbury, Mass. (at that time, a Jewish neighborhood) and he ran through the Shul, and sound of reading the Torah was very sweet [and familiar] to his ears. (Now, we don’t exactly know when, and why he stopped being Jewish and became African-American)
So, since what Spitzer did is not midas sodom should we reinstate him as he is a tzaddik?
Patterson is even more liberal than Spitzer, he wants to bring Sodom ‘marriage’ to NY State, we do not need him. NYS is not Sodom, Maybe he could be a good governor of Sodom with his endorsement of ‘marriage’ for what the Torah calls abomination.
Dover, it’s called “pandering”.
To anon 11:23
You are an idiot.The guy is trying to reach out,and this is how you react.He is probably your uncle.
hey future governer paterson, get an original campaign tactic and dont try to steal hillary’s. oh and by the way im just curious if your “jewish” ancenstor is the same as Hillary’s “jewish” ancestor. you never know!!! you might be Hillary’s long lost “brother”