Why the Jewish Community of Pittsburgh Did Not Want President Trump to Attend the Funerals of the Victims of the Tree of Life Massacre
By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO−It expected that he would toss out boxes of Kleenex to the mourners.
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It suspected that he intended to recruit minions rather than join a minyan.
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It feared that he believes the El Maleh Rahamim is a kind of Mexican sauce.
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It worried that he would give the congregation’s rabbi an NRA membership and a semi-automatic rifle.
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It knew that if he had been president when the ancestors of the congregants had immigrated to the United States that they would have been denied entry.
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com. San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.*