why wouldn’t you leave? many did under blackface racist gov Northam

Educated people leaving Virginia in droves under Youngkin

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/12/07/new-census-figures-show-number-of-people-moving-out-of-virginia-is-increasing

So...Nice Job?

Anonymous wrote:If it’s true that they never had a menorah or a menorah lighting then I change my mind about it being “messed up”.

Even if they didn’t their reason for denying it was saying it would “take sides” in the Israel Hamas conflict . It doesn’t . It’s a Jewish holiday

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Anonymous wrote:Who is "Aviva Klompas" and why don't they know how to correctly transliterate the name of the holiday into English?

A rabid Zionist who makes a habit of tweeting out Israeli propaganda and then when it's proven to be BS, she just deletes it w/o an apology for having spread something virulently racist against Palestinians. She's basically a .99 bin version of Laura Loomer who in herself isn't worth than that amount.

worth more* than that amount

Racist? Palestinians are white.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is "Aviva Klompas" and why don't they know how to correctly transliterate the name of the holiday into English?

A rabid Zionist who makes a habit of tweeting out Israeli propaganda and then when it's proven to be BS, she just deletes it w/o an apology for having spread something virulently racist against Palestinians. She's basically a .99 bin version of Laura Loomer who in herself isn't worth than that amount.

worth more* than that amount

Anonymous wrote:Who is "Aviva Klompas" and why don't they know how to correctly transliterate the name of the holiday into English?

A rabid Zionist who makes a habit of tweeting out Israeli propaganda and then when it's proven to be BS, she just deletes it w/o an apology for having spread something virulently racist against Palestinians. She's basically a .99 bin version of Laura Loomer who in herself isn't worth than that amount.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is so full of crap.

The celebration was never canceled because it was never scheduled in the first place.

And they weren't singling out the Jewish community because it has never had a religious component.

Speaking of full of crap... interesting that you're ignoring this:

“Our Board members said that they would be OK with proceeding if you do it under a ‘cease fire’ banner.” That’s what Mendy said Vermillion texted to him.

But it was never scheduled. And they’ve denied all other requests for religious events in the past. They weren’t being “singled out” and it wasn’t “canceled” because it was never actually scheduled. Youngkin is full of crap.

https://www.wtkr.com/news/peninsula-jewish-community-group-claims-anti-semitic-action-by-williamsburg-nonprofit

https://www.dailypress.com/2023/12/04/williamsburg-hanukkah-celebration-finds-new-location-after-backlash/

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is so full of crap.

The celebration was never canceled because it was never scheduled in the first place.

And they weren't singling out the Jewish community because it has never had a religious component.

Speaking of full of crap... interesting that you're ignoring this:

“Our Board members said that they would be OK with proceeding if you do it under a ‘cease fire’ banner.” That’s what Mendy said Vermillion texted to him.

Anonymous wrote:"The menorah lighting was never “canceled” because it was never scheduled in the first place. It was proposed but was not consistent with the purpose of this non-religious, community art and music festival, and the proposal was denied. In 14 years this street festival has never had a religious program as one of its events. This is not a discriminatory act but one based on the objectives of the organization and the sincere desire to make this monthly event a place where all people can come together to enjoy MUSIC and ART. It feels very wrong to label anyone associated with this as an anti-Semite when the rejection of this religious programming was entirely consistent with our decision to keep our gathering focused on music and art, rather than religious ceremonies. We support Jewish small business owners and musicians who sell and sing at our events every month. We respect and love our Jewish community members and wish them a very happy Hanukkah. But we standby our mission to create a safe place for all to gather and enjoy art and music and chose not to showcase religious ceremonies of any faith as part of our programming. We are not comfortable or interested in taking religious or cultural sides. A time was never settled on, or permit never issued for the events that Rabbi Mendy Heber was proposing & doing in the midst of our permitted & insured 6 block festival in downtown Williamsburg. He’d asked to add a menorah lighting & firetruck geld drop in an area that has to be kept open at all times for entering & exiting traffic . Logistically, physically, religiously & cultural the events were not going to fit and it’s very unfortunate that the most diverse & inclusive event in Williamsburg is being false accused & labeled anti Semitic."

What's the citation for this?

Youngkin is so full of crap.

The celebration was never canceled because it was never scheduled in the first place.

And they weren't singling out the Jewish community because it has never had a religious component.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this in this forum?

Someone has to pump up Youngkin’s ego after his candidates were crushed in the last election.

His ignorant base will happily believe this misrepresentation of what happened. They never had religious displays before and wanted to keep all religion out of it.

Nothing was misrepresented here - except your comical attempt to smear Youngkin for no reason. The organizer said she would be ok having the menorah, but ONLY under certain absurd conditions:

Mendy also confirms there was never any finalization on the menorah lighting, but said it ended after the text exchange from Vermillion, which he says laid a condition to have the menorah lighting.

“Our Board members said that they would be OK with proceeding if you do it under a ‘cease fire’ banner.” That’s what Mendy said Vermillion texted to him.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/williamsburg-menorah-lighting-moved-to-w-m-campus-amid-controversy/ar-AA1l08jV

Anonymous wrote:Why is this in this forum?

Someone has to pump up Youngkin’s ego after his candidates were crushed in the last election.

His ignorant base will happily believe this misrepresentation of what happened. They never had religious displays before and wanted to keep all religion out of it.

Anonymous wrote:A "hannakuh" event. You don't say.

LOL. I noticed that too. I love when people on here try to attack someone or an institution and can't even spell.

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Anonymous wrote:If you read more OP, you would find that colonial Williamsburg either needed to include all religions (including Christianity) or none. Not as political as you are making it.

+1

Why is Youngkin, the face of VA government, trying to FORCE people to add religion to this event?

I get that Republicans hate our country but why such a blatant attack on the 1st amendment?

Spoken like a true LWNJ. He isn’t forcing anyone to do anything. He is simply stating that now is a perfect time to show support to the Jewish community. And if you’ll notice, several VA Democrats supported this too.

He is pushing for them to include the menorah in an event that has never had any other religious elements.