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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Emhoff: After Oct. 7, Jews learned that many who they thought were their friends were not
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US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff says Jews learned who their real friends were in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught.
“As American Jews, I think the feeling is one of aloneness and being hated and being unmoored,” Emhoff says while speaking on a panel about antisemitism at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“We kind of saw who our friends were and who our friends weren’t, and there were too many in the ‘weren’t’ category, some who we thought were friends. It’s just shocking,” laments Emhoff, who is the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice president.
WATCH: Emhoff says American Jews are feeling "alone, hated and unmoored," in particular since Oct. 7.
"We kind of saw who our friends were and who our friends weren't — and there were too many in the 'weren't' category, some who we thought were friends. It's just shocking." https://t.co/CumV7GEGim pic.twitter.com/rdDtkbGDtb
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) January 18, 2024
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