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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Jewish Democratic activist resigns from Maryland golf club over Obama membership debate
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Democratic activist has resigned his membership from an exclusive, mostly Jewish golf club in Maryland following a contentious debate over whether to admit President Barack Obama for membership because of the US decision to abstain from a UN vote against Israeli settlements.
Jeffrey Slavin resigned from the Woodmont Country Club in Rockville in an email to the club’s general manager, the Washington Post reports. Slavin also is the mayor of the Montgomery County town of Somerset.
He writes in his email, sent Monday, which was Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
“I can no longer belong to a community:
Where Intolerance is accepted,
Where History is forgotten,
Where Freedom of Speech is denied,
And where the nation’s first black president is disrespected.”
— JTA
The Times of Israel Community.