Justice Department raps NYC mayor Wilhelm De Blasio for singling out Jews

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Justice Department raps NYC mayor De Blasio for singling out Orthodox Jews

Justice Department fires off letter to NYC mayor saying his allowing of mass protests while restricting religious services is unconstitutional.

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By Paul Shindman, World Israel News

The largest American ultra-orthodox organization said Wednesday they were pleased that the Department of Justice had intervened on their behalf to pressure New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to lift restrictions on organized Jewish prayer services.

Although New York City had clamped down on organized gatherings and had only loosened restrictions to allow 10 people in a synagogue, the Orthodox Jewish community took exception when de Blasio himself participated with thousands of people at recent demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd.

“Agudath Israel has been advocating for religious freedoms throughout the pandemic,” the organization said in a prepared statement.

“Over the past few weeks, Agudath Israel has been heavily involved in two lawsuits protesting New York State’s violation of First Amendment rights, one to prevent the closure of overnight camps and the other to protest the continued restrictions on houses of worship.”

The letter to de Blasio from Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Eric Dreiband cautioned the mayor over his restricting religious gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic, while at the same time encouraging mass demonstrations that had no social distancing.

“Your support for peaceful assembly and speech follows the best of our nation’s traditions,” Dreiband wrote, but then went on to say “the first amendment also protects the free exercise of religion.”

“In light of your support for and participation in recent protests in New York City, the message to the public from New York City’s government appears to favor certain secular gatherings and
disfavor religious gatherings,” Dreiband said.

He emphasized that de Blasio’s decision to “selectively enforce” health orders by allowing more than 10 people for political protests but deny similar gatherings for religious exercise “would raise grave concerns under the Constitution.”

“Compliance with the first amendment is not optional, and that amendment protects both free exercise of religion and assembly rights,” Dreiband told the mayor.

In April, Jewish officials were outraged when de Blasio threatened action after a large Jewish funeral, saying the mayor had singled them out.

Agudath Israel officials said they appreciated the DOJ acknowledgement of the “incongruous behavior of Mayor de Blasio.”

“Religious freedom is one of the rights granted to us in this great country and is the reason the Jewish community – and every religious community – can thrive here today,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel.

“We hope that our government leaders will acknowledge this fact and ensure that religious freedoms are fully and properly protected,” Zweibel added.

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LightTexas
LightTexas
3 years ago

He suks

Worsethanitlooks
Worsethanitlooks
3 years ago

De Blasio aka Maduro Lite knows that “standing up to the yids” gives him street cred with the shvartzes. Leftists pander to tribalism. That’s their game.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

DeBlazio and Cuomo have intense Jew and Christian hatred. If Cumo wasn’t for it, he get rid of DeBlazio.

HEY DOJ, what about Christians? Did you have a free moment from eating to see how Franklin Graham was treated for coming there for FREE and offering help through Samaritan’s Purse? It’s not just about Jew hatred! Get off your fat arse and do something! Christians are being denied the same thing! Did you forget about that – you totally compromised jack ass?

katmanwon
katmanwon
3 years ago

NAZI, MOSLEM lover, anti-Semitic, anti-white, racist USURPER, IMPOSTER, IMPERSONATOR, NIHILIST, QUISLING WARREN WILHEM I accuse of attempting to overthrow the govt., sedition & treason, crimes against humanity & peace.
WARREN WILHELM is guilty of WAR CRIMES & needs to be held accountable to the law, which is a DEATH sentence.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
3 years ago

Just the other day de Blasio threatened to lay off more than twenty-thousand city workers to close a one-billion dollar budget gap.

Which was, incidentally, the amount of money that disappeared in his wife’s mental health “outreach” project, called “Thrive.” Of course, the irony of this was lost on him.

No one, including the city comptroller, knows what became of that billion dollars, and now it appears that the consequences of electing this man mayor are about to get even worse.

Pantalones
Pantalones
3 years ago

Bill DeGAYsio is a flabby cowardly wimp

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
3 years ago

Justice Department raps NYC mayor Wilhelm De Blasio for singling out Jews

It’s about dam time! So now…where are the charges and when is the Court dates?

Underzog
Underzog
3 years ago

The drive by media is trying to demoralize us into not voting for Trump — keep aware. Don’t let the drive by media demoralize us. Even if there is no Lucifer, the drive by media and the rest of the lib/commies act as if there is one and worship and ape Lucifer accordingly.

Fromafar
Fromafar
3 years ago

Hello New York City-ites,
If you can please do America a huge favor and vote this piece of garbage out of office,
Thank You in Advance

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