'Appalling': Kenney roasts Calgary Mayor Gondek over menorah lighting no show
"Chanukah isn’t some 'interfaith' celebration of 'diversity,' as implied by her embarrassingly parodic word salad," Alberta's former premier, Jason Kenney, posted to X, formerly Twitter.
1/ An appalling decision by @JyotiGondek to boycott the Chanukah Menorah lighting.
— Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@jkenney) December 8, 2023
Chanukah isn’t some “interfaith” celebration of “diversity,” as implied by her embarrassingly parodic word salad.
It celebrates the culmination of a successful Jewish military campaign to… https://t.co/UMkc0zZl0G
Calgary's progressive Mayor Jyoti Gondek cancelled her attendance at the annual Hanukkah menorah lighting at city hall after claiming the event had become too political.
Calgary's coward mayor Jyoti Gondek pulls out of menorah lighting after declaring it 'pro-Israel' event https://t.co/X0rsKev8PJ
— Yanky 🇺🇲 (@Yanky_Pollak) December 7, 2023
It is the first time in 35 years a mayor has skipped the start of the eight-day celebration, which commemorates the rededication of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem after Jews reclaimed it in the second century BCE.
Thursday nights menorah lighting marks the first Hanukkah since the October 7 Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel left 1,200 Israelis dead and 240 kidnapped.
It was the single largest terror attack against Jews since the Holocaust.
Sheila Gunn Reid
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Sheila Gunn Reid is the Alberta Bureau Chief for Rebel News and host of the weekly The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. She's a mother of three, conservative activist, and the author of best-selling books including Stop Notley.
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