While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out that one of his wife's cousins is the country's most prominent black rabbi - a fact that has gone largely unnoticed.

Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, and Rabbi Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago's South Side, are first cousins once removed. Funnye's mother, Verdelle Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama's paternal grandfather, Frasier Robinson Jr., were brother and sister.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1019188.html

The KKK must really be spinning. First black family moving into the White House, now we find out they have Jewish relatives too.

If you accept the Biblical account of history, we're all related. We all have Adam and Eve and Noah as our common ancestors.

you might Bugs, but according to L. Ron Hubbard, some of us are descended from a race of super-beings that came to earth and caused ourselves a memory loss of our true nature and potential in order to create challenges for ourselves.

edited, because TMOS is really a better sort of guy.

L. Ron Hubbard? Now where did that come from? Are you part of Anonymous?

I don't see what the big deal is... is it just me?

about l. ron hubbard? or about the jewish roots?


(and it might be a little bit you... )

I mean really, who cares if her uncle is a rabbi!????

just something else to grouse about, i think.

if there were NO religious ties, it would be an issue. if there were ties to seventh day adventists or mormon or amish or any of any other religion that isn't "mainstream", it would be an issue. there just has to be "something" to pick at.

like you said, who cares?

Well, we're in the BOL Cooler, so of course, someone is going to care! It's just the way it goes in here

Who is picking at it?

I am just goofing around Bugs. I was only taking a playful swipe at Ron Mex.

Aren't playful swipes Kitten's job?

Just to be clear, I posted this because I thought it was funny and ironic. I am certainly not grousing (I am Jewish) and I haven't seen anyone else grousing about it either.

Ummm, is he a Scientologist?

hi bugs.

yes

LOL

hi. is that you kitten? you've changed.

it seems like i'm a whole nother person, doesn't it?

I didn't recognize you at first without your hat.