North Star Politics

The American Jewish World doesn't come close to speaking for all Jews in the Twin Cities. This is from today's StarTribune, worth noting:

"Erlandson also accused Ellison of appearing recently with a supporter of the Palestinian group Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization. Erlandson's aide said he was referring to Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington D.C., who attended an Ellison fundraiser last Friday in the Twin Cities sponsored by a group of Muslim businessmen."

Shockingly enough, Mike Erlandson is trying to win an election against an endorsed opponent. By no means am I an Ellison partisan, but his opponents seem to be using unreasonable tactics. If a publication like the AJW is willing to endorse him and say that he's a friend of Judaism and a friend of Israel, that's good enough for me.