The story and the coverup of the story gets wilder. The Loughners and the Giffords were members of the same Congregation Chaverim. On the Congregation Chaverim website we learn that this Reform synagogue that was founded in 1973 has 140 families. That's a very small group. The Rabbi, Stephanie Aaron surely knows every single family member of her congregation on a first name basis! That includes 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner.
So, it is IMPOSSIBLE that Rabbi Stephanie Aaron did not KNOW instantly upon learning that a Jared Lee Loughner had shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords that BOTH people were members of her small congregation!
But does Rabbi Aaron make ANY effort to inform the media, as she takes hundreds and hundreds of media calls from the mass media, of this fact?'
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Hmmmm, well I skimmed that article quickly and there is some conflicting information in there.
ReplyDeleteThe claim is that the assassin Jared Lee Loughner's mother is Jewish and that his family attended the same synagogue. However, the Rabbi, Stephanie Aaron claims that Jared Lee Loughner's family are not known there at all.
So, somebody is either lying or has their facts twisted either intentionally or unintentionally.
Your readers might also want to know that Rabbi Stephanie Aaron has debunked the rumor of the Loughners ever being part of her congregation.
ReplyDelete"In an exclusive interview with OpEdNews.com, Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, Giffords' rabbi at Congregation Chaverim said, "We have never had any contact with the Loughner family. They are not members of the congregation and never have been members of the congregation. And I've been with the congregation for 40 years, since it's inception, since I was very young."
the rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Exclusive-Giffords-Rabbi-by-Rob-Kall-110112-823.html