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TAKING A STAND: Rabbi Dovid Feldman protests Councilman Kalman Yeger and former Assemblyman Dov
Hikind during a March 28 protest outside Yeger’s offi ce over his controversial tweet. Photo by Aidan Graham
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
He got the axe!
Council bigwigs booted a
Midwood representative from
their immigration committee
after he refused to apologize
for his social media comments
in which he denied
the existence of Palestine on
April 1.
The Council’s leadership
reached a broad consensus
to kick City Councilman Kalman
Yeger (D–Midwood) off
the committee headed by fellow
City Councilman Carlos
Menchaca (D–Red Hook), according
to a political source.
Council Speaker Corey
Johnson denounced Yeger’s
comments, calling them counter
to the committee’s mission
of welcoming immigrants to
the fi ve boroughs.
“I found Council Member
Yeger’s comments completely
unacceptable,” Johnson said
in a statement. “What he said
is totally inappropriate, and
sends the wrong message
about our values. He is being
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
This protest defi nitely exists.
Tensions boiled over as
hundreds of people took to the
streets of Borough Park in response
to a provocative tweet
by a local legislator denying
the existence of Palestine.
Protestors and supporters
alike gathered outside the
district offi ce of City Councilman
Kalman Yeger (D–Midwood)
on March 28 in response
to the post, in which he also
called a U.S. Congresswoman
anti-Semitic.
“Palestine does not exist.
There, I said it again. Also,
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
is an anti-Semite. Said that too.
Thanks for following me,” read
the March 27 tweet .
One local Rabbi joined
the condemnation of the
lawmaker, calling the comments
unrepresentative of the
Jewish community.
“I certainly believe that
what he is doing is unjust.
It’s contrary to the opinion
of masses of Jewish people,
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