Kansas Guv Kelly Offers Reassurance To Local Jewish Students

There is a very real uptick in antisemitism and threats amid Holy Land war . . . And so, this bit of outreach is not only important but should be bipartisan.

Here's the word . . .

At the dais in front of the ark in HBHA’s beit midrash (room dedicated for religious study), Gov. Kelly expressed concern over the rise in antisemitic events since the Israel-Hamas war began and the insufficiency of condemnations of the terrorists.

“This conflict may be happening in a faraway land, [but] I know that it is hitting close to home,” she said to the students. “All the gruesome visuals you’re seeing and the vicious soundbites you are hearing — you [must] feel isolated.”

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Kansas governor speaks to HBHA students, expresses support

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