American Jewish Congress blasts Bernie Sanders surrogate Linda Sarsour

(NY Post) The American Jewish Congress is demanding that Bernie Sanders fire one [of] his top staffers, Linda Sarsour, for “a long history of flagrant anti-Semitism.”

Jack Rosen, president of the 101-year-old organization, blasted the Democratic presidential candidate in a scalding letter Wednesday about his controversial campaign surrogate.

“As the only Jewish presidential candidate in the field, and as someone who may become the first Jewish President of the United States, you bear a special responsibility to the Jewish American community,” Rosen said in the blistering letter. “With the tide of anti-Semitism rising worldwide, it is of utmost importance that Jewish political and community leaders, such as yourself, show Jewish Americans that they will stand up for them.”

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