A former Jewish production assistant for Joy Reid, who up until last week was the host of the MSNBC nightly news program “The ReidOut,” said her former boss went on “a vile antisemitic rant” in 2020, blaming Orthodox Jews for the spread of coronavirus in New York City, according to the New York Post.
“They’re the reason why COVID is spreading across New York,” the former staffer claimed that Reid said during a morning conference call. “They don’t care about COVID or spreading it to others.”
Political commentator Reid, 56, also allegedly said that Orthodox Jews “only care about themselves” and are “in their own bubble.” The Post reported that this claim was unchallenged.
The ex-assistant spoke to the Post anonymously after the network fired Reid in February because “people should know what her character is.”
“I was shocked she called out a group and generalized them,” said the assistant, adding what was more shocking was that the around 20 other people on the call “went along with it as if it’s a normal thing to say.”
The Post said the source was too intimidated to speak out at the time of the comments though later told her boss, then-senior producer Lorena Ruiz, via Slack
Ruiz acknowledged that “Joy can be very careless with her language,” according to messages obtained by the Post. “Luckily, she is generally better on air than on the calls.” JNS
{Matzav.com}
For the VAST MAJORITY of communities throughout the tri-state area and beyond:
1) We closed the Yeshivos immediately.
2) We closed the Batei Medrash immediately and began small outdoor minyanim ONLY once they were permitted and kept those going WAY BEYOND the time when small indoor ones were allowed.
3) The Rabbonim as a whole encouraged / insisted that the vaccines and boosters be taken although SOME supported the right of those choosing not to.
It must be understood that the wide and quick early spread among the “orthodox Yidden is simply because we congregate 3-times a day for davenning, have large simchos “every night”, etc.
Jewish (and particularly Orthodox) population has a higher rate of “older” people than the general population. As well, they have larger family units living together. But the real point is that numbers based on a limited horizon is meaningless. To quote from one source:
> In the early years … American Indian and Alaska Native people, non-Hispanic Black people and Hispanic people had higher rates of infection and COVID-19 deaths
> American Indian and Alaska Native people were four times more likely to need hospital care
> By 2021 … white people had risen and closed the gap … In April 2024, non-Hispanic white people had the highest rate of death compared with that of other race and ethnicities.
The VAST MAJORITY of communities were fooled with the fake virus. Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l, among other Gedolei Yisroel, said to keep yeshivos and shuls open, “remove the shmattes from your face” because this “virus” is nonsense and deaths were all caused by doctors.
Who cares what this racist has-been has to say? She’s gone. She’s done.
She called Covid-Dovid.
That’s not totally true.
Zoll zee zine unzer kapporah.
This rabid anti-Semite blames Jews for the non-existing virus. Hope she’s up to date with her boosters and then we won’t hear from her anymore.
Apparently she forgot about the BLM riots in 2020 where thousands of people congregated for many days.
These are the media reporters gullible sheeple listen to.
february was black history month. she’s black and she’s history. nuff said.
The conspiracy was fueled by then-Gov. Cuomo, who publicly stated it as well. However, it was later confirmed that there was absolutely no data to back this up.
Now, watch and see as the so-called “ASKANIM” rush to kiss his you know what as he runs for mayor- and push for us to vote for him—for their own benefit.
Nope. I’m sticking with Eric Adams. He has never stabbed us in the back and he is considered a good friend of the Frum community.