The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports:
On Sunday night, George Santos joined the Republican Jewish Coalition on Long Island, where he was just elected to Congress, for a menorah-lighting to mark the first night of Hanukkah. He’d been invited as one of just two freshmen Republican Jews elected to Congress in November.
Santos, 34, has identified to Jewish Insider as Jewish through his mother and Catholic through his father. Both parents were born in Brazil. Santos has said on Twitter that he is a practicing Catholic — and it is not unusual for some Americans to identify as ethnically Jewish and religiously Christian.
But Santos’ mother, Fatima Devolder, died in 2016 in New York. Nothing in her online obituary, which often is posted by family, indicates any Jewish background. Fatima is one of a number of Catholic appellations for the Virgin Mary.
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Congressman-elect George Santos campaigned as a Jewish Republican. Was he lying? https://t.co/m1GCMayN9M
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) December 20, 2022
Tonight I joined Rabbi Lau, the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, in a special event held by the Chabad of Great Neck.
We stand strong as Antisemitism and violent crime shakes us to the core. It was an honor to address fellow members of the Jewish community in #NY03. pic.twitter.com/P5Adq2fhSV
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) November 4, 2022
May this Festival of Lights bring peace, good health, and prosperity to all.
Wishing you a Happy Hanukkah from Sands Point, NY — w/ Rep. @leezeldin, @NassauExec Bruce Blakeman, Mayor Peter Forman, & NY @RJC members. pic.twitter.com/eWUdKr4Dmr
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) December 19, 2022
We have the opportunity of a lifetime to deliver real results for the American people. We MUST give the gavel to @kevinomccarthy to ensure we stop the disastrous policies the Dems have pushed for the last 2 years.
I encourage my colleagues to join me! Our country depends on it.
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) December 19, 2022
…Winston Churchill never said that https://t.co/B3iUvQ3cbN
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 19, 2022