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Michelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:35 pmMichelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family
Capers Funnye, Leading Black Israelite, Is Aspiring First Lady's Cousin
By Anthony Weiss
Tue. Sep 02, 2008
While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out
that one of his wife's cousins is the country's most prominent black rabbi -
a fact that has gone largely unnoticed.
Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, and Rabbi
Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago's
South Side, are first cousins once removed. Funnye's mother, Verdelle
Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama's paternal
grandfather, Frasier Robinson Jr., were brother and sister.
( Read more... )
Capers Funnye, Leading Black Israelite, Is Aspiring First Lady's Cousin
By Anthony Weiss
Tue. Sep 02, 2008
While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out
that one of his wife's cousins is the country's most prominent black rabbi -
a fact that has gone largely unnoticed.
Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, and Rabbi
Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago's
South Side, are first cousins once removed. Funnye's mother, Verdelle
Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama's paternal
grandfather, Frasier Robinson Jr., were brother and sister.
( Read more... )
Michelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family
Sep. 5th, 2008 02:35 pmMichelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family
Capers Funnye, Leading Black Israelite, Is Aspiring First Lady's Cousin
By Anthony Weiss
Tue. Sep 02, 2008
While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out
that one of his wife's cousins is the country's most prominent black rabbi -
a fact that has gone largely unnoticed.
Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, and Rabbi
Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago's
South Side, are first cousins once removed. Funnye's mother, Verdelle
Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama's paternal
grandfather, Frasier Robinson Jr., were brother and sister.
( Read more... )
Capers Funnye, Leading Black Israelite, Is Aspiring First Lady's Cousin
By Anthony Weiss
Tue. Sep 02, 2008
While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out
that one of his wife's cousins is the country's most prominent black rabbi -
a fact that has gone largely unnoticed.
Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, and Rabbi
Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago's
South Side, are first cousins once removed. Funnye's mother, Verdelle
Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama's paternal
grandfather, Frasier Robinson Jr., were brother and sister.
( Read more... )