GOP Jewish Outreach Director Yossi Gestetner Resigns in Disgrace

by: Publisher

Fri Jun 22, 2012 at 09:46:02 AM EDT

As reported by The Jewish Channel and Vos Iz Neias, "The newly appointed Director of Jewish Outreach for New York State's Republican party has resigned from his position after just eight days in office, calling himself a distraction to the party." The distraction? Espousing anti-Zionist positions, among others.

As Vos Iz Neias notes,

"According to a report by The Jewish Channel, Gestetner's resignation came less than thirty minutes after Josh Rubin, a reporter for NY1, asked State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox about an investigation of Gestetner by The Jewish Channel, which conducted an hour long on-camera interview with Gestetner. During that interview, Gestetner discussed several issues that may put him at odds with both the Republican party and many of New York State's 1.6 million Jewish residents, which include his being a spokesman at a fundraiser to benefit an alleged child molester, his controversial stance on referring suspected cases of child abuse to a rabbi before alerting the authorities, his views on government assistance programs and his work for Torah True Jews Against Zionism, an anti-Israel organization that states that Zionism is contrary to Torah Judaism."