Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)

Rep. Zeldin Briefs RJC Members on Impeachment Inquiry

RJC leaders and members had the opportunity today to participate in a conference call with Rep. Lee Zeldin (NY-1), one of two Jewish Republicans in House of Representatives and the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Rep. Zeldin criticized not only the Democrats but also the media for perpetuating false information and not asking the important questions. He noted: "The most important thing going forward is to question the information being provided to you through that filter of the media... We need to make sure that the facts are getting out there… Many of the people pushing for this have been pushing for the President’s impeachment since he was elected, since he was sworn in. They don’t care what the charge is, they don’t care what the facts are, and they don’t care what the evidence is."

We are excited to be able to bring this special event to our members. If you missed it, watch your email for future opportunities so you can hear directly from great GOP leaders on the top issues of the day.

The door of the Halle, Germany synagogue shows bullet marks after the attack on Yom Kippur.

Jews in Halle Synagogue Were Prepared to Fight

The Daily Mail (UK) reports on how congregants in the synagogue in Halle, Germany, responded when a man attacked the building on Yom Kippur:

Hero Jewish worshipers barricaded themselves in a synagogue prayer room with chairs and 'were ready to fight' as a neo-Nazi attacker tried to break in during a killing rampage that left two dead. Around 50 terrified men, women and children - including 10 Americans - were trapped inside the synagogue in Halle during the attack yesterday, which they watched unfold on security cameras that broadcast to TV screens inside the prayer house.

… The anti-Semitic gunman failed to massacre worshipers inside the synagogue on Yom Kippur, as he could not get through the solid wooden doors of the building.

Instead he shot through the doors, threw explosives and then lay bombs outside the building.

… Roman R. said he was in the middle of Yom Kippur prayers when he heard a bang and went into the corridor to see smoke coming into the building.

The 31-year-old told Bild: 'We barricaded the door to the prayer room with chairs. We were ready to fight.'

… The majority of those inside - including the elderly and children - went to find shelter while Roman and five other men barricaded the door to the prayer room, called police, and then prepared themselves to fight back. He described watching as [the attacker] shot at the wooden doors, believing they would give way any moment and that he would come inside and attack them.

Fortunately the doors held, explosives that [the attacker] placed at the doors did not go off, and flammable liquid he sprayed at the building failed to light.

We are all grateful that the synagogue’s security measures saved the worshippers’ lives. The attacker did kill a woman passerby and a man in a nearby Turkish take-out shop. We hope German authorities will bring this mass murderer to justice quickly.