A Funnye Thing Happened On The Way To The Purim
October 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
As a state senator, Democrat Barack Obama awarded $75,000 in government grants to a Chicago social service organization led by a rabbi who is also his wife’s cousin, records show.
In 1999, Obama arranged for $50,000 for adult literacy and counseling services offered on Chicago’s South Side by a group called Blue Gargoyle. A $25,000 grant for the group’s youth services followed the next year.
The group’s executive director when the grants were awarded was Capers Funnye, a South Side rabbi and Michelle Obama’s first cousin once removed.
And here’s Rabbi Funnye in action during one of our favorite holidays, Purim (as we say, you Purim, we’ll drink ‘em)…
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