Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a guest on Jewfolk Podcast’s The Jews Are Tired in October 2020 as part of TC Jewfolk’s J-Cation fundraiser, where he talked about the relationship he has fostered with Minnesota’s Jewish community.
“In southern Minnesota, the [Jewish] community is relatively small, but it didn’t take long to find those folks who are working on social justice issues where I find myself gravitating to,” Walz said. “I think over time as a member of Congress, working on social justice issues, working in getting to know leaders, like…[Secretary of State] Steve Simon, [State Rep.] Frank Hornstein, [State Sen.] Ron Latz, others. And then just friends throughout the community.
“[Temple Israel] Rabbi [Marcia] Zimmerman presided over our inauguration and we were very clear in the faith leaders that were represented that day, from Rabbi Zimmerman, to our Muslim friends, to the Indigenous folks who were there and over time, we’ve worked on a lot of, I think, common ground issues.”
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