{"id":78726,"date":"2023-11-27T12:14:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=78726"},"modified":"2023-12-22T16:19:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:19:33","slug":"javier-milei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/javier-milei\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier Milei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"v3 ps3 s4 c1 z17\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"v3 ps4 s5 c1 z18\">\n<h3 class=\"p2 f2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Javier Milei was just elected president of Argentina. Milei, an economist, author, politician, former tantric sex coach, and self-described \u201canarcho-capitalist,\u201d is a right-wing libertarian and populist who supports freedom of choice on issues such as drugs, guns, prostitution, and LGBTQ issues, while opposing abortion. He believes that global warming is a \u201csocialist lie\u201d and has pledged to not raise taxes, noting that \u201cI will never raise a tax, I will never create new taxes,\u201d while also saying that \u201cJesus didn\u2019t pay taxes.\u201d Upon Milei\u2019s victory in the presidential race, Donald Trump tweeted that&nbsp; \u201cI am very proud of you. You will turn your country around and truly Make Argentina Great Again!\u201d What connection does Milei have to Judaism?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shape4 v3 ps10 s8 c3 z21\">\n<div class=\"shm-l\">\n<div id=\"attachment_78727\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78727\" class=\"wp-image-78727 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225-150x150.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78727\" class=\"wp-image-78727 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/javier_milei-225-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-78727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Milei&nbsp;by&nbsp;C\u00e1mara de Diputados de la Naci\u00f3n Argentina&nbsp;is in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"v3 ps11 s17 c1 z22\">\n<p class=\"p3 f7\">A.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">Though he is Catholic, he maintains a kosher-style diet, eating no pork products or shellfish, noting that \u201cwhat works for Jesus\u2019s people works for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f11\">B.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">He studies Torah on a daily basis, commenting that \u201cThe rabbi who helps me study says that I should read the Torah from the point of view of economic analysis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f12\">C.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">His mother was Jewish and he attended Hebrew school as a child, but he later converted to Catholicism, commenting that \u201cIf I am to make my way in Argentina, I will need to do so with the support of the Holy Father.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f13\">D.<span class=\"f14\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">He considered converting to Judaism, but decided that becoming Sabbath-observant would interfere with his duties as president, saying \u201cIf I am president and Shabbat falls, what do I do? Are you going to disconnect from the country from the first star on Friday to the first star on Saturday?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3 f15\">E.<span class=\"f8\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"f8\">He is a strong supporter of Israel, often walked onstage at his rallies to the sound of a shofar, and has said, \u201cI\u2019m almost Jewish. I\u2019m just missing the \u2018blood covenant.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a class=\"f16\" href=\"https:\/\/rrrjewishtrivia.com\/answers-2023\/javier-milei-answer.html\">Click here for the answer.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Javier%20Milei\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5841],"tags":[13518,8790,8795,13519,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78729,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78726\/revisions\/78729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}