It looks like the Adrienne Bankert/Jewish remarks saga may be over. After making some controversial comments about the Jewish community at a lightly attended speaking engagement last month, Bankert has made nice with the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region and hopefully, the Jewish community at large. She met with the organization and they’ve decided she didn’t really mean anything by statements like "I have never met a poor Jewish person ever in my life."
Said Michal Kohane, the organization’s head:
"She didn’t get up and say, ‘The Jews are rich, therefore it’s bad. Let’s take all their money,’" Kohane said. "Her theology is, if God loves you, you’ll be successful, and here’s an example of people who are successful. She saw it as a good thing. I truly believe that’s not how she intended it to come across. … We are ready to move on."
