Denver Rabbi Kobrin Warns Kiros's Israel Stance Endangers Jews, Citing 2023 and 2025 Remarks
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Updated · The Denver Post · Jun 26
Denver Rabbi Kobrin Warns Kiros's Israel Stance Endangers Jews, Citing 2023 and 2025 Remarks
1 articles · Updated · The Denver Post · Jun 26
Summary
Rabbi Rachel Kobrin, a liberal Denver congregational leader, used an opinion essay to say congressional candidate Melat Kiros has alienated Jewish voters and failed to show empathy for their safety concerns.
Kobrin pointed to Kiros's 2023 writing condemning Israel's existence, her description of Oct. 7 as "resistance" and "inevitable," and her refusal in a 9News interview to call the 2025 Boulder firebombing antisemitic.
Hasan Piker's appearance at a Kiros rally deepened those concerns, Kobrin wrote, arguing that elevating a commentator she says mocks Jewish fears signals such rhetoric is acceptable in Kiros's coalition.
Boulder and Denver incidents framed the warning: students praised the fatal firebombing as "resistance," Denver Jewish Day School canceled summer camp after threats, and the ADL filed a civil-rights complaint over school harassment.
Kobrin said she remains critical of Netanyahu and supportive of Palestinian dignity, but argued progressive politics lose credibility when they condemn antisemitism on the right while minimizing it on the left.