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Assassinated Minnesota politician visited Israel, was friend to Jewish community

JL;DR SUMMARY Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota Speaker of the House, was recently assassinated alongside her husband by a man posing as a police officer. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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LeadershipJewish CommunityJewish Community Relations CouncilViolenceSolidarityAssassinationMinnesotaIsrael TripMelissa Hortman

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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
"ST. PAUL The former Minnesota Speaker of the House who was killed with her husband in an apparent assassination by a man impersonating a police officer was a friend to the states Jewish community, Jewish leaders told the Forward."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"She was always present for the Jewish community, said Retired state Rep. Frank Hornstein of Minneapolis, a longtime colleague and friend of Hortman, calling her death really tough."
Israel
"Melissa Hortman, then Speaker of the House in the Minnesota legislature, and her husband Mark at the Netiv HaAsara moshav in southern Israel in 2019."
Champlin, Minnesota, United States
"About an hour earlier, another Democratic lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman of the nearby suburb of Champlin, was also shot along with his wife, Yvette."

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