JTA — Almost exactly seven years after a US presidential candidate stopped referring to “Pharisees” in response to allegations of antisemitism, another prominent political Pete has invoked the term. And this time, it’s not just Jews but Christians who are finding the allusion offensive. In 2019, it was Pete Buttigieg, then an Indiana mayor on the verge of declaring his Democratic presidential run, who compared an adversary to Pharisees, the sect of ancient Jews who are portrayed as hypocrites in the New Testament. “There’s an awful lot about Pharisees in there,” Buttigieg told the Washington Post while speaking about then-Vice...
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