Antone Melton-Meaux is a necessary contender against Rep. Ilhan Omar

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (JTA) — The Babylonian Talmud in Tractate Kiddushin teaches that “devarim shebalev einam devarim” — words not put out into the universe are irrelevant — and that we must speak our minds when we feel the imperative to do so. I want to be clear that the following does not speak for, or represent, the congregation where I serve as a senior rabbi. These are my own words within my heart that I am bringing out into the open.

During Rep. Ilhan Omar’s time in the House of Representatives, I have talked and worked with her, even though there are a number of topics where we don’t s...