New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is Descended From a Jewish Rabbi: Why He Calls Himself a 'Passionate Zionist'

Dr. Rivkah Lambert Adler : Jul 25, 2019
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"I feel Jewish when I feel the Jewish people are threatened or under attack, that's when it sort of comes out. When I suddenly get a whiff of antisemitism, it's then that you feel angry and protective." -Prime Minister Boris Johnson

(England) — [Breakingisraelnews.com] Boris Johnson, the newly-elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, isn't Jewish. But his Jewish ancestry and personal experiences volunteering on an Israeli kibbutz as a young man positively impact his feelings about the Land of Israel and the Jewish people. (Image: via BIN)

Johnson's full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. Given the middle name Boris to honor a Russian émigré his parents once knew, he chose to use that name in his political career.

Johnson was born in New York City in 1964 to British parents. Though pale and blond, he has an especially colorful lineage, with an intriguing combination of religions represented. He has great-grandparents who were Christian, Muslim, and Jewish and sometimes refers to himself as a "one-man melting pot."

Johnson's maternal great-grandfather was a Russian Jewish immigrant named Elias Avery Lowe. Lowe was not a practicing Jew but was descendent of a strictly Orthodox Jewish rabbi from Lithuania... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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