Michelle Obama's Rabbi Relative Makes The NYTimes

The best lines in the story on Michelle Obama's first cousin, once removed, who is a...Rabbi, Rabbi Capers Funnye (pronounced fu-NAY), the chief rabbi of the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, one of the largest black synagogues in America :-

A few years ago, Funnye considered applying for membership to the Union of Reform Jews. He shelved the idea when his congregants objected on the grounds that the white congregation was not observant enough. “Some of their rabbis perform intermarriages,” Funnye explains, “so some of our people were uncomfortable. But sometimes I think it would be good to be part of a larger movement. Maybe we’ll revisit the subject.”