Obama’s Cynical Synagogue Speech " President Obama’s speech a week and a half ago at Washington D.C. synagogue Adas Israel was alternatively promoted as both an opportunity to address the scourge of anti-semitism, and a chance to reach out to American Jews.
The speech did nothing to advance either goal and was tone-deaf to any
Jews, or Americans for that matter, who don’t buy into the president’s
foreign policy."
What kind of Jew is President Obama? "Mr. Obama is a frustrated man: "Obama's close advisor David Axelrod ... recalled Obama venting in a moment of contemplation, telling him, 'You know, I think I am the closest thing to a Jew* that has ever sat in this office. For people to say that I am anti-Israel, or, even worse, anti-Semitic, it hurts.'"
"Clearly, Mr. Obama, while perhaps "the closest thing to a Jew," is not sufficiently Jewish to know that a Jew is a thing that comes in many forms.
"Isn't a member of J Street a Jew? Of course – a Jew who condemns Israel for engaging in self-defense, and demands that Israelis do not respond to rockets fired at them from Gaza.
"Isn't a member of Jewish Voice for Peace a Jew? Yes – a Jew belonging to the organization designated by the Anti-Defamation League as one of the top 10 anti-Israel groups in the U.S.
"Any such self-hating Jew is undeniably a Jew – but what's the use?
"What good is a Jew who is, to quote Mr. Obama, "anti-Israel, or, even worse, anti-Semitic"?
And what good does it do to Israel and the Jews to have in the White House the "next thing" to such a Jew?"
"Clearly, Mr. Obama, while perhaps "the closest thing to a Jew," is not sufficiently Jewish to know that a Jew is a thing that comes in many forms.
"Isn't a member of J Street a Jew? Of course – a Jew who condemns Israel for engaging in self-defense, and demands that Israelis do not respond to rockets fired at them from Gaza.
"Isn't a member of Jewish Voice for Peace a Jew? Yes – a Jew belonging to the organization designated by the Anti-Defamation League as one of the top 10 anti-Israel groups in the U.S.
"Any such self-hating Jew is undeniably a Jew – but what's the use?
"What good is a Jew who is, to quote Mr. Obama, "anti-Israel, or, even worse, anti-Semitic"?
And what good does it do to Israel and the Jews to have in the White House the "next thing" to such a Jew?"
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