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Posted in: Give J Street its voice
Thankyou, Mr. Perlmuter, for your excellent rejoinder to Jerry Blaz's letter. Allow me to just add that we should bear in mind that a major funder of J Street has now been revealed to be George Soros. Mr. Soros is many things, but he has never been a supporter of Israel. Quite the contrary. Irmgard Gesund
Posted in: Jim Jones' joke
Continuing my comment: It was a sign of his contempt and he suceeded in ingratiating himself and getting his Jewish audience to politely share it with him, as if he were one of them.
Posted in: Jim Jones' joke
Actually, Ms. Stein, it is the opposite. Jim Jones, known for his anti-Israel advice in the past and present, felt so comfortable leading off with this demeaning joke to a Jewish audience, precisely because there had been so little public American Jewish outrage at the recent demonization of Israel by the Obama administration. He felt quite sure that it would be met by the usual Jewish propensity to meekly "take it" and his audence's reaction to swallow their pride in a false show of conviviality. That's why he felt comfortable sticking it to us. Far indeed from sharing something pleasantly humorous with his friends. It was a sign of his contempt!
Posted in: Top Reform rabbi: Freeze building in 'East Jerusalem'
Israel has made concession after dangerous concession, only to see her situation worsen and incitement and violence from the Palestinians increase. Instead of compromise and positive movement for peace from the Palestinians, we have seen the opposite. Yet the Rabbi instructs Israel should again concede and freeze Jerusalem construction, thus, he opines, "challenging the Palestinians and Arab World with confidence-building steps of their own." With respect, has Rabbi Yoffie learned nothing from the last sixty years of Arab intransigence regarding peace with Israel, much less "confidence-building steps" that are demanded only of Israel? What is the definition of insanity? I believe it is to keep taking the same action and expect to get a different result. In addition, the Reform Rabbi is willing to set a dangerous precedent regarding Jerusalem. The result would be that the anti-Israel world would try to seize upon such a move and make it permanent.. Sorry to say, I expected as much from Rabbi Yoffie. But still, after all leaders across Israel's diverse political spectrum have supported PM Netanyahu's stand on Jerusalem, it is disheartening to see a prominent American Rabbi oppose. His pronouncements are definitely not yoffe!
Posted in: Palin on settlements: Jews 'flocking' to Israel need a place to live
Both Hamas and Abbas' PA have stated that no Jews will be allowed to live in Gaza or the West Bank once they get permanent control. Why should Israel be forbidden to have settlements of Jews living in these areas when 20% of the Israeli population is comprised of Palestinian Arabs who live all over the State of Israel? Sarah Palin's remarks are not pandering. If she wanted to pander, she would repeat the views of the traitorous J-Street Jews. She at least has the heart and head to understand the the villainy directed at the Jewish State. It is a nice change from the hypocracy of J Street that claims to be pro-Israel, while all the time making common cause with Israel's enemies. With frinds like that, we don't need enemies! Irmgard Gesund
Posted in: Glenn Beck: Let's all fast on Yom Kippur
To follow your line of reasoning, Mr. Paige, isn't it strange that Fox News hasn't used their "bigoted instincts " to attack the Jews, since it would be clearly in their interest to do so. After all, what do American Jews offer the "bigots " at Fox News? 80% of us voted for Obama and proudly affirm our "Liberal" credentials. You seem to prefer the known anti-Semites who crowd around President Obama. We don't have to worry in their case that they might someday use their bigoted tactics on us. We already know, if we are not too blind to see and hear what they have said and continue to say about us, and more to the point, about ISRAEL. Irmgard Gesund
Posted in: Glenn Beck: Let's all fast on Yom Kippur
Sorry, Mr. Brownstein, but I just couldn't let your comparison of Glenn Beck to Julius Streicher go by. I am a Holocaust survivor from Berlin, Germany, and I want to tell you something: you have some nerve! Your arrogance makes my blood boil. I wonder if you have any idea of what it was like to be a Jew iin Nazi Germany with the likes of Julius Streicher. And you accuse Glenn Beck of being on the lunatic fringe! What high-minded people like you can't seem to understand is that when you're dealing with an administration that employs secrecy and smear and hardball tactics, you've got to wise up and fight back just as hard. And if you're unwilling to come down from your intellectual ediface in order to awaken and inform the American people, then you might as well give up right now. Glenn Beck, through his much- maligned- by- you format, is finally revealing the other side of the administration's propaganda to the American people. Too bad you don't approve of his method. Irmgard Gesund
Posted in: Op-Ed: There's something about Mary
Please notice that the editorial writers at JTA get worried not when Obama's actions show his antagonism towards Israel, but when Obama's actions in honoring Mary Robinson show antagonism towards the whole Jewish community in the honoring of someone who oversaw the outright anti-semetism expressed at Durbin. I would add, shame on the many main-stream American Jewish leaders who have been too intimidated to stand up forcefully for Israel, but who stand up now in this Mary Robinson controversy when they perceive that their own Jewish skins may be on the line all over the world.
Posted in: Obama, Dennis Ross and the Iran conundrum
Since the main thesis of Roger Cohen's argument has been the fact that Dennis Ross is Jewish, and he's even given us the further illuminating information on Ross' father's religion and that of his stepmother's, I believes it behooves Cohen to give us the same low down on his own pedigree and the organizations he belongs to and associations he travels in. After all we need to know what inbred hidden biases guide his important role as columnist for such an influential paper as the once great New York Times. (Not that we couldn't make a darn good guess.) But let's have it out in the open for us to judge, as well.
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Updated 02/09/12 @ 05:54PM EST
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank.
- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
- Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory
- Report: Israeli journalist also works for prime minister
- Larry Greenfield tapped to lead JINSA
Posted in: Michele Bachmann and the "ch" word
07/14/11 02:51 PM
You seem to have a problem with anybody who speaks up for Israel. First it's Michelle Bachmann, who makes a tiny mistake pronouncing a Hebrew word, (as 98% of Americans would), then it's former Mayor Koch, who recognizes how anti-Israel Obama is. Your sense of priorities is, to say the least, questionable! Irmgard Gesund