Glenn Beck, the conservative talking head who has engaged in Obama-is-lbehaving-like-the-Nazis rhetoric, would like all Americans embrace to adopt Yom Kippur as a day of fasting and prayer. It started with this tweet: "Lets make it a day of Fast and Prayer for the Republic. Spread the word. Let us walk in the founders steps."
And then he raised the idea again on his radio show.
Aaron Keyak of the National Jewish Democratic Council took to The Huffington Post to poke fun. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann takes the more indignant approach:
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