Sunday, May 23, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Why Israel Can't Rely on American Jewish 'Leaders' - 'Rabbi Jack Moline, who organized the spin-a-thon for the White House attended by a group of rabbis, has circulated an e-mail summarizing the meeting. It is, to be blunt, embarrassing. As to the build-up, Moline lets on that no one predisposed to say nasty things about Obama was invited, nor was anyone who didn't vote for him. ("We also wanted people who had not engaged in the kinds of behaviors I mentioned in my introduction, which is to say people who had been positively predisposed to President Obama once the election was over, but found themselves troubled by what had transpired over the subsequent year.") How comfy for the White House to be assured of a hand-selected group of those Jews who ignored all signs of Obama's antipathy toward Israel...'
