Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Renegade rabbi embraced by GOP in D.C.
Washington Post via Miami Herald ^ | Jul. 09, 2005 | HANNA ROSIN

Posted on 07/09/2005 9:03:15 AM PDT by bayourod

Edited on 07/09/2005 10:45:06 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Every few weeks or so Rabbi Daniel Lapin finds a reason to fly east from his home in Mercer Island, Wash., near Seattle, and spend a few days in Washington, D.C. He might be leading a Bible study on the Hill, having dinner with his ''close friend'' House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, breakfast with Karl Rove. Last year he came for a private Shabbat dinner with President Bush. ''The president recognizes my enthusiasm for his faith,'' says the rabbi.


(Excerpt) Read more at miami.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: daniellapin; gop; israel; jews; judeochristian; lapin; rabbi

1 posted on 07/09/2005 9:03:16 AM PDT by bayourod
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: bayourod
Gee...if he's conservative, me must be a renegade.

Don't ya just love the MSM? (Pardon me, Miami Herald, but your bias is showing...)

2 posted on 07/09/2005 9:09:35 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bayourod
"'The principles of the Republican Party and the convictions of our president more closely parallel the moral vision of the God of Abraham than those of anyone else,' Lapin said "

This I believe, at least the way the Jews and Christians view the God of Abraham. Some Muslims?

3 posted on 07/09/2005 9:09:48 AM PDT by bayourod (Winning elections is everything in a democracy. Losing is for people unclear on the concept.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bayourod

How long until others in his community start calling him Uncle Haman.


4 posted on 07/09/2005 9:12:48 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (When can we stop pretending that the Left doesn't by and large hate America?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bayourod; Mia T
Toward Tradition
5 posted on 07/09/2005 9:16:23 AM PDT by jla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Northern Yankee

Ditto! Renegade is not an Orthodox Jew. Reform is renegade. But the MSM always has it wrong.


6 posted on 07/09/2005 9:38:27 AM PDT by ChiMark
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: aynrandfreak
Fewer and fewer Jews see him in that light...I know him and his family from South Africa. His father was my Rabbi in Cape Town. Objections to him in the Jewish community are 2 fold:

1. A distrust of the fact that he is very actively involved with the Christian right, which some Jews see as a problem. There is a long held distrust for the Christian right stemming from attempts to convert Jews to Christianity.

2. He's a conservative. That scares the daylights out of Jewish liberals, who view him as dangerous.

I've listened to his lectures and read some of his writings, and I find him to be quite brilliant. The fact is that in today's America, Jews have no better friends than the Christian right. Certainly the left in this country has become, imho, outwardly hostile to Jews.

There is a very real sense of discomfort amongst more "progressive" Jews about the direction that the Left has taken with regard to Jews and Israel. With the result that many Jews, have finally started to take a look at the right and the Republican Party.

Many "progressive" Jews are socially very liberal, but are extremely hawkish when it comes to Homeland Security and the security of Israel. They see that Democrats are far more reticent and reluctant to use military power to destroy our (America's and Israel's) enemies. There comes a time for action and Republicans tend to be unequivocal when it comes to security both here and in Israel.

Anyway, sorry for the long post. This one touched a cord.

7 posted on 07/09/2005 10:26:15 AM PDT by sofaman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: sofaman

I grew up Jewish, and it sickens me to see a majority of Jews still vote dem with all of the anti-semitic sentiment coming from the left. IMO, if you are Jewish and still vote dem, you have no right to say, "Never Again".


8 posted on 07/09/2005 10:32:34 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (When can we stop pretending that the Left doesn't by and large hate America?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: aynrandfreak

Certainly the majority of anti-Semitism currently, emanates from the Left. No question about that....


9 posted on 07/09/2005 10:38:55 AM PDT by sofaman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: sofaman
The left considers the anti-American muslims to be their friends, as in The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

In order to be against the U.S., they side with the muslims against our ally, Israel.

10 posted on 07/09/2005 10:50:28 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Error 404: Page Not Found)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler
Politics is nothing other than the practical application of your most deeply held moral and spiritual values.

I can see why folks like this guy.

11 posted on 07/09/2005 11:18:44 AM PDT by Dark Skies (All Muslims aren't evil...just the real ones.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Northern Yankee
Gee...if he's conservative, me must be a renegade.

LOL! The only reason I clicked on this was to find out WTH a "renegade rabbi" was! I was picturing maybe six-shooters and all.

12 posted on 07/09/2005 11:21:38 AM PDT by maryz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: maryz

Isn't it something?!


13 posted on 07/09/2005 7:02:56 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson