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White House meets with rabbis to assuage concerns on Israel
jta ^ | 5/14/10 | Ron Kampeas

Posted on 05/14/2010 12:46:50 PM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- If you tell the rabbis, they will spread the word.

That was the thinking behind two intimate White House meetings -- the second of which took place on Thursday -- with a carefully selected slate of 15 rabbis from across the country and representing the Orthodox, Reform and Conservative streams.

Jack Moline, a Conservative rabbi at Congregation Agudas Achim in Alexandria, Va., initiated the meetings after a talk he had with his friend Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, about the Obama administration's perceived deficit of friendliness toward Israel.

The two meetings, the first of which was held last month, were part of a charm offensive after relations between the Obama and Netanyahu governments hit a low in early March, when Israel announced a major building start in eastern Jerusalem during a visit to Israel by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The Obama administration wants Israel to freeze settlement in the West Bank and building in the eastern part of Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and subsequently annexed.

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To: Nachum
"I’d like to know who the “orthodox” rabbis were. "



Pretty sure it was this crowd from NJ. Obama promised somethng about "time served" and "good behavior" if they pretend Obama doesn't want all the Jewish people in Israel dead.
21 posted on 05/14/2010 1:34:39 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Nachum
The 15 chosen ones to make the selection's for the death camps.
22 posted on 05/14/2010 2:00:37 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: Jewbacca

The Jewish Case Against Barack Obama Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDh7s1pjIw


23 posted on 05/14/2010 2:01:20 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Nachum

They’ll fall for it....they are all Democrats FIRST, most likely!!


24 posted on 05/14/2010 2:45:10 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Nachum

I’ll bet he took up offering at some point during the meeting

He wanted to do something religious


25 posted on 05/14/2010 2:49:33 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: Nachum

He probably handed them all yellow stars to sew on their sleeves.


26 posted on 05/14/2010 2:52:44 PM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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