White House Welcomes Eclectic Mix of Jewish Americans

chabad.org ^ | 6/2/10 | Joshua Runyan

[Nachum]

An eclectic mix of 200 Jewish politicians and literary, athletic, academic and entertainment icons joined President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama in the East Room of the White House Thursday afternoon in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.

Dining on elegant kosher food prepared under the supervision of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the guests – who included children’s author Judy Blume, boxer Dmitry Salita, and Alan Veingrad, the former Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl champion who went on to embrace his religious identity and encourage others to do the same – represented what many were calling a departure from the traditional invitees of Jewish functions at the White House.

[Nonstatist]

Obambi has to try to keep his Jewish backers on board for the next couple elections... he’s got his work cut out for him

[Redleg Duke]

Did they get a tour of the ovens he is having built in the backyard?

[Bender2]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Veingrad : Veingrad had not spent much time in shul.[1] “But when I heard the Hebrew,” he said, “I felt a pull.”

If he still feels the Obamanation is pro-Jewish... then Alan is a schmuck!

Plus, I don't recall him at all... from my Boys victory in Super Bowl XXVII.

But then again, I was drinking a little... back then!

[SJackson]

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[don-o]

Thursday?? Did this happen tomorrow?

[RegulatorCountry]

Does anyone else find the phrase “an eclectic mix of Jewish Americans” peculiar?

Did they have to exit via the back door a la Netanyahu?

Any political conservatives up in all that eclecticism?

[x]

... children’s author Judy Blume ...

Are You there God? It's me, Barack ...

[Nachum]

A decidedly unpolitical bunch

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[Jewbacca]

I would think the Chabad folks would know they were being used as props.

Akin to dining with Haman the Agagite or something.

[Nachum]

I would think the Chabad folks would know they were being used as props.

That's not how they would look at it. Chabadniks are mostly very quiet about their politics. They would go to make sure it was a kosher meal served, that they could put tephillin on as many men as possible, and work on good fellowship between Jews.