Posted on 03/01/2016 3:07:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Senator Ted Cruz secured the support not only of evangelical Christians but also of Jewish leaders ahead of Super Tuesday, the electoral event in various states across America that could make or break the fortunes of the five remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
Last week, Dr. Ben Chouake, national president of NORPAC, America's largest pro-Israel political action committee, endorsed Cruz for president, Charisma News reported.
More Jewish leaders endorsed Cruz over the weekend, raising his number of influential Jewish political supporters to more than three dozen, according to the senator's campaign.
"Since the day we announced our campaign, we have been honoured to see tremendous support from the Jewish community." Cruz said.
He again emphasised his commitment to Israel and the Jewish people, which he said began long before he became a senator and a presidential candidate. "It began with the experience my father had as a refugee fleeing oppression in Cuba to come to this country," he said.
Cruz vowed that as president, "I will stand unapologetically with Israel, prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons" and "move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem" among other executive actions.
Rabbi Zev Reichman, spiritual leader of the East Hill Synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey, and director at Yeshiva University, expressed his unequivocal support for the Texas senator. "Ted Cruz has impressed me with his deep respect for people of faith, his dedication to protecting the U.S. homeland, and his unflinching support for America's greatest ally in the Middle East, the nation of Israel," he said.
Reichman said Cruz offers the best hope for survival not only of the Jewish nation but of the West as well. "America and the West face an existential threat to our way of life from radical Islamic terrorists. Cruz has been a leader in identifying this threat and boldly taking action to protect American lives," he said. "Ted has demonstrated foresight, understanding and good judgment. Most importantly, he has demonstrated time and again that he is a leader with integrity, strength and courage. He has introduced legislation to prevent terrorists from coming to the U.S. and to choke off their funding. Most significantly, when the Iran deal was coming to Congress for a vote, he led the efforts to stop this catastrophic deal."
He recalled that on Oct. 6, 1943, hundreds of rabbis marched in Washington, pleading with elected officials to step in and address the dangers to Jews in Europe. However, President Roosevelt refused to meet with them. As a result, millions of Jewish lives were lost during the Holocaust.
Reichman said today the Jews face an even greater threat from what Hitler did in World War II. "The Iranian regime threatens to do in six minutes what Hitler did in six years. They openly declare their hope to wipe Israel off the map. The Iranian nuclear deal has awarded this hideous regime billions of dollars, international legitimacy and hundreds of billions of dollars of future economic growth," he said.
On Sept. 9, 2015, hundreds of rabbis once again returned to Washington to plead with elected officials to step in and reject the Iranian nuclear deal. But just like what Roosevelt did in 1943, their voices were ignored.
"Ted Cruz stood with us and led at that moment," Reichman said. "President Cruz will tear up the Iran deal on his first day in office. The stakes for America, the West and Israel have rarely been higher. I hope and pray that the Almighty will help Ted Cruz become the next president of the United States and leader of the free world."
Matzah tastes really bland AND it makes me grepse.
Those three are the only Jewish leaders who aren't democrat super delegates.
Quick non scientific poll just off the top of my head not trying to put anyone on jump Street
Trump?
Cruz?
Either in November if you have to?
None of yall are stupid..
Several of you I never disagree with....a couple on occasion
My half dozen or so Jewish friends in Nashville are all Trump people except one who’s Rubio guy
Only one is religious .....the rest are bar and bat mitzvah sorts and keep holy days
Most think Cruz is too much Bible in one hand whatever in the other
I don’t hang out with libtards of any religion
“Ted Cruz ... the best hope for survival of Israel”
Wrong. Some more chastisement coming along, if this error is actually in vogue.
Talk about a frail reed.
Why do folks lie so much with titles
One could argue Trump has better Christian support poll wise and Christian leaders wise
Plus I think he got JFPO endirsement
Bit late to the show. I got pissed at several groups for foot-dragging.
It’s probably too late and we’ll get the orange “I have to be neutral regarding Israel.”
Supporting Ted Cruz? I must have missed something or you are insane.
CRUZ TO VICTORY!
They were for the muslim in ‘08 and ‘12. How’s that working out?
I think the overwhelming vote from the Jews in 2008 and 2012 went to Obama. How did that work out for Israel?
Your jibe about Iroquois might make more sense if Israelis weren’t leaning so terribly heavy on the official government support of the USA in the first place.
This isn’t even biblical. The moment that the Jews of the world wake up to the existence of the grace of God as a separate mover and shaker in world events, is the moment that being, in essence, a vassal of the USA will end. There are some crazy Christians, like me, who think that blessing to Israel doesn’t look like joined at the hip welfare. We want to be helping Israel catch fish, not be giving it its daily quota of fish.
It’s not my jibe.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-have-to-admire-residents-of-iroquois.html
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued an unprecedented statement clarifying President Barack Obama’s demands for Israel to stop expanding Jewish communities in areas it acquired following the 1967 Six-Day War, including Jerusalem...
One of the Jerusalem neighborhoods resettled by Jews after the 1967 war is the Old City of Jerusalem, which hosts the Temple Mount, the holiest place in the world to the Jewish people.
Ms. Clinton’s press spokesman was asked if President Obama’s demand to halt expansion of “West Bank Jewish communities” included a demand to stop expansion of Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
The answer was affirmative. The U.S. State Department demands that Israel limit Jewish growth in these areas of Jerusalem, “whose status remains to be determined” in negotiations.
Israeli Government Press Director Daniel Seamen reacted to this Obama administration statement by saying: “I have to admire the residents of Iroquois territory for assuming that they have a right to determine where Jews should live in Jerusalem.”
Cruz is SOLID!!
Considering the ADL just did a hatchet job on Trump this comes as no surprise.
There are from all I can see many American Jews who understand just how dangerous Hillary is. But many others will probably still vote for her or anyone with the magic D after their name — it appears to be a sickness as they aren’t stupid in ways other than politics (and their survival instinct ).
It’s yours to pass on sans attribute, which to me says adopting it. Why this sudden distancing once asked? Don’t you believe in courage of convictions, to be able to make a cogent case for them? Nobody can ride on mere sloganeering, whether Jew or Gentile.
Emails reveal Hillary’s plans for Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3403815/posts
American Jewish leaders...and their 8 followers who vote Republican.
And frankly your situation and attitude does seem to reflect a larger, unbiblical Jewish suck-up to Gentiles, even while you are complaining about it. This ain’t the way the promises of God are supposed to work, but until you stop using your own rocket ship to heaven for nothing better than to get to the best kosher supermarket in town, that’s all you’re going to be getting. God never pushes a gift down the throat of any unwilling person.
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