Posted on 05/23/2015 3:53:29 PM PDT by Libloather
On Friday, President Obama spoke at a Jewish American Heritage Month celebration being held at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington, D.C.
Wearing a yarmulke, Obama addressed his Jewish gravitas, citing his two Jewish former chiefs of staff, saying he has been called America's "first Jewish president" by Jeffrey Goldberg, who recently interviewed him for The Atlantic. Goldberg was in attendance.
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I find this comment quite bizarre. The first black President is white and the first Jewish President is unspecified from Christian parents.
Was thinking of the first Jewish President's recent commentary regarding Netanyahu and his concern that Jews live here, but not there. In the context of the State Department's definition of anti-Semitism.
He seems to clearly fit two of the examples
What is Anti-Semitism Relative to Israel?Blaming Israel for all inter-religious or political tensions
Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation
A ongoing campaign of criticism of Bibi and Israel, relative to the "peace process as well as their elections, yet never a word about the unelected purveyors of hate and terror they're expected to negotiate with. Nor the Mullahs, nor Assad, nor the leaders of any terror group. Heck, we're working militarily in support of both Iran and Hizbollah.
He’s been called a lot of things at our house, but “the first Jewish President” wasn’t among them.
I agree with you on all points, except that Zero’s alleged mother was atheist and his alleged so-called reported father was a muslim.
You’re right about his dad, he clearly would be considered Muslim by Muslims, presumably now a heretic.
Yes. or an apostate.
Frankly, their draconian ways of dealing with apostates might be appropriate.
Just.
This.
Once.
His father Mike..
He can’t: he’ll be bloviating at Temple Beth You Is My Woman Now...
Really, really, really need a gag alert!
I am pulling my hair out now.
Don’t have to be screened! 72% of Jews voted for president Oreo. I am a Jew and I don’t get it. I have been asked to leave temples as I was to right wing and was the only Jew that CCL in all of Denver. My own people would vote for Hitler if he was black and a commie.
I don't know where you got that number from. But for years here on FR, I've been cautioning people that "Jewish vote" percentages are very likely to be overstated in favor of the Democrat for a number of logical reasons, not the least of which is that the studies that lead to these results are almost always conducted by leftist organizations with motive to build pro-'rat statistical biases into their studies and to fudge the results in their favor.
My intuitive guess would be that Obama certainly didn't get 72% in 2012, probably somewhere more like 60%. Still way too high, but the more honest truth.
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