Bookworm on Jun 08 2008 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Jews
I’m sure you won’t be surprised that many Obama supporters are new-fashioned Moonbat, Leftist antisemites. What you may be surprised to learn is that Obama’s official blog (not some sycophantic blog that an Obama groupie sets up on his own initiative) plays host to some of the worst antisemitic canards out there. LGF [...]
Bookworm on Jun 06 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel, Jews
Mona Charen provides ample evidence proving that the 61% of American Jews who claim to support both Israel and Obama are suffering from dangerous cognitive dissonance — and she didn’t even include the mere 24 hours it took for Obama to flip-flop on Jerusalem.
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Bookworm on May 28 2008 | Filed under: Britain, Christians, England, Islam, Jews, Religion
It’s been a long time since I’ve read anything this sad. It comes from the Church of England’s own newspaper:
If recent reports of trends in religious observance prove to be correct, then in some 30 years the mosque will be able to claim that, religiously speaking, the UK is an Islamic nation, and therefore [...]
Bookworm on May 23 2008 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Israel, Jews, Media matters
Alan J. Lerner said it best: “Words, words, words! I’m so sick of words. I get words all day through, first from him now from you. Is that all you blighters can do?”
When it comes to Jews, Ed Lasky shows just how hollow Obama’s words of love are:
Barack Obama has also said that “…nobody has [...]
Bookworm on May 22 2008 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Jews, Media matters
I read an interesting pair of articles today — bookends, if you will — that discuss Obama’s increasingly tortured relationship with American Jews.
The first, by Sabrina Leigh Schaeffer, notes two things: first, Obama’s Israel-friendly rhetoric and, second, his numerous associations with people who are openly antisemitic and actively hostile to Israel. What thinking people [...]
Bookworm on May 20 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Iran, Israel, Jews, Media matters
Tom Friedman, man of the New York Times, writes to assure American Jews that Obama is no threat whatsoever to Israel’s security. His column is a nasty little piece of work, not for what it says, but for what it doesn’t say. It opens with a series of scare quotations purported from Barack Obama, all [...]
Bookworm on May 09 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Jews, Republicans, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, my best friend had the most wonderful grandparents. They were an incredibly flamboyant Polish couple who escaped the Holocaust because the woman was so charming she was able to talk the Nazis into letting them leave (with the help of some diamonds as bribes). He was pretty charming [...]
Bookworm on Mar 22 2008 | Filed under: Christians, Jews
Perhaps it’s because I’m not very religious, but I’m completely unoffended by the Pope including this language in his Good Friday prayer: “Let us also pray for the Jews: That our God and Lord may illuminate their hearts, that they acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all men.” As long as [...]
Bookworm on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Anti-Semitism, Identity politics, Jews
My post title imagines what I bet a lot of the older generation of Jewish Americans will think when they learn about the latest campaign tactics from the party that knows how to do identity politics. Steve Cohen, whose name is a giveaway as to his Jewishness, is running for reelection in Tennessee’s 9th [...]
Bookworm on Jan 16 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jews
If you’re a liberal Jewish voter, and tremendously excited about Obama’s candidacy as the fulfillment of the civil rights movement, slow down, Pardner. Jews have always assumed that, because they supported the civil rights movement with enthusiasm and hard work, there would be a quid pro quo by which blacks, recognizing Jews as fellow victims, [...]
Bookworm on Dec 20 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Crime and punishment, Islam, Jews, Leftist morality
I did a post yesterday in which I quoted from an interview with Michael Cappi regarding the fact that Islam, unlike Judaism or Christianity, is not a religion that concerns itself with broader moral issues that rise above mere tribal law. I’d actually made precisely the same point in an earlier post, here. [...]
Bookworm on Dec 13 2007 | Filed under: Holocaust, Israel, Jews, Palestinians
Here you will find amazing film clips from almost one hundred years of 20th Century Jewish history, including images and testimony from Eichmann’s trial. It is a reminder that, while the Jews wanted Israel as an escape from bloodshed and tyranny, the Palestinians joyfully imagine their lands awash in a sea of blood.
Hat tip: [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Islam, Jews, Muslim violence, Religion
The teddy bear scandal put Islam on the front pages again as a religion whose practitioners are so insecure that they cannot accept anything that they might perceive as critical or demeaning. As have most conservative bloggers, I’ve written periodically about Islam’s misogyny, its cultural insecurity, its intolerance, etc. I’ve quoted my cousin [...]
Bookworm on Sep 20 2007 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Immigration, Jews, Leftist morality, Mexico, San Francisco
San Francisco’s Mission District is, demographically, a primarily Hispanic district (about 50%), with the remainder of the population being White and Asian. Traditionally, it’s been a mixture of immigrants (legal and illegal), poor, working-class, and artsy-funky. It’s in the news today because the District used a $34,000 City-funded grant to paint a mural [...]
Bookworm on Sep 13 2007 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Jews
A reader sent me a truly excellent article by Alan Caruba, writing at Canada Free Press, that tackles the resurgence of an obsession with Jews as “the other,” bent in some unnamable way on world domination or destruction:
With the advent of the two most holy days of the Jewish lunar calendar, Rosh Hashanah, the “New [...]
Bookworm on Sep 13 2007 | Filed under: Holocaust, Jews
My friend Patrick, who blogs at The Paragraph Farmer, tackles a very difficult question in today’s American Spectator: Why, in a world that daily reminds us of man’s inhumanity to man, does the Holocaust still stands as the ne plus ultra of the human ability to kill? It’s a thoughtful article, and one I urge [...]
Bookworm on Sep 12 2007 | Filed under: Jews, Religion
Did you know that Rosh Hashanah, along with Yom Kippur, of course, is one of the oldest continuously celebrated holidays in the world? It got its start in Leviticus:
23:23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
23:24 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, [...]
Bookworm on Sep 05 2007 | Filed under: Anti-Americanism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-war, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jews, Palestinians
Through a reader, I just got wind of the shenanigans (or, should I say, the Sheehan-igans) going on at Beyt Tikkun, the ultra Left wing synagogue in Berkeley. It turns out that the special guest at this year’s High Holy Days is going to be none other than Cindy “get Israel out of Palestine!” [...]
Bookworm on Sep 03 2007 | Filed under: Jews
I was not raised as a religious Jew, but I’ve still managed to be a bit disdainful of reform Jews. Back in the 1970s, I figured out that almost nothing distinguished reform Judaism from a sing along folk festival, right down to the obligatory long haired guitar player who always showed up at reform [...]
Bookworm on Aug 28 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Islam, Jews, Media matters, Religion
Hey, everyone. I wanted to let you know that you can stop calling Orkin now about CNN’s “God’s Warriors” series, since Orkin has been helpful, honest and responsive regarding this show. Here’s their representative’s latest missive:
Just want to circle back to give the final update from Orkin. We had purchased advertising that was supposed to [...]
Don Quixote on Aug 27 2007 | Filed under: America, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Jews, Jimmy Carter
For six hours this Sunday I watched my TIVOed copies of Christiane Amanpour’s God’s Warriors specials. Amanpour’s biases clearly showed through, especially when she tried to portray Muslim radicals as some kind of a small fringe group, or when she spoke to fundamentalist Christian leaders in a tone dripping with disdain. But, it appeared, she [...]
Bookworm on Aug 23 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Europe, Islam, Jews, Religion
Many of us on the conservative side bemoan the decline of religion on moral grounds. The Judeo-Christian tradition spells out moral absolutes, so that we don’t have to keep reinventing the wheel to figure out the big “rights” and the big “wrongs.” (David Klinghoffer points out the disaster that happens when you keep having to [...]
Bookworm on Jul 16 2007 | Filed under: Israel, Jews, Muslim violence, Palestinians, United Nations
The press is full of stories today about Olmert’s deal with Fatah to free hundreds of Palestinians currently in Israeli prisons. During all these maneuverings, no mention is made of the three Israelis held prisoner for over a year — Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. The UN is utterly passive. Ordinary people haven’t [...]
Bookworm on Apr 02 2007 | Filed under: Israel, Jews
Tonight marks the first night of Passover. Richard Baehr forwarded to me a special prayer to include in tonight’s ceremony, and I pass it on to you:
A Passover Prayer for Israel’s Missing Soldiers
As we gather to celebrate this Festival of Freedom, let us recall those who have their freedom denied to them.
As we sit [...]
Bookworm on Dec 13 2006 | Filed under: Jews
If you’re curious about the real story behind the Hanukah revolt — and it is a historically verifiable story — Michael Medved has a good rundown about what happened back then, and what lessons can be drawn from it now. Aside from political and social relevance, of course, the Hanukah story is a ripping [...]
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