The Jewish Democrat

      It is especially fascinating how hard-core, confirmed, lifelong and forever Jewish Democrats will twist themselves like a pretzel to find a reason to vote for the Democrat despite the evidence that there is little in the interest of Jews, Israel or America to support a Biden vote. But it is actually the same arguments in every election, whether the election is for President, Congress, state or local officials. Here’s a sampling:

The Republican hates Jews.
The Republican loved Jews in his first term but will hate Jews in his second term.
The Republican loves Jews but he has supporters who hate Jews.
The Republican loves Jews too much and so his support for Israel has been detrimental to Israel’s long term interests.
The Republican loves Jews but it is critical that support for Israel be bipartisan.
The Republican loves Jews but the Democratic Party cannot be abandoned to those who hate Jews.
The Republican loves Jews but we are not so parochial that we vote only according to what’s in the Jewish interest.
The Republican loves Jews but he doesn’t denounce every single hate group in every single speech no matter how obscure the group is.
The Republican loves Jews so much that Jewish support for him will embolden white supremacy.
This Republican loves Jews but Harry Truman, a Democrat, recognized Israel and we owe him a debt of gratitude.
This Republican hates Jews – and he proved it by doing so many things that helped the Jews that he thereby emboldened the white supremacists.
This Republican hates Jews – and he proved it by allowing Jews and Jewish institutions to be attacked with impunity in Democrat-run cities.
This Republican hates Jews – and he proved it by declaring that religious worship is, and synagogues provide, an “essential service” during the pandemic, thus attempting to kill Jews.
This Republican hates Jews because he is a Republican and only Democrats love Jews.
This Republican hates Jews because he doesn’t believe in climate change, which will eventually destroy the planet and kill all the Jews.
This Republican loves Jews but his temperament is un-Jewish.
This Republican loves Jews or hates Jews (the record is unclear) but Joe Biden must love Jews because he is a Democrat.

This Republican loves Jews or hates Jews (the record is unclear) but Kamala Harris is married to a Jew and so must love Jews.

This Republican loves Jews but all of my ancestors always voted Democrat.This Republican loves Jews but I am a Democrat.

While this seems like a parody, it is not. It is a compilation of all the reasons that I have heard from Jewish Democrats as to why they cannot vote for the most pro-Israel, pro-Jewish President in American history, and a President who has brought peace, strength and prosperity.

We are supposedly an “am chacham v’navon” as well as a nation that values gratitude. But we also have a long and lugubrious history of making poor political and strategic choices for which have paid an awesome price. I don’t expect any change but take comfort in that G-d’s providence watches over the nation of Israel. It doesn’t always protect every Jew but it does ensure that Am Yisrael Chai.

Fortunately that is even more certain that the Jewish vote for the Democrats.

3 responses to “The Jewish Democrat

  1. Shmuley Boteach said:

    “Even the American Jewish community is feeling more and more isolated as anti-Semites now openly walk the halls of Congress and parties that have previously been stalwart foes of anti-Semitism, like the Democrats, cannot muster the moral courage to condemn Jew-hatred specifically and unequivocally.”

    SOURCE:
    Trump’s Love Affair with Israel and the Jewish People
    by Shmuley Boteach, 2019 April 8, The Algemeiner
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    “In January, Pew reported that liberal Democrats side with the Palestinians over Israel by a margin of nearly two to one. Conservative Republicans support Israel over the Palestinians by a margin of more than 16 to 1.”

    SOURCE: Heeding Dem Warnings
    by Caroline B. Glick, 2018 May 25
    http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0518/glick052518.php3
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    Keith Ellison, an anti-Israel Muslim, became Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee by a UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE of DNC members, according to Wikipedia.
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    “…leading members of the Democratic Party like Keith Ellison and luminaries like Linda Sarsour openly espouse anti-Jewish sentiments and propagate anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Democrats ignore, whitewash, deny and minimize the significance of the swelling chorus of anti-Semitism within their ranks.”

    SOURCE: The peril of Politicized Anti-Semitism
    by Caroline B. Glick 2018 June 22
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    “Rising stars in the Democratic Party, including Rep. Ellison and Women’s March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour along with the Congressional Black Caucus embrace Louis Farrakhan, and defend his notorious, virulent hatred of Jews.
    They demonize Israel and its Jewish supporters.”

    SOURCE: The peril of Politicized Anti-Semitism
    by Caroline B. Glick, 2018 June 22

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    Jeremy Rosen [an Orthodox Rabbi] said:

    “We were fooling ourselves if we thought that
    anti-Semitism had disappeared.

    And if the left wing of the Democratic Party
    achieves dominance, you can be sure it will increase.”

    SOURCE:
    The One Easy Answer: Blame the Jews
    by Jeremy Rosen, 2018/11/27, The Algemeiner

  2. Emanuel Jay Adler

    An am chacham v’navon would probably not publicize their bloc vote in such a way that assures themselves no seat at the table if the other side wins. Luckily, the Jews who voted Democratic today (Baruch shenatan chelki imahem) will have all Jewish interests in mind when dealing with the new POTUS iyH.

    • Let’s see if it does any good and is not taken for granted. If Iran is rewarded, and the PA resumes its terror because it thinks it will attention and money from the US, I’ll be in touch with you.
      – RSP