With Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, almost here, and the election just four Tuesdays away, I’m once again turning to Jewish issues.Please watch these three brief, and very well done videos, each with a completely different mood and style.Video #1, titled “Israelis for Obama” is is a beautifully produced video featuring Amos Schoken, publisher of Ha’aretz newspaper; Lt-General Amnon Lipkin Shahak, Former Chief of Staff, Israel Defense Forces; Nathan Diament, Director of Public Affairs for the Orthodox Union; Naomi Chazan, Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, and others.Length: 3:25Video #2, titled “One Jewish Mom for Obama,” is the personal story of Janette Hillis-Jaffe, an Orthodox Jew living in Cambridge, Massachusetts who lived in Jerusalem for four years during the second intifadah. It includes a quote from Rabbi Yosef Blau of Yeshiva University and President of the Religious Zionists of America but is more about her personal take as a Jew and a mother.Length: 2:49 Video #3 begins with Barack Obama’s meeting with Shimon Peres, and interviews prominent Jews in the private sector who have known Obama and his work for many years, including Ab Mikva, Lester Crown, and Penny Pritzker. It also shows highlights from his trip to Israel and his work in the Illinois and U.S. Senate (this work includes co-sponsoring the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act and urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to its list of terrorist groups).Length: 8:06 Open Letter published by the ADLFinally, I’m hearing from a few Jewish friends that they are “afraid of Obama.” (The exact word used in each case is "afraid.") This would make the fear merchants smile with delight. The fear machine is in full gear with email and internet rumors (unbelievable after all this time) that Obama is a Muslim, etc.I remind people that making Jews afraid is exactly what propagandists are trying to achieve and, as Jews, we know very well what it is like to be the subject of smear-and-f

What?!! Israelis for Obama? Say it ain't so Barbie?That's right people living outside of our country and it's cesspool of hatred and racism,  get it, while we fight it.  So sad.  This is so very damn sad.  We still live in a country where the right wing zealots have perpetuate a life style that hinders our growth as a nation. more about "Israelis For Obama", posted with vodpod

What?!! Israelis for Obama? Say it ain't so Barbie? That's right people living outside of our country and it's cesspool of hatred and racism. They get it, while we fight it. So sad. This is so very damn sad. We still live in a country where the right wing zealots have perpetuate a life style that hinders our growth as a nation.

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