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| How the Democrats betrayed the Jews |
| 2023-11-03 |
| [Unherd] I grew up in a tiny Jewish enclave on Chicago’s South Side. When I first saw New York, in the Sixties, I was awed as by no subsequent marvel of nature: stretching north from Columbus Circle, up the West Side, was a Jewish metropolis. New York, in my lifetime, had always been a Jewish city: the rhythms, the accent, the humour always felt to me like home. Because they were home. The populace, of whatever ethnicity, was formed or noodged by Yiddishkeit, much as the Chicago of my youth was by the culture of the Irish and the Poles. One of that very, very small cohort of sane voices in the heart of darkness. The New York Times and The New Yorker were run by Jews; they were both our Rialto and our Bible. New York Theatre, in my lifetime, had always been Jewish. The playwrights were Miller, Odets, Elmer Rice, Ben Hecht, Sidney Kingsley; and, later, Arthur Laurents, Lillian Hellman, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, Wallace Shawn, and myself. We New York Jews have always voted for the Democrats, as their policies appealed to the immigrants and the first generation (my parents). A Fair Shake, a safety net, and unionism were manna to the newly arrived — in spite of (in both their and my lifetime) quotas and antisemitic discrimination. The immigrant Jews did well here, and voted for Franklin Roosevelt. And we are voting for him still. His Advisor on Jewish Affairs (jude-suss, or "house-Jew") was Rabbi Stephen Wise, the "dean" of the American Rabbinate. He referred to FDR as "Boss", and brought home to his community Roosevelt’s assurance of aid to the dying Jews of Europe. Yet Roosevelt’s aid stopped with his assurances, and tens of thousands of Jews died because of his restrictive immigration policies, and millions in Europe because of his refusal to interdict the Holocaust. Still, today, Jews vote Democratic: electing Presidents who refused to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister (Obama and Biden) in times of "peace", who gave and give aid to the terrorist state of Iran in exchange for some semi-specified "deal". American "Aid" to Iran pays for the equipment and ordnance, which is, at this moment, eradicating Jews. Why do Jews vote Democratic? Partly from tradition — conservatives have heard a Liberal Jew, when asked to defend or explain various absurd or inconsistent Democratic positions, shrug and joke: "I’m a Congenital Democrat." I understand, for I was one, too. But there is no more cosy mystery in the antisemitism of the Democratic Party; Representatives are affiliated with the Democratic Socialists and pro-Palestinians, calling for the end of the state of Israel — that is, for the death of the Jews. And Democrat Representatives repeat and refuse to retract the libel that Israel bombed a hospital, in spite of absolute proof to the contrary, and will not call out the unutterable atrocities of Hamas. The writing is on the wall. In blood. Moses was instructed to have the Jews smear blood on their doorposts to identify themselves, and, so, avert the wrath of the Angel of Death. Mythologically, the blood can be said to be their own: the message, that if they chose to stay in Egypt, their blood would not mark the doorpost, but would wash the floor. |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #9 "You say that those mensches at Nathan's Are serving my friends and relations?" The frankfurter said As he slowly turned red, "It's unthinkable." [Pink's Revelations!] |
| Posted by: Dopey Oppressor of the Giants2769 2023-11-03 17:58 |
| #8 Trunks aren't clean either. There was a idea floated to take Jews in from Germany and resettle the Alaskan territory, but the Trunk pols in Alaska were against it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-03 17:40 |
| #7 "millions in Europe because of his refusal to interdict the Holocaust." "refusal"? I don't think there was a magic wand handy to defeat the Nazis and stop the murders. |
| Posted by: James 2023-11-03 15:19 |
| #6 good chance the even worse betrayals are lined up and waiting on deck |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-11-03 14:34 |
| #5 they also betrayed me. i was one. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-11-03 13:20 |
| #4 It's not that the Democrats have betrayed the Jews. It's just that somebody came along who was stupider. Kinda like the marginal case in reverse. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-11-03 12:22 |
| #3 I believe Lenin coined the phrase - useful idiots |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-03 11:31 |
| #2 You're going to need a bigger blog. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2023-11-03 07:01 |
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| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-03 06:01 |