Donald Trump and maga Republicans are not preventing antisemitism: "Watch what they do not what they say"
"Hate begets hate, and antisemitism breeds hate against other groups -- threatening all of our
communities", Letter to Senator Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, dated November 14, 2022, from Tennessee 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen.
Dear Friends, I sent this following letter to the editor of the Washington Post (several years ago)— thus far not published. So, I thought that I would share it with you.
Shalom, from Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel
To the Editor: Donald Trump’s statement on American Jews and Israel are abhorrent.
“Jews ✡️have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel — before it is too late!”, said Trump.
Is this some kind of threat❓ Is the former president unable to distinguish between support for Israel and support for himself❓
I write this letter because we must continually resist Trump's denigration of the public square.
Trump's statement is repulsive, as is his limited understanding of Jews and Judaism, which appears to be based on two things:
1. His friendship with the anti-Zionist former Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. If Zionism has anything at all to do with the unity of the Jewish people, the former prime minister does not qualify as a Zionist.
2. His obsessive antisemitic connection of Jews with money as evidenced by this 2015, statement to Republican Jewish donors: “You’re not gonna support me because I don’t want your money. You want to control your politicians, that’s fine.”
In this moment, as we condemn Trump’s antisemitic rants, we must also condemn the once respectable Zionist Organization of America, and its president, Morton Klein, with its announced presentation of the Theodor Herzl Medallion to Trump on November 13.
I write this letter because we must continually resist Trump's denigration of the public square.
Trump's statement is repulsive, as is his limited understanding of Jews and Judaism, which appears to be based on two things:
1. His friendship with the anti-Zionist former Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. If Zionism has anything at all to do with the unity of the Jewish people, the former prime minister does not qualify as a Zionist.
2. His obsessive antisemitic connection of Jews with money as evidenced by this 2015, statement to Republican Jewish donors: “You’re not gonna support me because I don’t want your money. You want to control your politicians, that’s fine.”
In this moment, as we condemn Trump’s antisemitic rants, we must also condemn the once respectable Zionist Organization of America, and its president, Morton Klein, with its announced presentation of the Theodor Herzl Medallion to Trump on November 13.
Previous recipients include Winston Churchill and David Ben Gurion. The name of Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, has never been so dishonored.
I cannot be a Jew of silence.
Sincerely,
I cannot be a Jew of silence.
Sincerely,
Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel, Temple Micah in Washington, DC
"Embedded in the very meaning of Judaism is an expression of social justice and action, and what it means to be human", Rabbi Zemel.
Labels: Congressman Steve Cohen, Judaism, Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel, Temple Micah, Washington D.C.
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