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White House to celebrate Jewish Americans
Associated Press
Published: 11.05.10, 08:26
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1. hahaha I told you saturnday night live
ghostq   (05.11.10)
kicked him out cause he wasn't funny so now he try to do giges, in jewish events, does he sing? probably off key. :P
2. After having insulted Jewish heritage, Obama, instead of
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (05.11.10)
apologizing, attempts to tranquilizing people. Mr. Obama, part of Jewish heritage and Jewish civilization is the re-constitution of Jewish sovereignty in the Jewish homeland in the form of the sovereign state of Israel. Yet, you have systematically insulted some of the most important symbols of this Jewish achievement. You opted to insult, indirectly, Israel's laws and court system, Israel's elected officials, including Israel's prime minister and the minister of interior. You have shown total disrespect for Jewish affinity to our historic homeland and disgust to Jewish insistence to hold on to united Jerusalem as the capital city of the sovereign state of Israel. You, a self-proclaimed "progressive", and your sidekick, Clinton, a self-proclaimed "liberal", demanded that Jews, only because they are Jewish, refrain from residing in certain villages, towns and city neighborhoods. In America it is called "racism"!!! Mr. Obama, apologize now to the Jewish people instead of attempting to re-write our "narrative". Our heritage is written in the blood of many thousands of our people who have been slaughtered for centuries by anti-Jewish racists for being Jewish, and this is before the Jewish Shoa, The return to our homeland and the establishment of Israel is our response. Be respectful to it instead of insulting it...!!!
3. Boycott this PR event and protest outside
Benny ,   Gush Etzion   (05.11.10)
4. Why provide him a fig leaf?
Max   (05.11.10)
He is actively seeking to destroy Israel. Why should American Jews provide him with a fig leaf?
5. Obama needs to say: "I'm sorry" and plege new direction
M ,   American Jew   (05.11.10)
This would be perfect time for the American President and "educator in chief " to publicly appologise to Jewish people for attacking Israel related to building approvals in Jewish neighborhoods; clearly enunciate the ancient & uninterupted Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the land that is Israel and Palestine which he avoided during Cairo speech by announcing new Israeli consulate in Jerusalem; acknowledge the misguided anti Israel and anti Jewish sentiment that is flourishing in American University's, Europe and around the world; and pledge to support & join Israel wholeheartedly in her legal right and determination to exist and deny existential threats like Iranian sponsored terror.
6. Is this the same president that wants Jewish heritage sites
RB ,   USA   (05.11.10)
given away to the arabs?
7. to #4 :P fig's leaves r good to cover(like in
ghostq   (05.11.10)
classic statues) just in case someone will yell the king is racist. or better yet since he is king of fools, in that case you can only pitty him. :P
8. Definitely a PR stunt...
David from Philly ,   Philly   (05.11.10)
... this and his nomination of Kagen for Supreme Court Justice are both PR stunts aimed at placating growing rage among Jews. He's a liar (read: AIPAC conference where he claimed Jerusalem should stay united and Israel's security is "sacrosanct") and a hypocrite.
9. Obama's Special statement
Abby ,   OP,KS   (05.11.10)
Two face, vote seeking message!
10. Does the President really think his hostility
Steve Kaplan ,   Minneapolis, MN   (05.11.10)
toward Jewish heritage elsewhere, especially in Israel, will be forgotten if he "celebrate" Jewish heritage in the U.S.? Are we, Jews, that ignorant of our past, present and collective destiny, he thinks, that he will be the one to tell us the material from which our heritage as a people and as a civilization is made? He should first apologize to the Jewish people for what he put us through during the past years before anything else.
11. another smoke screen
Dan David   (05.11.10)
a smoke screen and more lip-service to cover his anti-Israel policy
12. Many of the Jews who arrived at our shores
Mark ,   Kensington, MD   (05.11.10)
came as refugees from Muslim countries. Will Mr. Barakah Hussein Obama acknowledge this phenomenon as well?
13. U.S. Jewish Heritage Month
Henry Heinz ,   Haifa, Israel   (05.11.10)
President Obama doesn't need to ingratiate himself with the Jewish People, but he does need to reassure the Protestants in America, which he could have done by nominating a Protestant to the U.S. Supreme Court.
14. # 12 I doubt it. He can't appreciate Muslim anti-Semitism
Olga ,   Baltimore, MD USA   (05.11.10)
suffered by Jews for centuries as second and third class residents (not even citizens) and the fact that to this day many Muslim countries refuse to accept Jews as residents or to own land there, only because they are Jewish. (Come to think about it, this is exactly what he expects of Jews with regard to Jerusalem, to refrain from moving into neighborhoods only because they are Jewish).
15. I hope no one falls for this dog-and-pony show.
sdunc ,   USA   (05.11.10)
It means nothing - only that Obama knows he's lost American Jewish votes. This is nothing but smoke and mirrors while he continues his shabby treatment of Israel. Look at the Jewish homes, even a yeshiva, being destroyed right now in Yesha. Disgraceful!
16. I wish this character wud give us a break with Jewish Shtik
Alan ,   SA   (05.11.10)
Honestly he makes me puke!
17. Divide and Conquer
Randi ,   Jerusalem   (05.11.10)
Obama's plan is to divide the Jewish people, which will make it much easier to conquer Israel. While he lulls American Jews into complacency with his charm offensive, he tries to take Jerusalem away from the Jewish people, he reneges on previous agreements that Israel had with the US re the large settlement blocks and east Jerusalem, he joins the int'l community in going after Israel's nukes, and all the while doing nothing about Iran except expending alot of hot air.
18. Some of my best friends are Jewish heh! heh! Heh! heh!
Bartley Kulp ,   Afulla, Israel   (05.11.10)
19. I think I'm going to be sick!
flyingdoc57 ,   Florida, U.S.A.   (05.12.10)
This is a sick joke on the world's Jews. This P.O.S. Muslim-in-Chief and his America-hating, White-hating wife, have the audacity to perpetrate this fraud of an event with straight faces? Who will be the featured speaker, Michael Hess? I'm not sure who are more contemptable, the (Hussein) Obamas or the Jews who will attend this event. Well, one thing seems certain. The November 2010 election campaign is officially in full swing, and the Muslim-in-Chief is pretty scared (rightfully so).
20. #19 Did FL Jews wake up yet?
Sue ,   Los Angeles   (05.12.10)
Have Florida Jews soured on Obama and the Democrats? Will they vote to put Marco Rubio in the Senate?
21. #5 Obama needs to say "i'm sorry"
Simcha ,   So.Cal.USA   (05.12.10)
Now really ... how can he do that? That would make him an hypocrite.
22. Once they start firing rockets
Hector ,   usa   (05.12.10)
from the new declared Palestinian state in the West Bank it will be the end of the two state solution Obama has been pushing.
23. So transparent!
Raoul ,   Herzlia Israel   (05.12.10)
Obama wanting to get US Jews on his side, to give him free reign with Israel. One has to be very naive to be fooled with his nefarious plan. Or - none are so blind as those that will not see.
24. obama running away from impeachment?
tony ,   nigeria   (05.12.10)
Obama is trying to run away from impeachment? Is he trying to appease the Jews against inpeachment/November election after insulting them? This certainly, is nothing, but a PR stunt. Will the Jews attend in the midst of the insults? Hypocrites?
25. Lately we don't hear Clinton. She must have learnt the
Rachel ,   LA, CA USA   (05.12.10)
lesson to get her hands off Israel and the Jewish people. Her boss, sadly, is still at it, but hopefully when our community will realize his true nature and attitude toward our people Jews will not be silent any more, neither in the general public arena nor in the Democratic Party.
26. Obama's Jewish connections
Jew ,   Israel   (05.12.10)
Obama has a Jewish half-brother, Mark Obama, who is Barak's father's son from a Jewish woman. Mark now lives in China and met with Barak when the latter recently visited China. Also, Michele Obama's great-great-grandmother's name was Rose Ella Cohen. She was black but may have had a Jewish ancestor...or else they belonged to a Jewish slavemaster. It is not known exactly how she got the name Cohen. In America's Southern states, there are blacks, mulatos, and non-Jewish whites with the name Cohen. Most of them are the descendants of Portuguese Jews that arrived there very early on.
27. #25-No shes just making Gefilte fish 4 Barrys next Jewdo
Alan ,   SA   (05.12.10)
28. #26So what? Ican show you plenty100% Jews who are selfhaters
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29. "Barak Obama", you mean Barakah Hussein Obama?
Fuad al-Masri   (05.12.10)
30. "That would make him a hypocrite". Well, listening
Steve Kaplan ,   Minneapolis, MN   (05.12.10)
to his speech at AIPAC in 2008 before the elections and then compare it with his acts, one must draw this conclusion: the man is a hypocrite. And, yes he too can... be!
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