Is the honeymoon over between American Jews and Barack Obama over? Not by a long shot, though there have been some ripples buffeting the relationship. His approach toward Israel (hostile) and the wider Middle East (ineffectual at best; damaging at worst) has begun to affect his ratings among even Jewish Democrats.He seems to have a proclivity to pick fights with the Jewish community. He or his team have chosen people like Samantha Power, Chas Freeman, Mary Robinson, and Bishop Desmond Tutu to either occupy important positions in the policy apparatus or receive prestigious awards. They all have long histories of anti-Israel activism. When problems arose, they have taken the anti-Semitic track of blaming Jews in America for problems regarding their candidate (Power said criticism of Barack Obama during the campaign all amounted to "what was good for the Jews"), or for their own candidacy (Freeman) or for their nomination to receive awards (Robinson). As for Tutu, he did not...(Read Full Post)