November 22, 2005

Megalomania in the Liberal Jewish Establishment

By Richard Baehr
Liberals are feeling their oats these days. The President's poll ratings are down. Support for the Iraq war has eroded. Democrats in Congress are on the offensive charging the White House with misleading the country into war.  An aide to the Vice President has been indicted, Congressman Tom DeLay is also facing charges, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is under the spotlight for stock transactions by his blind trust. It is, in other words, a perfect storm of opportunity for the left, which must also mean that it is time for leaders of major Jewish organizations on the political left to demonstrate their ignorance and arrogance, and proclaim their special hold on the truth and justice. There are several recent astonishing examples of this megalomania phenomenon among the leaders of this community. ........... According to the November 4th edition of the Forward, a national liberal Jewish newspaper, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of...(Read Full Article)