July 5, 2009

'Them Jews' of Obama: From Kvell to Kvetch

By Stuart Schwartz
"Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me."That's the complaint of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the anti-Semitic, radical minister who was Barack Obama's spiritual mentor for two decades. In other words, a nefarious group of people around Obama are forcing the president to behave contrary to his interests and instincts.  Such are the Sauron-like powers ascribed to Obama advisors who, having eaten of the fruit of the matzo, now control the president and vast swaths of the nation."Them Jews" around Obama have been the object of much attention, especially eliciting the adoration of secular Jewish liberals who comprise roughly half of the American Jewish community of five million.  One observer from the Jewish counterpart to Reuters was moved to kvell (Yiddish for "to feel delighted and proud to the point of tears") during the presidential campaign "am I the only one noticing that Obama and Biden are not so much assembling staff, as gathering a...(Read Full Article)