9/20/2023
The question that President Trump posed here is a question that a lot of Americans have? It is true the people discussed in this article have always voted for Democrats and it is a legitimate question? Why do they vote for Democrats? The Democrats have not been on Israel’s side or any American – especially since BOBO? The Dem’s want socialism or Nazism and are working to destroy the U.S. Surely they see this?
The writer who wrote the commentary below doesn’t like Trump as he proves and did he write the commentary to keep the Jews in line?
None of us are perfect even the commentary writer, for trying to further divide the country.
Who knows – God does!
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Donald Trump wishes all his Jewish friends an only-in-Trumpland Shana Tova
Commentary
“Wake Up Sheep(!!!)*. What Natzi(sic)**/Anti Semite(sic) ***ever did this for the Jewish people or Israel?
*(!!!) mine; **Natzi is Nazi, I guess; ***No, not Anti Semite. The accepted spellings are, Antisemite or Anti-semite
The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) are commonly known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim) or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the mistakes of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur. It is the holiest period of the Jewish year.
The website Judaism 101 explains the Days of Awe this way:
“One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that G-d has “books” that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d’s decree. The actions that change the decree are “teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah,” repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). These “books” are sealed on Yom Kippur. This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.” Among the customs of this time, it is common to seek reconciliation with people you may have wronged during the course of the year. The Talmud maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for shortcomings between man and G‑d. To atone for wrongs against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible.”
This year, the Days of Awe took an unexpected turn, courtesy of Donald Trump. As reported by Yair Rosenberg in The Atlantic:
“Like most politicians, former President Donald Trump marked the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, by passing along holiday greetings to American Jews. Unlike most politicians, Trump used the opportunity to threaten them.
“On Sunday evening, just as Rosh Hashanah was coming to a close, Trump posted a meme on his social-media platform, Truth Social, excoriating ‘liberal Jews’ who had ‘voted to destroy America. (Note: Majorities of American Jews have voted for Democrats since before World War II.) ‘Let’s hope you learned from your mistake,’ the caption continued, ‘and make better choices going forward!’”
Rosenberg continued:
“Trump’s Rosh Hashanah broadside was far from the first time that he had shared objectionable sentiments about Jewish people. But it was particularly ugly in the way it deliberately singled out a specific constituency during that constituency’s holiest season.”
The outrage over Trump’s statement was quick and pointed, as this response from the organization “Jewish Dems” articulates:
“Jewish Dems strongly condemn the antisemitic threat Donald Trump issued on Rosh Hashanah, claiming liberal Jews voted to ‘destroy America & Israel’ and ominously warning the vast majority of American Jews ‘let’s hope you learned from your mistake.’ At a time of rising antisemitism in the United States, this hatred and bigotry must not be normalized, including by the party Trump leads.
“On one of the holiest days for the Jewish people, Donald Trump – once again – denigrated and threatened American Jews. His actions must be condemned, including by Republican Party leaders, all 2024 GOP presidential candidates, and the Republican Jewish Coalition, which will feature Trump at its upcoming convention. It is long past time for Republicans to denounce Trump’s antisemitic rhetoric, tropes, and repeated threats against Jews. If they cannot, the only conclusions we can draw are that they agree with him and think they will not pay a price for refusing to confront blatant antisemitism from within their own party.
“Trump has repeatedly and specifically targeted Jewish Democrats and liberal Jews – who make up the vast majority of Jewish voters – with his repeated claims of ‘disloyalty.’ Trump’s antisemitic rhetoric endangers the safety of all Jewish Americans and his antisemitism speaks for itself, as does the silence of the Republican Party.”
As of this writing, I could not find any, not one, response to Trump’s heinous message by an elected GOP official. But frankly, that’s not surprising given the party’s current makeup.
What’s more important, and what this message brings to the forefront of American Jewish political discourse, is the question I’ve been asking for years:
How can any Jew support Trump and the GOP monetarily and in the voting booth?
Is the support purely financial, evidenced by anticipated tax cuts? Is it the promise of cutbacks in the social security safety net, redistributing money away from the needy and back into the pockets of those not in need? If the latter, please refer back to one of the three actions Jews should adhere to during the Days of Awe, tzedakah (good deeds/charity – and I don’t mean “charity” only for the tax deductions).
Is it unencumbered support of the government of Israel no matter that government’s actions? Given the current governmental crises in Israel, how’s that working out?
Or is it, in your conservatism, a bit of lingering racism learned from your parents and grandparents exemplified, at least in my experience, from the weekend dinners at my paternal grandparents house in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, “So, who’s going to be the first neighbor to sell to a “S*******e.”
*(For obvious reasons I didn’t spell out the Yiddish epithet for a Black person)
Let me be clear. Donald Trump is a morally deviant individual currently facing 91 criminal indictments. (Unfortunately, if he’s ever brought to trial, it will probably end up in a hung jury – there’s no way, in my mind at least, that despite all the evidence, a jury can be seated without one “Trumper” voting for acquittal) He is a sexual predator and a rapist. Despite the conversion of his daughter to Judaism, his history in business, learned at the feet of his antisemitic father, discriminated against both Jews and Blacks.
As David Remnick of The New Yorker wrote last year:
“‘People in this country that are Jewish no longer love Israel,’ Trump told Barak Ravid, a veteran Israeli journalist, at Mar-a-Lago last April. ‘I’ll tell you, the evangelical Christians love Israel more than the Jews in this country. It used to be that Israel had absolute power over Congress and today I think it’s the exact opposite, and I think Obama and Biden did that. And yet, in the election, they still get a lot of votes from Jewish people, which tells you that the Jewish people—and I’ve said this for a long time—the Jewish people in the United States either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel. . . . When you look at the New York Times, the New York Times hates Israel, hates them, and they’re Jewish people that run the New York Times—I mean the Sulzberger family.’
“Trump’s gestures of contempt for Latinos and Black Americans are so numerous that they have tended to eclipse his other prejudices. But he has not failed to shower his occasional attentions on Jews. In the 2016 campaign, Trump ran an ad attacking a ‘global power structure’ showing images of three Jews: the financier George Soros, the then chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen, and the investment banker Lloyd Blankfein. One of Trump’s tweets aimed at Hillary Clinton (‘Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!’) deployed images of the six-pointed Star of David and stacks of currency. Trump rebuffed the criticism; his social-media director said the star was that of a “’sheriff’s badge.’”
גענוג איז גענוג (Enough is enough)! I think I’ve made my point.
Jewish supporters of both Trump and the GOP elected officials who champion him, I hope you take what I’ve written to heart. During these Days of Awe, as you reflect on the past year, as you look ahead to the coming year – an election year – as you act on teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah, think hard about this man you’ve supported. And as you’re thinking, reflect on what he really thinks of you.
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Is this the “blind leading the blind?”
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