.@BernieSanders Becoming President Would Damage American Judaism More Than Anything Since the Holocaust, via Rabbi Michael Barclay pjmedia.com/news-and-polit… #Columns via @pjmedia_com
“Besides all the obvious ways that he would destroy our nation with his policies, his election would damage American Judaism more than anything since the Holocaust.
His crazy policies would embolden anti-Semites to increase their anti-Semitic actions, justifying their hatred of Jews by pointing to Sanders.
The State of Israel would not only no longer have an ally in the White House, but there would also be an enemy to the only democracy in the Middle East sitting as commander-in-chief.
Observant Jews, and all people of religion, would find their spiritual lives threatened, and (again, God forbid) the public persecution of religious observance would become accepted under Sanders.
My prayer for us all is that we do not judge the Jewish people by Bernie Sanders; that secularized Jews return to their faith tradition and reject this socialist anti-Semite; and that we all find a deep and personal relationship with the Creator of the heavens and earth.
Let us all work to stop not only anti-Semitism, but any anti-religious behavior, preferring instead to respect each other's beliefs and strengthen all religious communities.”
