Hagee was, and wasn't, wrong on Holocaust

The Boston Globe ^ | June 1, 2008 | Jeff Jacoby

[moderatewolverine]

IN THERESIENSTADT, a Nazi ghetto and labor camp near Prague from which tens of thousands of Jews were deported to their deaths during World War II, a tiny storeroom, unbeknownst to the Gestapo, was transformed into a synagogue. There Jewish inmates would gather in secret, a few at a time, to pour out their hearts in prayer - an act as stirring for its courage as for its demonstration of faith. more stories like this

What was in their thoughts as they prayed we can only speculate. But they left some clues. On the walls of the clandestine chapel, elegantly painted in red and black, were Biblical verses and passages from the Hebrew prayer book. Today many of the words have faded away. But those that are still legible express poignantly the heartache and hope of the doomed Jews who prayed in that small room as the Holocaust raged around them.

"We implore You," said one passage taken from the daily liturgy, "turn back from Your anger and have mercy on the treasured nation that You have chosen." Pleaded another: "Despite all this, we have not forgotten Your name - we beg You, do not forget us."

[popdonnelly]

Hagee is not an issue in this election. Obama’s politics are an issue.

[Always Right]

Obama is much more of an anti-Semite than Hagee, who in reality is actually very pro-Israel.