'Them Jews' of Obama: From Kvell to Kvetch

The American Thinker ^ | July 05, 2009 | Stuart Schwartz

[Scanian]

"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 minyan?" A minyan is a quorum required for Jewish public worship.

But pride has turned to alarm as even some liberal American Jews are getting it: the Obama administration, including "them Jews," is uniquely hostile to Israel. For the first time since its founding, Israel is viewed by a U.S. president as the impediment to peace in the Middle East. And "them Jews" around him are working hard to make sure the anti-Israel views of the president are carried out in policy. Rahm Emanuel, for example, the president's Jewish chief of staff, has been reported by Richard Baehr to be behind the effort to force Israel to submit to Palestinian demands while the president cultivates Arab despots. And there is ample evidence that Obama, assisted by his minyan, will put more pressure on a Jewish state that is anathema to his radical

[Ronin]

It’s not like the Jews have anyone to blame except themselves. There were plenty of people out there screaming from the rooftops that Obama was not their friend.

Go figure...