Posted on 12/04/2010 9:30:43 PM PST by Nachum
On Dec. 2, Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater will attend the annual Chanukah party at the White House.
“It was a surprise,” Grater said, of receiving the invitation. “I’m very humbled.”
Grater, who occasionally contributes to The Jewish Journal, presides over the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, a Conservative congregation, and serves on the national advisory board of J Street, a political action committee devoted to shaping public opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
His work with J Street started his relationship with the White House. After a J Street delegation meeting in Washington, D.C., a couple of years ago, Grater established a correspondence with Danielle Borrin, who works in the office of Vice President Biden, and she worked to procure him an invitation, Grater said.
Grater also serves on the executive committee of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and as a board member of On Dec. 2, Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater will attend the annual Chanukah party at the White House.
“It was a surprise,” Grater said, of receiving the invitation. “I’m very humbled.”
Grater, who occasionally contributes to The Jewish Journal, presides over the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, a Conservative congregation, and serves on the national advisory board of J Street, a political action committee devoted to shaping public opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
His work with J Street started his relationship with the White House. After a J Street delegation meeting in Washington, D.C., a couple of years ago, Grater established a correspondence with Danielle Borrin, who works in the office of Vice President Biden, and she worked to procure him an invitation, Grater said.
Grater also serves on the executive committee of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and as a board member of Jewish World Watch. .
Now we know why was at the Chanukah bash at the White House.
The list, ping
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http://www.nachumlist.com/obamaisraellist.htm
And to think, I though he was a Grater man than me.
Now I know he likes knee pads.
“Rabbi” Grater
Regular contributor to the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-joshua-levine-grater
Defends Gay Jews
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-joshua-levine-grater/standing-up-for-our-gay-k_b_757268.html
Defends Obama
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-joshua-levine-grater/jews-ought-to-stick-with_b_549490.html
Attacks oil exploration
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-joshua-levine-grater/starting-oils-retirement_b_586725.html
why are Conservative Jews so liberal?
Not ALL of us!
ML/NJ
Jews who work with JStreet are no different than the French who worked with the Vichy regime in WWII. Traitors.
Almost impossible to find him wearing a kipa (yarmukle). He has dropped all pretense of being an actual legitimate rabbi.
Otherwise known as a "Kapo."
Mark
Almost impossible to find him wearing a kipa (yarmukle). He has dropped all pretense of being an actual legitimate rabbi.
J-Street is right out of South Park, specifically the "Jewbilee" episode. From Wiki...
Garth, the elder of the "Anti-Semitic Jews" sect, has captured Moses in a conch shell and has locked everyone else in a cabin at gunpoint while he tries to summon Haman to be the new leader.
Parker & Stone, modern day prophets?
Mark
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