Posted on 09/22/2008 10:48:40 AM PDT by dalight
"These attacks that he's not supportive of Israel are just not true," said Rabbi Steve Bob of Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard, Ill.
Jonathan Sarna, the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, said he believes Rabbis for Obama is a first in the Jewish community.
"I certainly can remember many newspaper ads that rabbis would sign" backing a candidate, Sarna said, but "I can't remember another organization with this kind of title."
Given the increased mix of religion and politics that the United States has seen in the past 20 to 30 years, he added, it is much more likely for such a group to spring up now than it would have been early in the 20th century.
Bob said that he and other members of the organization are interested in publicly speaking -- under the Rabbis for Obama banner -- on behalf of the Democratic candidate across the country and are currently discussing how to become more involved in key swing states.
The letter the rabbis signed states that the group backs Obama because "he will best support the issues important to us in the Jewish community."
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishexponent.com ...
In case you are wondering if your Rabbi has decided to join this endeavor..
Hold the anti-semitic knee-jerking if you please.
From: http://rabbisforobama.org/read.htm
As rabbis who believe that Barack Obama is the best candidate to be President of the United States, we have formed “Rabbis for Obama” as a grassroots organization of rabbis from all movements and backgrounds. We join together to support Senator Obama for President, and we do so in the belief that he will best support the issues important to us in the Jewish community.
Some of us know Senator Obama personally, and we recognize that he has been inspired by Jewish values such as Tikkun Olam and the pursuit of justice, and he is deeply committed as well to a civil discourse between opposing arguments. We also know that Senator Obama will inspire young people, both in the Jewish community and the wider American community, to become more involved in improving this country and repairing the world.
We know that Barack Obama's longstanding, stalwart support for Israel is a testament to his own principles as well as the strong bi-partisan pro-Israel movement in America, and we fear that the attempts by some to use Israel as a wedge issue against him - unjustifiably - is dangerous in that it politicizes the pro-Israel position. Most importantly it has completely distorted Senator Obama’s record. With his tough but pragmatic approach to Iran, Senator Obama is in the best position to restore faith in America as a leader in the fight against serious threats to Israel, our allies, and the United States.
Senator Barack Obama inspires in us the hope for an America once more called to its best values. We know him to be a man of incredible integrity, born of a deep and abiding spiritual faith based on the teachings of the Hebrew Prophets, and committed to achieving a world of peace with justice for all people.
We are fully aware that a smear campaign against Senator Obama has been waged in the Jewish community, and we feel it is our duty as Jewish leaders to fight for the truth and against Lashon Hara. Senator Obama has been viciously attacked using innuendoes, rumors, and guilt by association, and we urge our fellow American Jews to judge Senator Obama based on his own record and the clear statements he has made about his personal beliefs and principles. Continuing efforts to defame him and distort his record help perpetuate a deeply disturbing political process in our country.
We hope that the members of the American Jewish community will seek to learn more about the Senator, his story, and his positions on issues. Senator Obama’s record and background clearly demonstrate that he shares our commitment to change the direction of this country, both at home and around the globe. Thank you,
Chair:
Rabbi Sam Gordon, Wilmette, IL
Co-chair:
Rabbi Steven Bob, Glen Ellyn, IL
Vice- Chairs:
Rabbi Rachel Cowan, New York, NY
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, Homewood, IL
Rabbi Steve Foster, Denver, CO
Rabbi Dayle Friedman, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Laura Geller, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Don Gluckman, Pikesville, MD
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Wyncote, PA
Rabbi Charles Kroloff, Westfield, NJ
Rabbi Richard N. Levy, Encino, CA
Rabbi Brian Lurie, San Francisco, CA
Rabbi Rachel Mikva, Rye Brook, NY
Rabbi Jack Moline, Alexandria, VA
Rabbi Charles Simon, New York, NY
Rabbi David Teutsch, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Ethan Tucker, New York, NY
Rabbi Burt Visotzky, New York, NY
Members:
Rabbi Jonathan Aaron, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Joshua M. Aaronson, Park City, UT
Rabbi Bruce Abrams, Cleveland Heights, OH
Rabbi David Adelson, New York, NY
Rabbi Stephanie M. Alexander, Cedar Rapids, IA
Rabbi Adam M. Allenberg, Mountain View, CA
Rabbi Renni Altman, Great Neck, NY
Rabbi Julia Andelman, New York, NY
Rabbi Victor Appell, New York, NY
Rabbi Stephen A. Arnold, S. Easton, MA
Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Omaha, NE
Rabbi Larry Bach, El Paso, TX
Rabbi Andy Bachman, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Chava Bahle, Suttons Bay, MI
Rabbi Andrew Baker, Washington, D.C.
Rabbi Michael Barenbaum, Marin, CA
Rabbi Benjy Bar-Lev, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Lewis Barth, Encino, CA
Rabbi Morris Barzilai, New Rochelle, NY
Rabbi Elliot Baskin, Greenwood Village, CO
Rabbi David Dunn Bauer, Amherst, MA
Rabbi Renee Bauer, Madison WI
Rabbi Pamela Frydman Baugh, San Francisco, CA
Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker, New York, NY
Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Annie Belford, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Karen Bender, Tarzana, CA
Rabbi Martha Bergadine, Hong Kong
Rabbi Leah R. Berkowitz, Durham, NC
Rabbi Marc E. Berkson, Milwaukee, WI
Rabbi Alan Berlin, San Antonio, TX
Rabbi Donald R. Berlin, St. Michaels, MD
Rabbi Linda Bertenthal, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Marjorie Berman, Philadelphia PA
Rabbi Phyllis Berman Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein, Beachwood, OH
Rabbi Jonathan Biatch, Madison, WI
Rabbi Aaron B. Bisno, Pittsburgh, PA
Rabbi Ron Bluming, Grayson, GA
Rabbi Joshua Boettiger , Bennington, VT
Rabbi Terry Bookman, Miami, Fl
Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav, Denver, CO
Rabbi Jill Borodin, Seattle, WA
Rabbi Mark Borovitz, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Neal Borovitz River Edge, NJ
Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy, Langhorne, PA,
Rabbi Eric Bram, Beachwood, Ohio
Rabbi Sara Brandes, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Charles Briskin, San Pedro, CA
Rabbi Jessica Brockman, Boca Raton, FL
Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Glencoe, IL
Rabbi Lester Bronstein, White Plains, NY
Rabbi Sharon Brous, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, New York, NY
Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Caryn Broitman, W. Tisbury, MA
Rabbi Daniel M. Bronstein, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Carol Caine Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Debra S. Cantor Newington, CT
Rabbi Carie Carter, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Susan Bulba Carvutto, Augusta, ME
Rabbi Kenneth Chasen, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Don Cashman, Albany, NY
Rabbi Mitchell Chefitz, Miami, FL
Rabbi Steven Chester, Oakland, CA
Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen, New York, NY
Rabbi Daniel. M. Cohen, Boonton, NJ
Rabbi Diane Cohen, Los Angeles
Rabbi Eli Cohen, Santa Cruz, CA
Rabbi Hillel Cohn, San Bernardino, CA
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels, West Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi David J. Cooper, Piedmont, CA
Rabbi Fredi Cooper, Wyndmoor PA
Rabbi Julian I. Cook, Denver, CO
Rabbi Mychal Copeland, Stanford, CA
Rabbi Laurie Coskey, Poway, CA
Rabbi Rachel Cowan, New York, NY
Rabbi Meryl M. Crean, Media, PA
Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Berkeley, CA
Rabbi William Cutter, Los Angeles, CO
Rabbi Eric Cytryn, Harrisburg, PA
Rabbi Harry K Danziger, Germantown, TN
Rabbi Andrew Davids, Croton On Hudson, NY
Rabbi Stanley Davids, Santa Monica, CA
Rabbi Jerome Davidson, Kings Point, NY
Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Teaneck, NJ
Rabbi James S. Diamond, Princeton, NJ
Rabbi Fred Dobb, Bethesda, MD
Rabbi Art Donsky, Pittsburgh, PA
Rabbi Wayne Dosick, San Diego, CA
Rabbi William Dreskin, Greenburgh, NY
Rabbi Renee Edelman, South Orange, NJ
Rabbi Amy Eilberg St. Paul, MN
Rabbi Stephen J. Einstein, Fountain Valley, CA
Rabbi Bruce Elder, Highland Park, IL
Rabbi Diane Elliot, Richmond, CA
Rabbi Barat Ellman, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Steven Engel, Longwood, FL
Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Noah Z. Farkas, Sherman Oaks, CA
Rabbi David Feder, Morgantown, WV
Rabbi Dena Feingold, Kenosha, WI
Rabbi Daniel Fellman, East Brunswick, NJ
Rabbi Brian Field, Denver CO
Rabbi Daniel Fink, Boise, ID
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Boulder, CA
Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Adam D. Fisher, Stony Brook, NY
Rabbi Alan Flam, Barrington, RI
Rabbi Nancy Flam, Northampton, MA
Rabbi Ellen Flax, New York, NY
Rabbi Steven Folberg, Austin, TX
Rabbi Alissa Forrest, Lafayette, CA
Rabbi Lester Frazin, Northbrook, IL
Rabbi Robert Frazin, Hollywood, FL
Rabbi Gordon Freeman, Walnut Creek, CA
Rabbi Michael Friedland, South Bend. IN
Rabbi Joan S. Friedman, Wooster, OH
Rabbi Marsha Friedman, Elkins Park, PA
Rabbi Ronne Friedman, Brookline, MA
Rabbi Stacy Friedman, San Rafael, CA
Rabbi Robyn Frisch, Rydal, PA
Rabbi Seth Frisch, Rydal, PA
Rabbi Randy Fleisher St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Alan D. Fuchs, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Serena Fujita, Lewisburg, PA
Rabbi Capers Funnye, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Matthew Futterman, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Jack S. Gabriel, Sonoma, CA
Rabbi Ruth Gais Summit, NJ
Rabbi Hillel Gamoran, Seattle, WA
Rabbi Robert T. Gan, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Rachel Gartner, Montclair, NJ.
Rabbi Ruth Gelfarb, New York, NY
Rabbi Jonathan Gerard, Easton, PA
Rabbi Kim Geringer, Short Hills, New Jersey
Rabbi Gary Gerson, Oak Park, IL
Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg, Washington, DC
Rabbi Gordon Gladstone, Bayonne NJ
Rabbi Miriyam Glazer, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Steve Glazer, Herndon, VA
Rabbi Gail Glicksman, Wyncote, PA
Rabbi Arnie Gluck, Skillman, NJ
Rabbi Shai Gluskin, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Neal Gold, Natick, MA
Rabbi Rosalind Gold, Reston, VA
Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Danville, CA
Rabbi Gerald A. Goldman, Holyoke, MA
Rabbi Debra E. Goldstein, Trumbull, CT
Rabbi James Stone Goodman, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Joseph Goldman, Denver, CO
Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith, Scarsdale, NY
Rabbi Andrea Goldstein, St Louis, MO
Rabbi Jerrold Goldstein, Sherman Oaks, CA
Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Olympia, WA
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser, Williamstown, MA
Rabbi Sheila Beth Goloboy, Port Washington, NY
Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman, Garden City, NY
Rabbi Sara Goodman, Santa Monica, CA
Rabbi Stephen Goodman, Garden City, NY
Rabbi Donald Goor, Tarzana, CA
Rabbi Seth William Goren, Washington, DC
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Roberto Graetz, Walnut Creek, CA
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater, Pasadena, CA
Rabbi Laurie Green, Aspen, CO
Rabbi Alan Greenbaum, Grass Valley, CA
Rabbi C. Michelle Greenberg, Northfield, IL
Rabbi David Greenspoon, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Frederick E. Greenspahn, Boca Raton, FL
Rabbi Nicki Greninger, San Jose, CA
Rabbi Suzanne Griffel, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Daniel Gropper, Rye, NY
Rabbi Victor Gross, Erie, CO
Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer, Santa Barbara, CA
Rabbi Susan Grossman, Columbia, MD
Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg, Nyack, NY
Rabbi Joshua Gutoff, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman, Rochester, NY
Rabbi Debra Hachen, Demarest, NJ
Rabbi Shoshana Hantman, Katonah, NY
Rabbi Maurice Harris, Eugene, OR
Rabbi Robert Harris, White Plains, NY
Rabbi Oren J. Hayon, Dallas, TX
Rabbi Alan Henkin, Northridge, CA
Rabbi Jacob Herber, Glendale, WI
Rabbi Thomas Heyn, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Jeffrey Hoffman, White Plains, NY
Rabbi Elliot Holin, Elkins Park, PA
Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, New Haven, CT
Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Margaret Holub, Mendecino, CA
Rabbi David M. Horowitz, Akron, OH
Rabbi Geoff Huntting, Sarasota FL
Rabbi Mark Hurwitz, New York, NY
Rabbi Abie Ingber, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Shaya Isenberg, Gainesville, FL
Rabbi Debbie Israel, Morgan Hill, CA
Rabbi Margie Jacobs, Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Steven B. Jacobs, Woodland Hills, CA
Rabbi Burt Jacobson, Piedmont, CA
Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Amherst, MA
Rabbi Jennifer Jaech, Peekskill NY
Rabbi Howard L. Jaffe, Lexington, MA
Rabbi Beth Janus, Santa Cruz, CA
Rabbi Rebecca Joseph, New York, NY
Rabbi Bruce Kadden, Tacoma, WA
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Teaneck, NJ.
Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky, New York, NY
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, New York, NY
Rabbi Ben Kamin, Del Mar, CA
Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin, Highland Park, IL
Rabbi Gerald M. Kane, Las Cruces, NM
Rabbi Susan Kanoff, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Ken Kanter, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Min Kantrowitz, Albuquerque, NM
Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Palo Alto, CA
Rabbi Henry Jay Karp, Davenport, IA
Rabbi Mario Karpuj, Sandy Springs, GA
Rabbi Nancy Kasten, Dallas, TX
Rabbi Neal Katz, Tyler, TX
Rabbi Jim Kaufman, Valley Village, CA
Rabbi David Kay, Orlando, Florida
Rabbi Benjamin G. Kelsen, Teaneck, NJ
Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, Galveston, TX
Rabbi Ralph P. Kingsley, Aventura, FL
Rabbi David Kirshner, Closter, NJ
Rabbi Andrew Klein, Barrington, RI
Rabbi Jason Klein, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Jonathan Klein Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Lori Klein, Capitola, CA
Rabbi Richard L. Klein, Concord NH
Rabbi Darren Kleinberg, Phoenix, AZ
Rabbi Myriam Klotz, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Rabbi Norman Koch, New Milford, CT
Rabbi Debora Kohn, Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Stephanie D. Kolin, Boston, MA
Rabbi Neil E Kominsky, Brookline, MA
Rabbi Sandford Kopnick, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Ira Korinow, Haverhill, MA
Rabbi Michael L. Kramer, Wantagh, NY
Rabbi Phillip Kranz, Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Allen Krause, Mission Viejo, CA
Rabbi Harold Kudan, Glencoe, IL
Rabbi Judith Kummer, Roslindale, MA
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, San Francisco, CA
Rabbi Noa Kushner, San Anselmo, CA
Rabbi Steven Kushner, Montclair, NJ
Rabbi Gail Labovitz, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Susan Laemmle, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Lynne Landsberg, Washington, DC
Rabbi Shira Lander Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Seattle, WA
Rabbi Alan LaPayover, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Michael Laxmeter, Newburgh, NY
Rabbi William Lebeau, New York, NY
Rabbi Morton Leifman, New York, NY
Rabbi Brian Leiken, Rye Brook NY
Rabbi Shoshana Leis, New York, NY
Rabbi Michael Lerner, San Francisco, CA
Rabbi Carol Levithan, New York, NY
Rabbi Charles S. Levi, Deerfield, IL
Rabbi Joel Levine, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Rabbi Eugene H. Levy, Little Rock, AK
Rabbi Yael Levy, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Valerie Lieber, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Elias Lieberman, Falmouth, MA
Rabbi Rebecca Lillian, Chicago, IL
Rabbi John A. Linder, Phoenix, AZ
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Sharon Litwin, Teaneck, NJ
Rabbi Andrea London, Skokie, IL
Rabbi Scott Looper, Evanston, IL
Rabbi Steven Lowenstein, Glencoe, IL
Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, White Plains, NY
Rabbi Mitchel Malkus, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Jonathan Z. Maltzman, North Bethesda, MD
Rabbi Howard Mandell, Virginia Beach, VA
Rabbi Paula Marcus, Aptos, CA
Rabbi Janet Marder, Palo Alto, CA
Rabbi Sheldon Marder, Palo Alto, California
Rabbi Jeffrey M. Marker, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Susan Marks, Sarasota, FL
Rabbi Simeon Maslin, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon, New York, NY
Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, Oakland, CA
Rabbi Dennis N. Math, New York, NY
Rabbi Gary Mazo, Marstons Mills, MA
Rabbi Bernard Mehlman, Brookline, MA
Rabbi Margaret Meyer, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Jim Michaels, Rockville, MD
Rabbi Shira Milgrom, White Plains,NY
Rabbi Bennett Miller, Monroe Township, NJ
Rabbi Joshua Minkin, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Lewis Mintz, Acton MA
Rabbi Victor Mirelman, River Forest, IL
Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman, New York, NY
Rabbi Michael A. Monson, West Orange, NJ
Rabbi Leon A. Morris, New York, NY
Rabbi Jay Henry Moses, New York, NY
Rabbi Anat Moskowitz, Denver, CO
Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, Tarzana, CA
Rabbi Shelly Moss, Sun City, AZ
Rabbi Steven Moss, Oakdale, New York
Rabbi Robin Nafshi, Lebanon, NJ
Rabbi Ben Newman, Riverdale, NY
Rabbi Perry Netter Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Leah Novick, Carmel, CA
Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky, St. Louis Park, MN
Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, New York, NY
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man, Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Shaul Osadchey, Houston, TX
Rabbi Melinda Panken, Manalapan, NJ
Rabbi Michelle D. Pearlman, Waban, MA
Rabbi Julie Pelc, Venice, CA
Rabbi Barbara Penzner, West Roxbury, MA
Rabbi Scott Perlo, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Elana E. Perry, Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky, Bronx, NY
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Dan Polish, Poughkeepsie, NY
Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz, Miami Beach, FL
Rabbi Jeffrey Portman, Iowa City, IA
Rabbi Linda Potemken, Wynnewood, PA
Rabbi Amber Powers, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Dan Rabishaw, Northbrook, IL
Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, Irvine, CA
Rabbi Bruce Raff, Woodland Hills, CA
Rabbi Avram I. Reisner, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Joel Rembaum, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Michael Remson, Kenosha, WI
Rabbi Dorothy A. Richman, Berkeley, CA
Rabbi Moti Rieber, Wichita, Kansas
Rabbi Louis Rieser, Derry, NH
Rabbi Ted Riter, Thousand Oaks, CA
Rabbi Yair Robinson, Holland, PA
Rabbi Peretz Rodman, Jerusalem / Silver Spring, MD
Rabbi Liz Rolle, Stamford, CT
Rabbi Norman Roman, West Bloomfield, MI
Rabbi Jack Romberg, Tallahassee, FL
Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose, Creve Coeur, MO
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Evanston, IL
Rabbi David Rosenn, New York, NY
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, New York, NY
Rabbi Donald B. Rossoff, Morristown, NJ
Rabbi Dennis S. Ross, Worcester, MA
Rabbi Gloria Rubin, Oakland, NJ
Rabbi Sarah Niebuhr Rubin, Keene, NH
Rabbi Eve Rudin, Tarrytown, NY
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Brookline, MA
Rabbi Andrew Sacks, Jerusalem Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi JB Sacks, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Selig Salkowitz, Fair Lawn, NJ
Rabbi Arnold D. Samlan, West Hempstead, NY
Rabbi Joanna Samuels, New York, NY
Rabbi David Sandmel, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Boulder, CO
Rabbi Marty Scharf, Scottsdale, AZ
Rabbi Phil Schechter, Stamford CT
Rabbi Aaron Schonbrun, San Jose, CA
Rabbi Leonard A. Schoolman, New York, NY
Rabbi Howie Schneider, Aptos, CA
Rabbi Jeremy Schneider, Dallas, TX
Rabbi Bob Schreibman, Lincolnshire, IL
Rabbi Avi Schulman, Fremont, CA
Rabbi Fred Schwalb, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Rabbi Barry Schwartz, Cherry Hill, NJ
Rabbi Julie S Schwartz, Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Moshe Schwartz, Syosset NY
Rabbi Allen Secher, Whitefish, MA
Rabbi Ron Segal, Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Judith Seid, Pleasanton, CA
Rabbi Jerry Seidler, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Allen Selis, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Gerry Serotta, Chevy Chase, MD
Rabbi Ike Serotta, Deerfield, IL
Rabbi Judy Shanks, Oakland, CA
Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro, Longmeadow, MA
Rabbi Mark S. Shapiro, Glenview, IL
Rabbi Richard J. Shapiro Port Washington, NY
Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro, Milwaukee, WI
Rabbi Leonard Sharzer, New York, NY
Rabbi John Sherwood, Oxnard, CA
Rabbi Howard Siegel, Houston, TX
Rabbi Howard Singer, Hinsdale, MA
Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Seattle, WA
Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Eric J. Siroka, South Bend, IN
Rabbi Amy Joy Small, Summit, NJ
Rabbi Eleanor Smith, Evanston, IL
Rabbi David Sofian, Dayton, OH
Rabbi Ruth Sohn, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Myra Soifer, Reno, NV
Rabbi Felicia L. Sol, New York, NY
Rabbi Rav Soloff, Lansdale, PA
Rabbi Eric M. Solomon, Raleigh, NC
Rabbi Jennifer R. Solomon, Raleigh, NC
Rabbi Marla Spanjer, Fort Wayne, IN
Rabbi Bernard Spielman, Boynton Beach, FL
Rabbi Judy Spicehandler, Highland Park, IL
Rabbi Reena Spicehandler, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi David Spitz, Vernon Hills, IL
Rabbi Samuel M. Stahl, San Antonio, TX
Rabbi Moishe Steigmann, Mamaroneck, NY
Rabbi Margot Stein, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Naomi Steinberg, Carlotta, CA
Rabbi Steven Steindel, Pittsburgh, PA
Rabbi Ron Stern, Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Shira Stern, Marlboro, NJ
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Kurt Stone, Coral Springs, FL
Rabbi Elliot Strom, Yardley, PA
Rabbi Joshua Strom, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Shira Stutman, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Alvin M. Sugarman, Atlanta, GA
Rabbi Brooks Susman, Freehold, NJ
Rabbi Karen Sussan
Rabbi Susan Talve, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Irwin A. Tanenbaum, Williamsville, NY
Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper, Redwood City, CA
Rabbi Joshua S. Taub, St. Louis, MO
Rabbi Michael Tayvah, Portland OR
Rabbi David B. Thomas, Sudbury, MA
Rabbi Betsy Torop, Largo, FL
Rabbi Abby Treu, New York, NY
Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Teaneck, NJ
Rabbi Leonard B. Troupp, Melville, NY
Rabbi Annie Tucker, Princeton, NJ
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, New York, NY
Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, Brookline, MA
Rabbi Ariel Walsh, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Brian Walt, West Tisbury, MA
Rabbi Gerry Walter, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Andrew Warmflash, Hewlett NY
Rabbi Philip Warmflash, Elkins Park, PA
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Pamela Wax, Hartsdale, NY
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Wyncote, PA
Rabbi Joshua Waxman Fort Washington, PA
Rabbi Donald Weber, Marlboro, NJ
Rabbi Michael Weinberg, Evanston, IL
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, Amherst, MA
Rabbi Martin Weiner, San Francisco, CA
Rabbi David M. Weis, Northfield, NJ
Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Binah Wing Rockford, IL
Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Greg Wolfe, Davis CA
Rabbi Leo R. Wolkow, Homewood, IL
Rabbi Jonathan S. Woll, Fair Lawn, NJ
Rabbi Stanley Yedwab, Redmond, WA
Rabbi Ira Youdovin, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Corie Yutkin, Baton Rouge, LA
Rabbi Sara Zacharia, Newton Centre, MA
Rabbi Joel H Zaiman, , Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Stanton Zamek, Hong Kong
Rabbi Mary L. Zamore, Westfield, NJ
Rabbi Deborah Zecher, Great Barrington, MA
Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Newton, MA
Rabbi Michael Zedek, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel, Washington, DC
Rabbi Brian Zimmerman, Dallas, TX
Rabbi David J. Zucker, Aurora, CO
Rabbi Josh Zweiback, Los Altos, CA
Nothing but Jewish sounding names. Curious.
Suicidal Liberal Socialists with a “Rabbi” tagged before their names. About as Jewish as Pfleger and Pelosi are Christian.
My rabbi would never jointhat group. He is orthodox and would not even consider those clowns to be rabbis.
The length of this list is just scary.
Don’t these people READ.
The company that Barry keeps is the most anti-Israel, anti-semitic gang ever.
They should join up whith these guys:
Rabbis Say Iran Seeks Peace, Respects Judaism - Calls for True Dialogue With Ahmadinejad (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087639/posts)
Here - let us do that for you.
Rabbis for Obama takes it place alongside Gun Owners for Obama (aka "American Hunters and Shooters").
That's true. Also anti-Catholic, which is why he picked Biden (a "Catholic" who doesn't even dare to present himself for Communion in his home diocese because he knows he'd be refused). Obama has support from people like the "J Street Jews," behind the cancellation of the Clinton and Palin appearances, and "Catholics for Free Choice," a group of completely excommunicated former Catholics who use the "brand name" but are not Catholic in any way. The way the lefties abuse religion, any religion, is disgusting.
Big surprise. I asked folks please just keep the anti-semetic crap to themselves.
There is one name on this list that deeply surprises me. I have to think he has been misled, but otherwise. I just am sad that this has occurred especially as the events in New York have unfolded. But worse, because they have branded negative information about Obama as spreading lies and rumors, it may not be possible for them to see the truth before it is too late.
Good, and have they cooperated?
These Rabbis must be from the liberal, reform side of the American Jewish community. Too many seem to have a love/hate view of their place in Judaism and with Israel. They have a wish to keep their Jewish heritage, but not the laws of God and man that are inconvenient.
Instead, they embrace secular humanism as their life goal and believe talk can overwhelm evil. When things don’t work out, they blame others who they believe obstruct them in their hopes. What they don’t accept is their hopes are not consistent with reality-evil exists and fallible man needs God’s rules.
The majority of Israelis look upon all religion with amusement, but they are adamant that the rabbi they don’t need has to be Orthodox. These guys, Reform and Conservative, have been campaigning for 60 years for official recognition that they too are rabbis and are basically laughed at. This will just make them appear all that more ridiculous.
Isreal hating jews... Vote for the grand mufti of chicago and see how many more jews are put in the ovens.. Idiots.
All of the rest...
Rabbis for Suicide is more like it.
These are almost uniformly Reform and Reconstructionist Rabbis. Man are women, proving the point. They do NOT represent traditional Judaism or the values inherent in traditional Judaism.
I am proud to be part of a group in my city to take out an ad in favor of John McCain. The ad also blasts Obama on issues of importance to Jews.
I would guess many of the Rabbi's on this list are Reform or such but not all by any means. I recognize Conservative and Orthodox Rabbi's on this list as well.
I don't know how many of these Rabbi's have congregations but I was deeply glad that my own Rabbis are not on this list.
“Man are women,...”
Uh, “MANY are women,...”
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