Posted on 09/19/2008 5:32:45 AM PDT by ari-freedom
That the Conference of Major Jewish Organizations has bowed to Democratic demands to disinvite Sarah Palin from their protest of Iran is another sad chapter in one tragic problem of major jewish organizations that I thought was changing. For the longest time, a lot of Republican Jews felt Jewish organizations merely tolerated them, like the unwanted cousins at Thanksgiving. A lot of us thought that was changing over the years, too. Evidently not. The "seat at the table" was just that, an occasional seat at the table, with the treatment being that as a guest, not a full and legitimate partner or host. Now, with the Republican party so much better positioned on their true interests than the Democratic party, the Conference has found itself in a real pickle because the majority of Jewish activists in this country are strongly liberal on social issues and have not known what to do about conservatives who actually are in better allignment with their foreign policy causes than liberals. Be it Iran, Israel, a strong America, the promotion of democracy abroad, missile defense, and the targeting of terrorists and terrorist organizations, it's the Republican party and conservatives who dominate the debate and take the hardest line, with a handful of Joe Lieberman Democrats. But now we see what these conflicted organization do: they allow Democratic party vetoes, and disinvite Republicans when it upsets Democrats to have them there. They really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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Let them know what you think.
http://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/ 633 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-318-6111 Fax: 212-644-4135 Email: info@conferenceofpresidents.org
Also of note is that she and her family were central to the innovation known as "Mortgage Backed Securities," which are now at the center of the financial crisis and real estate melt down. More info on her here
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman
212-318-6111
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Michael Miller, Executive Vice President
212-983-4800 x 161
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Steve Gutow, Executive Director
212-684-6950 x 208
UJA-Federation of New York
John Ruskay, Executive Vice President
212-980-1000
JCRC Boston 617-457-8600
Say what?
This group should be investigated for partisan advocacy if they are a 501c3. A debate does not have to be cancelled if some of the candidates choose not to appear.
Same with a rally.
Will a representative of Israel be there? It would be interesting to know what representatives of the Jewish community have been invited.
Penny Pritzker is the heir to the Hyatt fortune.
How Not to Toast a Tyrant- A dialog dinner for Ahmadinejad
It mentions The World Council of Churches, the American Friends Service Committee, the Mennonites, and the US section of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.
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