Last night I had dinner with Mark Gall and his ex-boss, Martin Koffman, the retired Dean of the Department of Education. Mark’s sister was there, visiting from back East. Her son is ultra-Orthodox Jew. What do these educators think of evangelical politicians backing the Torah when it comes to God creating the universe ten thousand years ago, verses evolution? Will these bright men put aside logic and reason in order to show support for Israel and their new found allies who back the Israelite State only to fulfill their End Time Tribulation Prophecy that demands all Jews convert, or meet the fate of a billion non-Christians? Does this Rabbi back the religious ranting of John Darby and a fifteen year old girl with a fever – just for the sake of Israel?
It appears the Democratic Jews of Wiener’s district voted for a Republican candidate in response to the vote Palestinians are poised to cast in order to achieve Statehood. Many Jews appear to be lying as to their motive – it’s the economy – stupid! I have prepared twenty four years for this sad day when supposedly the intelligent Children of God, are so viciously deceived.
“Let my people go!” sayeth the Lord.
Jon Presco
Nazarite
“If Jewish New Yorkers and others who support Israel were to turn away from the Democratic Party and elect the Republican candidate to Congress in 2011, it might very well cause President Obama to change his hostile position on the State of Israel and to re-establish the special relationship presidents before him had supported,” the New York Postquoted Koch as saying.
Polls show declining support
Whether or not Israel was in the end a big factor in the special election, the Democratic Party is evidently concerned about the perception that Obama is not as supportive of the Jewish state as predecessors have been.
Clergy Set to Defy IRS Ban on Endorsements
By Megan Larkin
NEW YORK–More than 100 clergy are expected to openly challenge the IRS ban on endorsing political candidates in the fall in the midst of the Presidential election campaign.
According to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the protest is scheduled to take place in pulpits across the country on Sunday, October 2.
The “Freedom Pulpit Sunday” confrontation will take head-on the Internal Revenue Service’s regulation that churches or pastors who endorse political candidates face loss of the church’s tax-exempt status.
“We challenge the IRS to remove a church’s tax-exempt status so we can get into court and get the rule declared unconstitutional,” ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley told The Spiritual Herald in an exclusive interview.
The ADF, which is organizing and backing the demonstration, holds that churches have the right of political activity under the First Amendment free speech guarantee and the Constitution’s Establishment clause stating that Congress make no laws respecting the establishment of religion or its free exercise.
“Pastors must be and are free to state their beliefs without interference from the IRS or anyone,” Stanley declared. “The IRS has the regulation but does not act on it. We cannot sue the IRS or get into court unless the IRS enforces that ban on a pastor.”
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State also complained to the IRS without success.
The IRS says it did remove tax-exempt status from Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network for 1986-87 for supporting Robertson’s presidential bid, and Jerry Falwell’s Old Time Gospel Hour for the same years for diverting money to a political action committee.
And New York Rev. Floyd Flake, pastor of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church was asked to sign documents stating that he would not intervene in election campaigns after he endorsed presidential candidate Al Gore from the pulpit in 2000.
In 2004, the IRS assigned agents to oversee a new project called the Political Activity Compliance Initiative (PACI) to ensure compliance with the law, and issued warnings to 42 churches found to have violated the law. In 2006 it followed up with warnings not to violate the law again.
Can Israel Survive this Presidency?
By Jonathan S. Tobin, Senior Online Editor, Commentary Magazine
http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/group/istandwithisrael/forum/topics/can-israel-survive-this
Reviewed by J. Edgar Williams
Tobin believes that the recent showdown between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has revealed a great deal about American support for Israel. The day before Netanyahu arrived in Washington, the president blindsided him with a speech proposing that Israel negotiate the creation of a Palestinian state on the basis of Israel’s 1967 borders. Aiming to restart the peace process based on Israeli concessions alone, he made no parallel demands of the Palestinians, such as giving up the 7.4 million refugees’ “right of return” to Israel, and he also denied that Israel had any claim to a unified Jerusalem.
When the prime minister later spoke to Congress, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and many members of Congress from both parties spoke up, some fairly harshly, against Obama’s proposals.
Over the last 44 years, Israel has consistently maintained its right to defend itself against the many attacks it has suffered, and most Americans support this right.
Some critics, however, claim that Congress supports Israel because of the supposedly great power of the “Israel Lobby,” especially the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). For many years, AIPAC worked to try to make its voice heard in Washington by trying to persuade the Executive Branch to listen to the pro-Israel majority in the country, rather than to the pro-Arab “siren song” from the State Department. That did not succeed, and AIPAC began focusing most of its attention on Congress, with astonishing results, such as the cessation of annual battles over aid to Israel.
Despite the president’s less than friendly attitude toward Israel and support for an independent Palestine, he will probably feel forced to veto a forthcoming UN resolution granting the Palestinians unilateral recognition. The president will surely recall that Israel has offered Palestinian statehood three times over the past 11 years, and the Palestinian leadership has turned down the offer each time. To date, the president has not stinted on security projects undertaken by the U.S. and Israeli militaries – a tribute to the value of the strategic alliance between the two countries. That the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority (PA) has now made a pact with Hamas, a terrorist organization that denies Israel’s right to exist, further complicates the question of U.S. support for unilateral UN recognition.
A referendum on Obama and Israel: Bob Turner vs. David Weprin is really about the President
BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH AND SETH CROPSEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, September 12, 2011
Tomorrow’s election in New York’s 9th Congressional District is unusual because, unlike even most presidential campaigns, the outcome may hinge on foreign policy. In deciding between Republican Bob Turner and Democrat David Weprin, the 9th’s large percentage of Jewish voters may provide an important clue about what a part of President Obama’s base in 2008 will do in next year’s presidential contest.
The polls show a close race. Obama’s coldness toward Israel may tip the balance against the Democrat. Polls in Israel are not close on the question of the U.S. President. In May last year only 9% of Israeli respondents thought that the Obama administration was more pro-Israeli than pro-Palestinian. More than five times that number said Obama favored the Palestinians.
Boehner says US must be strong partner for Israel
By DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says the U.S. commitment to Israel should be stronger now as the American ally faces challenges to its existence in the volatile Middle East.
In an address Sunday to the Jewish National Fund conference in Cincinnati, the Ohio Republican dismissed suggestions that Israel has isolated itself and he argued that the Jewish state stands above others as the “one true beacon of freedom and opportunity” in the region.
The U.S., he said, must stand by Israel’s side “not just as a broker or observer — but as a strong partner and reliable ally.”
A text of Boehner’s address was made available in advance.
Boehner’s remarks come on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly session in New York, which is shaping up as a difficult diplomatic period for Israel.
The Palestinian Authority intends to seek recognition of statehood despite a threat of a U.S. veto in the Security Council and the strong objections of the United States and Israel.
Boehner also noted that the U.N. will highlight the Durban Declaration, viewed by many as an anti-Semitic statement, and that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a foe of Israel, will address the General Assembly.
Boehner’s speech comes amid renewed attention to President Barack Obama’s policies toward Israel. Republicans say the president isn’t forceful enough on behalf of Israel, and political questions have been raised on whether the GOP can capitalize on the discontent and make inroads with Jewish voters.
Last Tuesday, Republican Bob Turner scored a surprising win in a historically Democratic New York congressional district in part because of complaints about Obama’s Mideast policies. The district also has a large concentration of Orthodox Jews.
In May, Obama called for Israel’s 1967 borders with mutually agreed land swaps to serve as the starting point in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. That proposal was rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Boehner, in his speech, did not mention Obama, but did recall his invitation to Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, also in May, and the message the prime minister delivered.
“The American people deserved to hear from him — and Washington, quite frankly, needed to hear what he had to say,” Boehner said. “I invite the people in this room — and anyone as concerned as I am about the future of Israel — to speak out. Washington needs to hear from you, too.”
Boehner said Israel has shown that it seeks “nothing more than peace … a peace agreed to by the two states and only the two states.” The speaker said Netanyahu understands that peace will require compromise.
Martin Kaufman, Ph.D., guided work needed to complete the university’s new $48.1 million HEDCO education building. He also will work to continue the college’s on and off-campus collaborations and school and community partnerships.
Dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon 1992-2005, Kaufman is nationally active in the development of a professional culture of shared standards, values, and ethics in education. He is a strong advocate for elevating respect for educators and their professional accountability for student learning
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