President Trump said, “I heard things I couldn’t
believe.” Has he finally been listening
to himself?
Conway says Trump “supports” her after ethics
violation. Surprise, surprise.
I emailed my Senator again after his vote to confirm
Sessions. I said, “Shame on you.” He has yet to send me a form letter.
Now, short and sweet today after yesterday’s emotional
blog.
Why on earth would Jews support Muslim refugees?
Why would rabbis commit civil
disobedience and go to jail while protesting the immigration ban? Here are a few thoughts.
·
There are radical
Islamists who want to destroy us; there are many peaceful Muslims. We don’t hate Muslims.
·
There are American neo-Nazis
who encourage our extermination; this horrifies most Americans. America is our country that we love.
·
European Alt-right
groups put out a deluge of anti-Semitic material and say, “We aren’t racist –
we just hate Jews”; many European leaders have decried the rise of
anti-Semitism. We embrace Europe as the
home of our ancestors.
·
Many of us disagree
with some of Israel’s politics; many of us are in lockstep with Netanyahu. Without reservation, we all defend the right
of Israel’s existence.
·
We enjoy some
television shows; most of what’s on TV is insipid. We’re still keeping our 65 inch screen.
·
I enjoy pizza; I
dislike lima beans. I will continue eat.
In short, blanket condemnations are
illogical. No group of anything is
either all good or all bad. No country
has a 100% evil population. The Cato
Institute reports that the chance of an American being murdered in a terrorist
attack caused by a refugee is 1 in 3.64 billion per year and by an attack
committed by an illegal immigrant is 1 in 10.9 billion per year.
But, let’s hear from the horse’s mouth,
so to speak, who expresses it much more eloquently than I. Here is the link to the explanation from one
of the arrested rabbis:
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