Next Year In Jerusalem ?   by Stephen Guy Hardin   6/7/2009


I can't help but think of the overwhelming financial and voter support for Barack Obama which poured forth from the American Jewish community during the 2008 Presidential election. Mr. Obama benefited from overwhelming Jewish support even though his pro-Arab/anti-Israel policy positions were well known among the electorate. It appears from post-election polling data that the days of the American Jewish community standing firmly in support of Israel has been supplanted by an overwhelming loyalty to the Democrat Party or more precisely the extreme Left wing of the Democrat Party and its agenda of social change.

Publicly led by the camera friendly celebrity images of Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg and privately financed and manipulated by George Soros and his Democracy Alliance, the Jewish voter base in the United States has realigned itself from ensuring the safety and security of Israel to the rise and cultural dominance of the far-left agenda. Perhaps this subtle but dramatic shift in loyalty and commitment can be traced to the society wide shift from religious to secular that has surged over the U.S. since the sixties. Perhaps it is the generation of sixties radicals now occupying major positions of power and influence in the Democrat Party such as Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry etc. Or, as in most historical movements, perhaps it is a combination of these factors and more that have led the American Jewish community to abandon their traditional support of Israel for Barack Obama and his obvious disregard for the safety and survival of Israel.

Having said all this, I do wonder if there will come a tipping point when the American Jewish community will recognize the dangers their choices have created for the State of Israel or will the generations old commitment and struggle to support Israel continue to deteriorate under the weight of Liberalism's questioning of Israel's right to exist.

Where is the point going to be when the American Jewish community abandons the Democrat Party to once again support the right of Israel to exist? Or has the religion of Liberalism replaced the dream of next year in Jerusalem?

Reprinted from The Washington Times June 7,2009.