Guno צְבִי
Am Yisrael Chai
The first Jewish text that came to mind watching President Joe Biden’s painful performance in last night’s debate was Ecclesiastes, the scroll we read on Sukkot, which this year falls a few weeks before the most important election in our lifetimes.
Its essential message is: There is a time for everything. The debate made clear that Biden’s time has passed. American Jews should help him find the way to honorably step aside in order to safeguard our democracy.
A time to be silent and a time to speak, reads the ancient text. Last night was clearly not Biden’s time to speak, with his deeply hoarse voice and startling inability to stitch words into coherent sentences.
The stakes are too high to risk it. Just as pikuach nefesh requires breaking Jewish law to save a life, it must demand the breaking of all political rules to prevent a convicted felon who lies about everything from returning to the Oval Office.
And for those who love and admire Biden for all he has done over decades of public service — including for Israel during this awful year — it’s also about honoring him and his legacy. This is a man who said he only ran in 2020 to save us from a terrifying second Trump term. We must help him gracefully face the truth rather than risk the psychological trauma of causing a crisis for the country he cares so deeply about.
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Its essential message is: There is a time for everything. The debate made clear that Biden’s time has passed. American Jews should help him find the way to honorably step aside in order to safeguard our democracy.
A time to be silent and a time to speak, reads the ancient text. Last night was clearly not Biden’s time to speak, with his deeply hoarse voice and startling inability to stitch words into coherent sentences.
The stakes are too high to risk it. Just as pikuach nefesh requires breaking Jewish law to save a life, it must demand the breaking of all political rules to prevent a convicted felon who lies about everything from returning to the Oval Office.
And for those who love and admire Biden for all he has done over decades of public service — including for Israel during this awful year — it’s also about honoring him and his legacy. This is a man who said he only ran in 2020 to save us from a terrifying second Trump term. We must help him gracefully face the truth rather than risk the psychological trauma of causing a crisis for the country he cares so deeply about.
I Know Joe Biden: Rabbi Michael Beals
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