Donald Trump, Meet America’s Jews. They Are Protesting Your Hate.

Guno צְבִי

Guno צְבִי

We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
A powerful split-screen image greeted those following President Trump’s visit to Pittsburgh yesterday in the wake of a horrific massacre that left 11 Jews dead. As the President’s SUV pulled up to the Tree of Life synagogue where the massacre took place, thousands marched through the neighborhood, chanting Jewish prayers about love and kindness and holding a huge sign that read, “President Trump: You are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you cease your assault on immigrants and refugees.”

By this morning, Trump had already tweeted to complain about the coverage.


Many extrapolate from this that he must be popular among American Jews, over 90% of who consider themselves pro-Israel. And indeed, Trump is very popular with the Orthodox, for whom Israel is a big if not the biggest priority when it comes to voting.

Not so for the majority of American Jews. 71% of American Jews voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, and even Trump’s alliance with Israel has failed to redeem him in the eyes of the majority of American Jews – to whom his anti-immigrant and often blatantly racist sentiments are anathema. Even on the subject of Israel, a recent poll found that only 34% of American Jews approve of his approach, and 74% said they will remain Democrats.

American Jews by and large are liberals — pro-immigrant, pro-LGBTQ, pro-choice. It’s the twisted reason that Robert Bowers gave for murdering them. As Alex Kane movingly put it, Bowers and his white supremacist brethren are actually right about one thing: “Most American Jews stand in support of American Muslims, opposed the Trump administration’s cruel Muslim travel ban, and welcome in refugees from Muslim-majority countries.”



https://forward.com/opinion/413265/donald-trump-meet-americas-jews-they-are-protesting-your-hate/
 
Trump arrived to a stark shunning. He stepped off the plane in Pittsburgh to be greeted by no one. This despite Jared Kushner working behind the scenes “phoning Trump allies and encouraging them to support the president,” according to The New York Times. Over 82,000 people signed a letter by Bend the Arc telling Trump in no uncertain terms, “President Trump, your words, your policies, and your Party have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement. The violence against Jews in Pittsburgh is the direct culmination of your influence” – a rallying cry that helped mobilize the protestors.

Those protesting Trump in Pittsburgh included Orthodox Jews, whose words of consolation and comfort have been genuine and manifold. It also included Republicans. One Republican who lives in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood told the Times he was furious that Trump had not “distanced himself enough from views espoused by white nationalists.” “You never saw any leader speak this way and the country become so polarized,” he said.

Even family members of the slain declined to meet the president when they met with the F.B.I. “We said absolutely not, not after blaming people for what occurred,” Steven Halle, the nephew of Daniel Stein who was killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue, told The New York Times. “It was just a worthless thing to say. The man doesn’t think before he opens his mouth.”
 
David Duke and the Nazi/white power types are pleased with Trump making public hate acceptable. Their biggest wishes have been granted.
 
guno said:
Trump arrived to a stark shunning. He stepped off the plane in Pittsburgh to be greeted by no one. This despite Jared Kushner working behind the scenes “phoning Trump allies and encouraging them to support the president,” according to The New York Times. Over 82,000 people signed a letter by Bend the Arc telling Trump in no uncertain terms, “President Trump, your words, your policies, and your Party have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement. The violence against Jews in Pittsburgh is the direct culmination of your influence” – a rallying cry that helped mobilize the protestors.

Those protesting Trump in Pittsburgh included Orthodox Jews, whose words of consolation and comfort have been genuine and manifold. It also included Republicans. One Republican who lives in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood told the Times he was furious that Trump had not “distanced himself enough from views espoused by white nationalists.” “You never saw any leader speak this way and the country become so polarized,” he said.

Even family members of the slain declined to meet the president when they met with the F.B.I. “We said absolutely not, not after blaming people for what occurred,” Steven Halle, the nephew of Daniel Stein who was killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue, told The New York Times. “It was just a worthless thing to say. The man doesn’t think before he opens his mouth.”
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I had book club this morning.. My Jewish friends were appalled that Trump went and horrified over the shootings.
 
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