Unpublished Letters to the Editor

My article in the November 12, 2008 edition of the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles has generated a great deal of response.  Many thousands of people have read it in print and online.  Dozens of readers have written responses to me directly because I listed my email at the bottom of the article.  

In the November 19th edition of the paper, three letters to the editor concerning my column were published.  A few additional letters are included in the Jewish Journal's online edition.  Undoubtedly the paper received many more comments.  

At last count, a couple dozen bloggers and other Internet sites are discussing the column.  I've been interviewed by one news organization and have an interview scheduled with a second.

I have found the letters instructive.  Some accuse me viscously of narrow-mindedness and base motives, without pausing even momentarily to reread -- much less consider -- their own hate-filled screeds.   A few have been amazingly thoughtful, even among those who criticize me.

That the column touched a nerve is undeniable.  My guess is that I failed to move anyone off what was their basic view prior to reading the piece.  Those who share my beliefs were heartened to hear someone else express them.  Those who disagree, were only reinforced in their conviction of our idiocy.

I will keep trying in the hope that I may yet plant a seed of doubt even in those who are most forceful in their denials of my words and my right to express them.  Can those who speak with such unadulterated anger truly believe that they do so in the pursuit of a greater good?

As comments below, you will find real, unedited emails that I've received from those wishing to comment on my article.  They are posted in random order.  (Please check back often as I will load fresh posts and am still adding earlier comments, which takes some time.) When I've been able to reply, I have.  You can read my replies as well.

If you wish to comment, I encourage you to add your thoughts too.  I can be reached at dr@deanrotbart.com.
   


 

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  • 11/22/2008 5:34 PM M.K. wrote:
    Dear Mr. Rotbart -

    You are a disgrace to your faith. The best thing you could do for Israel and the Jewish faith is to convert. You are an embarassment and I would think your parents are ashamed of you. Hopefully you are not progreating as this would be harmful to the human race. Your ignorance of loshan hora is beyond description. Your ignorance of the Palin ties to the John Birch Society, Jews for Jesus, witch excorcists and violent skin heads shows you to be a complete moron. I could go through your personal mein kampf line by line but the neo nazi's you so cling to (Coulter, Hanity, Palin) it would be hopeless as your inability to learn is obvious. You are equal to the Jewish nazi colaborators in the concentration camps. That you are oblivious to the anti-semitism all around you is further evidence of your ignorance. I truly pity you and should I ever have the displeasure of crossing you on the street I would comtemplate spitting in you direction. Please never call yourself a jew again.

    Disrespectfully,

    M.K.
    November 22, 2008 3:32:16 PM PST
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    1. 11/23/2008 8:11 PM B.W.W. wrote:
      M.K.

      Dean Rotbart is even a bigger asshole than you suspect. Did you know that he voted for McCain/Palin despite the fact that his father was an Auschwitz survivor and his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins were all gassed there? What a total hypocrit.

      The fact that Rotbart would try and use his “personal mein kampf” to warn other Jews about the dangers of intolerance is evil. He is exactly like the Kapos who were lackies of the Germans in the concentration camps, you are so right.

      Like you, if I saw Rotbart walking my way on the street, I’d spit at him. It’s exactly how the Germans treated dirty Jews in Hitler’s Berlin. Disgraces such as Rotbart should be gassed. Conversion is too good for him and I don’t want him in my religion.

      I’m juiced you had the courage to see him for the John Birch, Ann Coulter-loving piece of shit that he is.

      I voted Obama.

      B.W.W.
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    2. 11/30/2008 11:34 AM A.P. wrote:
      Dear Dean:

      Wow!

      "Your ignorance of the Palin ties to the John Birch Society, Jews for Jesus, witch excorcists and violent skin heads shows you to be a complete moron."

      And here I was, thinking Sarah Palin only hunted disadvantaged children from helicopters and encouraged her daughters to mate with wolves who read banned books!

      Silly me!
      A.P.
      November 30, 2008 11:24:14 AM PST
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    3. 11/30/2008 11:50 AM Yacov wrote:
      Dear Mr. Rotbart. You should be given the Medal of Israel for standing up against all the Anti-Semites and those who refuse to heed the advice of the Rabbi's, Israeli Supereme Court, the Knessett, and the whole of the Jews who live in Israel! Sarah Palin is a friend of the Jewish people in Israel. She may, however, find those Jews in America "hooked on crack" and think that this is Natzi Germany. She is not affiliated with Natzi Germany. Mr. BO is the most Anti-Semite Presidential candidate that America has ever voted into office next to Jimmy Carter. Mr. BO will turn his back on Israel. He is a muslim and those who do not know this as a fact, please read what a muslim is. He already is attempting to bring in Shariah Law.
      Every American Jew who voted for Mr. BO, the muslim phrophesied messiah, should be ashamed of themselves. They careless about being Jewish and they care less about Israel and most importantly careless about the Torah AND ADOSHEM!
      To my fellow Jewish brothers and sisters, you lack the Wisdom of Shlomo to see the writing on the wall. You have been weighed and found wanting!
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      1. 11/30/2008 1:41 PM Liz wrote:
        You are a mental case.
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        1. 11/30/2008 2:19 PM Yacov wrote:
          If you cannot see what is coming on the horizon such as war, then who is the mental case? Israeli Jews know who are our only friends and allies are. You call not just ALL Israeli Jews a mental case, but all of our friends and allies. Israel will take care of the country that the Tehillim 83 speaks of. The latest will be after Bibi gets re-elected, but I strongly suspect with everything I know as a military expert, that Israel will put an end to a certain country's vicious speaches before Mr. Bush is out of office. It might even be a good gift to the world around Channakah.
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  • 11/22/2008 5:37 PM R.M. wrote:
    I'm sad that you aren't able to see the reasons that so many people of your faith, like me, support Barack Obama. I can only hope that people like you are open to seeing what happens and that you truly want a better world for Israel, the U.S. and the rest of the world. All at the same time.
    I feel sorry for you and recognize your fear but hope that you have the courage to pull through this and learn.
    And I'm very glad that your wish to see John McCain and Sarah Palin in office didn't come true. Whether you realize it or not, you are lucky.
    And please don't use the holocaust as a comparison for this election.
    It evokes terrible memories for so many in an unnecessary and unrelated context.

    R.M.
    November 22, 2008 12:02:36 PM PST
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    1. 11/22/2008 5:51 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Dear R.M.

      I have received many responses to my November 12th article. What is noteworthy about yours is the gentle tone you chose and the heart you show.

      Rest assured, I crave a better world for Israel, the U.S. and the rest of the world. So we share common ground. And you are correct, I am fearful. I can only pray that I also have courage.

      If President Obama proves me wrong, I will celebrate my foolishness. I hope I spend the rest of my days scratching my head and asking myself, "What was I thinking" when I voted for McCain/Palin.

      As for invoking the memory of the holocaust, there I must differ strongly with you. You write that the Holocaust "evokes terrible memories for so many in an unnecessary and unrelated context."

      But the link is most necessary and most related. Those who didn't speak out about Adolph Hitler later were robbed of their voices. Iran and its maniacal dictator, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are pursuing a Holocaust II at the moment. And if the United States and President Barack Obama don't stop him, who will? The United Nations? The French? The Russians?

      If my linking the election outcome to the Holocaust makes you or others uncomfortable, all I can say is good. No one, not me or you, should sleep well at night knowing that President Obama just may not have the resolve to stop Ahmadinejad before the mushroom cloud open over Tel Aviv. God forbid!

      Thank you for your comments,

      DEAN
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      1. 11/23/2008 7:49 PM R.M. wrote:
        I understand your instinct to want to show gratitude for people in political power who you believe support a cause you care about.
        My feeling is that the Republican party's goals in general are bad for us and bad for the world and while they may profess to care about Israel for their own strategic or even religious reasons, I think that their policies will hurt many people, including the people of Israel and, to me, the whole idea of Israel is to have a place in the world where Jews will always have a homeland and will always be welcome and safe. I don't see how Republican policies in the Middle East will make that happen.
        In any case, I think that the more you learn about Obama, the more you will like him. Things can only get better!
        Thanks for your note, Dean!

        R.M.
        November 23, 2008 8:13:39 AM PST
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  • 11/22/2008 5:59 PM RB & PHB wrote:
    Dean:

    As a long-time conservative Christian Zionist activist, I want to thank you for your article.
    G-d bless you,

    RB & PHB
    The Woodlands, TX
    November 22, 2008 10:20:21 AM PST
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  • 11/22/2008 6:01 PM M.P. wrote:
    Thank you for your truthful article. You've managed to hit the nail squarely on the head.

    I am not Jewish - although there are times that I think I am much more Jewish than most American Jews. I am a Christian Zionist who has stood for, fought for, plead and prayed for Israel the last twenty-five years. I haven't prayed that Israel would come to know Jesus - that's not my problem and I am not, in any way, evangelistic toward Jews. However, I love Israel and the Jewish people, just as much as I've loved America - at least the America we once knew.

    It has never failed to amaze me how American Jews have run so hard to get away from their Jewishness. I understand the centuries of persecution and assimiliation and all of that, but for crying out loud, YOU are the CHOSEN People and Israel is the Promised Land. Voting for Obama wasn't just voting for a black man - it was a vote against Israel, America and all that we hold dear, holy and true. We were warned and warned and still they turned their backs and voted for him.

    I, too am sorry. But not just for the Jewish vote for Obama. I'm sorry that the Republican party has lost its way so completely. I'm sorry that the leftist media has chosen to try to destroy Sarah Palin - the one true righteous candidate; and, I'm sorry that the leftist media and the leftist government leaders of Ohio were so determined to put a black man in office that they were willing to sacrifice the rights of American citizens to do it. There is no end to the corruption that has hit America and it grieves me deeply.

    As much as I would like to pull the covers over my head and sleep through this insanity, I cannot for I've heard the sound of the trumpet and I cannot be silent. Therefore, like you, I'll find the place where I must stand and I'll do that even though I know the cost may be extremely high. For the first time in my life, I'm frightened to live in America and I'm not even Jewish - oy vey!

    We've sold out our country -- and Israel. I pray we haven't sold out our souls.

    Blessings and much thanks.

    MP
    Oklahoma City
    November 22, 2008 9:33:15 AM PST
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  • 11/22/2008 6:14 PM Michael wrote:
    If Obama is not on the side of Israel, then WHY did he hire Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff? Nice fear-mongering. What's even stupider is you side with the extreme fringe right, which is what Nazism was all about. It's nice to know they let the mentally challenged write Op-Ed articles.

    Michael
    November 21, 2008 4:26:31 PM PST
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    1. 11/22/2008 6:16 PM Michael wrote:
      It's nice by the way that you continue supporting people like Ann Coulter who said that Jews need to be "perfected" and Sean Hannity, who invited Andy Martin, an anti-Semite, as a guest on his show? (This is the same anti-Semite who started the rumors about Obama's supposed "Muslim" faith.)

      By the way using the Holocaust as a tool for political gain is quite disgusting and sickening.

      Michael
      November 21, 2008 4:32:41 PM PST
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      1. 11/22/2008 6:25 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
        Michael. I value your right to disagree with me. I've posted both your comments on my web site.

        Seeing that the election is over and my side lost, why do you believe that I refer to the Holocaust "as a tool for political gain?" What gain exactly would that be?

        Thank you,

        DEAN
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        1. 11/30/2008 5:48 PM Yacov wrote:
          Shalom Dean. I did not see your article as a tool for political gain. I saw it as a matter of life and death or the physical survivial of Israel. I just wish we had a leader in Israel with the chutzpah of Messiah David. IF we had one like that, there would be shalom shalom in the middle east especially in the Land of Israel.
          The Holocaust is something in which all Americans, Jew or gentile, should keep in mind while voting. TO vote for someone who desires to have a country 10 miles wide with guns barreling down on you just waiting for a reason to "wipe you off the planet", is someone who dabbles with suicidal tendencies.
          I know that many Rabbi's beleive that Jerusalem will be divided in the End of Days, but that does not mean we have to behave like we are sheep readying for the slaughter. 2 governments on the same street will never work. Shalom to you achi.
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  • 11/22/2008 6:53 PM L.H. wrote:
    I will be writing two responses to you. This is the first one.

    All I can say is that you scare me more than anything you wrote about. You remind me of the crazy person who killed Rabin. Think about it.

    My second and more detailed response will be sent later.

    L. H.
    November 21, 2008 2:43:02 PM PST
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    1. 11/22/2008 6:56 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Hi L.,

      I want you to know that I read and carefully consider each response I get. Most of them "yell" at me, but don't provide me much in the way of light. I hope you will.

      If you would tell me which specific sentences or thoughts you find so alarming -- and why -- it would provide important feedback. I do plan to write regularly for the Jewish Journal and other prominent outlets and I hope to find a method of discussing dissenting views without fueling so much hostility.

      Why does one who holds the views I do scare you so greatly? What did you see in my words that makes you think I'm a pose a physical threat to anyone?

      I look forward to your elaboration.

      Kindly,

      DEAN
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  • 11/22/2008 7:04 PM A.P. wrote:
    Dear Mr. Rotbart:

    I read your article as titled above and I was kind of struck. You went on at moderate length about this and that concept; none of which I really have disagreement with. And I assure you, I am every bit as ashamed of the outcome of the Jewish vote and I consider it unfathomable. But I think you entirely skipped over a more important and more fundamental question or issue-statement of why so many Jews voted for Obama. And by doing so, the opportunity to reveal a profound lesson was missed. However, at the same time, I understand this would probably never appear in print.

    The proportions of this vote indicate one thing and one thing only: Jews are a long way from being as smart as we think we are. The genetic disposition to vote "D" completely overcame overwhelming evidence as to the utter distastefulness of Obama as a candidate. Add to that the guilt that Jews traditionally assume over Blacks as common-cause "persecution-mates" (which is virtually 100% unreciprocated and unappreciated by Blacks, as we both know) and mix in a little bit of Jewish guilt over the poor Palestinians; and we now loathe ourselves enough to vote for not just a "maybe" Muslim; but unquestionably a serious Palestinian sympathizer. My God, we would actually vote for a supporter of people who would unhesitatingly slit our throats; and wouldn't even sharpen their knives before doing so.

    I truly believe we are talking about a raging case of (some variant of) Stockholm Syndrome. We are so self-identified with persecution as a foundational element of our identity that we'd actually support folks who truly hate us.

    Those are just the basic points behind my thesis.

    Another example: Jews have not the slightest concept that "evangelicals", a vaguely defined class of "religious zealots" whom Jews tend to fear or distrust, are in fact FAR more staunch supporters of Israel's right to exist than even Jews are. Impossible? Have you ever asked any of them? Or, once again, have Jews formed an opinion about something without ANY input from the "real world", and formed that opinion based upon fear and ignorance? Evangelicals are not at all divided by Messianic or Orthodox elements who believe that the Jewish state does not, in the absence of a true Messiah (and I don't mean this Obama idiot) is an Abomination! (no pun intended!) Or, as my elderly very liberal folks claim, "Its no good because evangelicals support Israel for the wrong reasons!" Evangelicals are absolutely unequivocal about Israel's right to exist. Yet Jews fear and reject them. Why?

    I just wanted to get this thought out to you. I too am embarassed by how the reflex reactions, prejudices, fears and inability to logically and independently think on the part of Jews turned this election into a mandate for dangerously idiotic thinking. I'm embarassed because it's flat out stupid. It doesn't need any kind of flufly explanation or analysis.

    yours truly,

    A.P.
    California
    November 21, 2008 10:36:41 A
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    1. 11/22/2008 7:22 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Dear A.P.

      Your observations are excellent. I, and many others who have written to me, am searching for the root causes of Jewish voter negligence. When you write, "My God, we would actually vote for a supporter of people who would unhesitatingly slit our throats; and wouldn't even sharpen their knives before doing so," you send a chill up my spine.

      So what do we do? Are we not our brothers' keepers? What 'magic' can we deploy to open the eyes of those who suffer from Obama Syndrome?

      Please, when time permits, share your ideas with me. I, in turn, will post them and share them in future columns.

      Kind Regards,

      DEAN
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  • 11/22/2008 7:40 PM J.E. wrote:
    Dear Mr. Rotbart,

    I was blessed to find your piece, posted at Lucianne.com on the Jewish vote, and am so glad I did. Most of the responses I read were negative, hateful etc. I'm not surprised by that. I understood your points perfectly. You are totally correct. I too am sorry, for my fellow Christians who fell for the 'false messiah' president elect, never seeing past the performance and show, to the truth. We are heading into dire times, as you obviously understand. Thank you for the excellent and truthful writing that I shared with many who get it, and others who may yet see the truth.

    God Bless, and Shalom.

    J. E.
    Colorado
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    1. 11/22/2008 7:42 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Dear Mrs. E: You honor me with your email and your kind words. Thank you! Thank you too for taking the time to share my column with others who might benefit from it. As a writer, I can ask no more.

      I fear that, yes, we are "heading" into dire times. My prognosis of the road ahead is what prompted me to set aside time each day now to try and reveal a detour.

      In addition to prayer, I hope you will join me and many people of goodwill in taking proactive steps to resist the Obama inertia. I will be writing frequently in the coming weeks and months on ideas readers just like you generate.

      What I uncover will be posted at the Jewish Journal web site and, because space is limited there, on my personal blog at www.deanrotbart.com.

      Happy Thanksgiving!

      Dean
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      1. 11/23/2008 7:43 PM J.E. wrote:
        Thank you Dean for replying. Yes, resist we must. Some in my circle sense another Kristallnacht (sp?) at some point, which would apply to both Christians and Jews, who see and know, such as yourself.. We're in this coming struggle together. I am not a scholar, but was raised in knowlege of these times, from my wonderful dad, who loved Israel, and the Jewish people. The highlight of his life was to travel there. Also knowing that history repeats when the people forget, and are not taught ,such as my children's peers in their 20's through negligent education. The stripping away of history ,God, our founding, and love of country has been my fight, over 2 decades concerning public education. Mis-education!

        I really appreciate you taking time to answer me, and I look forward to exploring more of your writings.

        Take care, and thank you.

        J.E.
        November 22, 2008 8:54:33 PM PST
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  • 11/22/2008 8:05 PM L.P. wrote:
    I read your article about the Jewish vote. I’m one of the 22% also. So, what can we do? I propose moving to Israel where we would make a bigger impact than we will here. However, I have the same problems as everyone else who thinks of that often, but is still here. So seriously, what can we do? I don’t have a plan…what I have been doing, with local activism and my websites is better than nothing, but not much. However, you might have a plan. If so, I’d like to hear it.

    Kol Tuv,
    L.P.
    Albuquerque, NM
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    1. 11/22/2008 8:08 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Dear L.

      There is a strong, strong argument for a mass American migration to Israel. For those of us who have not already done so, it means overcoming some significant logistical and emotional obstacles, including fear. Sadly, Israel's leadership of late has been frightful in its own right.

      [This is an excerpt of my note to L.]
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  • 11/23/2008 7:56 PM J.C. wrote:
    Thank you for you letter of thanks to those of us, who are non Jewish, who stand 100% in favor of Israel. I have a terrible feeling that
    nuclear war in the Middle East cannot be ruled out as a horrible possibility (and that goes for both sides in a potential conflict). Thousands
    of innocents would be involved.

    J.C.
    November 23, 2008 9:38:01 AM PST
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  • 11/23/2008 8:06 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
    J.C., Thank you for your strong support for Israel. I believe we must do everything in our power to prevent a nuclear war anywhere in the world. What people often forget is that a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv will not be selective in who it radiates. Christians, Palestinians, Bahai, Buddists and many others share Israel with the Jewish people. All of our lives are precious. By the way, it is maddening to me that Iran has said it would willingly let millions of its own people die in a nuclear war and feel good provided it means the end of Israel. What kind of insanity is that?

    Best,

    DEAN
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  • 11/23/2008 8:17 PM D.T. wrote:
    I enjoyed your article. I accept your apology but I am so fearful of what may happen when Obama's programs start to kick in. I take the smartest (Shlomo) man to ever lives word that what happened before will happen again. I look at the past and our economy looks a lot like Germany's in the late 1920's and early 30's that brought us adolf. (not capitalizing was a show of contempt, a modern haman) I think that The Jews could end up being blamed for the money problems the world is having. What do we do now? How do keep Obama from His total agenda? How do we protect Israel from Iran and the other Moslem countrys that hate them?

    May God bless you and potect you and your family. Remeber the Macabbee's spoke up when no others would.

    "I devote my life to the rebirth of the Jewish State, with a Jewish majority, on both sides of the Jordan." (Israel: A History, p. 76)by Ze'ev Jabotinsky

    Shalom,
    D.T.
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    1. 11/23/2008 8:31 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Dear D.T.,

      Your wisdom and your knowledge of scriptures are both clear. As I search for reasons to explain how America could be so unwise as to elect Barack Obama, one explanation I keep returning to is that so many of our countrymen have replaced their Christian and Jewish religion with the worship of liberalism.

      Of course the country will come to blame the Jews when President's Obama's wealth redistribution fails to restart our economy. Who in the history of the world has ever grown an economy by ladling on taxes to the most productive members of society? And who in history ever failed to blame the Jews for societies own corruption and stupidity?

      Do those making more than $250,000 in America come to that income through deceit and is their income ill-gotten? Or do they earn it for their valuable contributions to our society -- contributions for which we are now planning punishing them so that we may reward the less-productive elements among us?

      These are scary times. They require faith in G-d and unshakable resolve among those of us who still see truth for what it is.

      I appreciate your email.

      DEAN
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  • 11/23/2008 8:44 PM P.S. wrote:
    Thanks a lot for the beautiful article on the consequence for Israel on voting for Obama. I am a Hindu and I support Israel from the bottom of my heart. Israel is the only hope for stability in the middle east. People who dont understand the true nature of Jihadist Islam can sing in praise of moderate Iran and Syria . This is a misnomer. No Arab or Persian civilization should be allowed to acquire a nuclear arm . We have Pakistan as nuclear state and that is enough headache for the world community to deal with. I hope Obama security advisor have foresight to understand where USA interests lie in the long term.

    Thanks
    P.S.
    November 23, 2008 12:18:29 PM PST
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  • 11/23/2008 9:04 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
    Dear P.S.: I mostly am saddened by what I see in America and world today. But when I get an email from someone like you, who has come to love Israel and see her for what she really is, my spirits are lifted. Thank you for your note. And I pray that people from all religions will learn, finally, to live in peace with one another.

    Best always,

    DEAN
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  • 11/23/2008 9:07 PM D.K. wrote:
    Dean, thanks for writing the "sorry" article. I have worked over the years to move my Jewish family and friends to stop blindly supporting the Dems with some good success. It's a tough process as I am sure you know. But there is hope. Keep at it.

    D.K.
    November 23, 2008 3:01:50 PM PST
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  • 11/23/2008 9:39 PM L.D. wrote:
    [Some details in this email have been edited at the author's request. I have also edited it for length. - Dean]

    Hello Dean,

    I read your article. http://sarah-palin-2012.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-apologize-for-jewish-vote-for-obama.html

    I support Israel 100% as an evangelical Christian who, of course, knows that God is the God of Israel.

    I cannot believe that God will permit Israel to be nuked. However, it is America that will suffer for having elected a man who is an enemy, imo, of Israel. God will withdraw the blessing from America. The Bible is clear that God blesses those who bless Israel and curses those who curse her.

    You, perhaps, do not anticipate where the strike is coming. It is coming at the US. America voted for her own destruction by nuclear strike on November 4, 2008 when she did not corporately stand for Israel and elected a man in this, and other ways, is bringing the wrath of God to America.

    I would say, just guessing, it will be NY & DC (and perhaps CA) that will be struck.

    For various reasons, a new nation will break out of the old US. It will be a Christian nation arising from the South and other Christian states.

    She will rise in FULL SUPPORT OF ISRAEL.

    Call it political analysis. Call it prophecy... but the Christians in America will rise and God will bless us with a new nation.

    We are resolved to support Israel 100% and God will birth for us a new nation derived from His blessing over us as we come under Him in many ways but including our 100% resolve to bless Israel.

    Grace.

    L.D.
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  • 11/29/2008 5:33 PM S.B. wrote:
    As a loyal Republican who manned the phones at McCain Headquarters in Woodland Hills, I sympathize with you. I glanced at your critics and was not surprised by their vitriol. There is so much more that I can say, but let me make a suggestion. When Obama cuts off aid to Israel and Federation calls all of us to "kick in," we should tell them to collect double the amount from those who voted for Obama.

    S.B.
    Tarzana
    November 29, 2008 11:05 am
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    1. 11/29/2008 5:35 PM Dean Rotbart wrote:
      Dear S.B.,

      Thank you for your email. And thank you for working for the McCain campaign on behalf of Americans who hold true to their values and remain pledged to support our global democratic allies, such as Israel. While my critics are loud, thankfully merit is not measured in decibels.

      All best,

      DEAN
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  • 11/30/2008 11:20 AM Yacov wrote:
    I find it earily striking that my fellow Jewish brethren in America call Evangelical Christians Anti-Semites while the Israeli Supreme Court, the Knesset, The President and Prime Ministers Office, and the vast Majority of Rabbi's in Israel all agree on one thing. Evangelical Christians ar the only friends and allies Israel has in this world. Liberalism has been hijacked by the same type of people that created Adolf Hitler, whereas, Evangelicals hold true to the Word of G-d as best as a gentile can do or for that matter, as a Jew can do. Evangelical Christians sometimes come across as more "Orthodox" than Orthodox Jews do at least on the scriptural principles and precepts that both EC's and Orthodox can agree on. May AdoShem have mercy on not just America, but Israel as well.
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    1. 11/30/2008 3:53 PM A.P. wrote:
      Thanks for posting that, Yacov. I didn't believe it myself, but I've come to totally agree. Jews have no more staunch supporters than Evangelicals anywhere.
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  • 12/1/2008 12:30 AM BF wrote:
    Hate... It is interesting when someone calls a liberal like Barack Hussein Obama as being sympathetic to Extreme Muslims, all other 'extreme' liberals can do nothing except spew hate and name calling. They have no logical answer for Dean Rotbart said. They only throw names at him, like all ignorant people do who have nothing real to say. Aaa, but that is what blind obedience to their savor Obama will generate. He is not a savor, he is a man.

    Palin and McCain both stated that Israel has a right to exist. Obama stated that Israel has no biblical right to the land of Israel. McCain and Palin both support the state of Israel.

    Barack Hussein Obama, a President who was born Muslim. He has a Muslim name, and he claims that he's converted to Christianity. But in the Middle East when you do that, usually you change your name to a Christian name. That is why the Muslims of the middle east, like Hamas, believe he is a Muslim.

    All of the radical Muslim groups who state that they want Israel gone, supported Obama. They are full of hate too. Now many Jews in America, who are apparently full of hate, (Just read these responses.) voted for Obama too. I never would have thought that I would see the day when Jews would have voted the same as Extreme Muslims.

    Many people here want to tie the Natzi name to anyone they disagree with. The truth of the matter is that Hitler had strong ties to the Jerusalem Imam. He also had a Panzer devision that was fully Islam.

    It is interesting that African Americans feel some kinship to Barack Hussein Obama like he has some stake in the slavery of America. (Which was a terrible thing.) He is half White. His Kin on the other half were the Muslims of Africa. The Muslims of Africa were the slave traders who sold slaves into bondage. So I guess he does have a stake in it. My family was from the north and fought to abolish slavery, so I have more in kin with the African Americans than Obama whether they want to believe it or not.

    He has yet saluted the Flag of the USA. So where does his allegiance lie? With America? With the UN? With the extreme Muslims? He can't stay on the fence forever. He will fall off some where.

    Well, the future will show who is right and who is wrong. I truly hope and pray that there is some sort of peace in the Middle East. I pray for Gods guidance of Obama that would help in Israel. I just don't believe him, and I do not think he is listening to God. The shame is that many will probably die, and the first will probably be Jews in Israel.

    Now you all can say hateful things about me too. I would expect nothing less.

    P.S. I don't hate you..
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