The Times’ take on Jews and Obama

In an entry yesterday, I pointed to a variety of explanations that have been proffered for the GOP upset victory in Anthony Weiner’s former district, where 40 percent of the population is Jewish. However, both the New York Times and the Obama administration are treating the actual or feared loss of Jewish support for Obama as almost exclusively due to his perceived hostility to Israel, and the administration is trying to counter that perception by assuring Jews that Obama is really pro Israel after all.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at September 15, 2011 09:57 AM | Send