CJP's Email Apologizes for Inviting Sarah Palin to anti-Ahmadinejad Rally

Let's get real. The Left hates Israel. Jewish lefties of a garden variety are, at best, indifferent to Israel. The hard core of the Left is bent on destruction of the Jewish state. Jewish lefties give without hesitation thousands of dollars to Barack Obama. Barack Obama who would sit and talk with Ahmadinejad at any time.  But they are afraid of inviting Sarah Palin. CJP's email apologizes for politicizing an event with Governor Palin's participation. In other words -- if support for Israel comes from the Republicans, Jewish establishment, chooses no help at all. In a ridiculous email (quoted below) Patty Jacobson, CJP's VP of Marketing tells us that the organizers did not want to "politicize" the event. We have a question to Ms. Jacobson -- since when CJP is extra kosher when it comes to partisan political connections? Since when such modesty? Alan Solomont, during his time as CJP's chairman, used to use, absolutely openly, CJP's donors lists to raise money for the Democrats. He dismissed all the criticism at the time and explained that this was a difficult, but correct decision. Alan is a committed lefty working for socialist paradise for the rest of us -- whether we want it or not. (Jewish communists, like Alan, call it -- Tikkun Olam). So, CJP's pious words about the danger of politicizing the event are akin to Playboy magazine teaching the laws of modesty, or, to Ted Kennedy teaching safe driving. Here is the email in question:

Dear Friends,

After yesterday's CJP Israel Connection email, we heard from a number of people upset at Sarah Palin's presence at the upcoming Stop Iran rally in New York City and at the way that our email was worded. 

While Hillary Clinton had originally been slated to speak, she withdrew after Palin was invited.  Many people across the country felt the same way about the apparent politicization of this event, which has been organized by a consortium of national Jewish organizations. Without both sides represented, the rally became controversial. 

Yesterday afternoon, the organizers of the rally did what was right. They decided that no American political figure should participate - exactly as many of you suggested. Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and Israeli Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik will speak.

We regret if our email in any way appeared to be partisan. CJP has never been, nor will it ever be, tied to any political party. We thank all of you who contacted us and told us so honestly what you thought of our communication. 

Solomonia provides good background to this despicable show of partisan slavery on the part of the Jewish establishment:

What an amazing cock-up from the organizers (Previous: Hillary Cancels Appearance at Anti-Iran Rally - Palin-hate Reaches New Heights). What a disgusting display by Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party masters: Ben Smith at Politico: Palin disinvited from Iran rally

The organizers of an anti-Iran rally Monday rescinded their invitation to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin after Democrats protested that her presence would turn the event into a political rally, McCain campaign and Jewish community sources said...

The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations created a political tempest by inviting Palin to speak without clearing her invitation with another speaker, Senator Hillary Clinton. Clinton promptly dropped out of the event, saying it would be seen as unduly political. The McCain campaign then pressed Senator Barack Obama to join Palin on the stage in a show of unity against Iran.

The Obama campaign in turn offered to send Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida to the event, but the appearance that the non-partisan group was aligning with the Republican ticket put the group and its president, Malcolm Hoenlein, under heavy pressure from Jewish Democrats, including members of the conference, members of Congress, and the liberal group J Street, not to give Palin a platform, sources said. Hoenlein told the McCain campaign that he would have to rescind Palin's invitation or cancel the rally.

The organizers, I'm told, have formally disinvited all elected and political officials, but the move was about Palin.

Glad to see J Street has their priorities in order. Check out the link, in which J Street goes balls to the wall in politicizing the event and trying to get Palin dropped. Despicable. There have been any number of these events over the years at which politicians of all stripes have appeared side by side. The idea is to get whatever prominent names you can to show up. I've never seen one politicized as badly as this one, and it wasn't McCain/Palin that did it. The press release now shows only Elie Wiesel and Dalia Itzik as confirmed speakers. [link]

posted by: jrtelegraph

Comments

[pinchas]

CJP-- combined jewish (very small j) potzes.

So nu, what did anyone expect from the wellpaid wimps on High Street? Barry Shrage & Co. are nice guys, but really-- how can you expect bureaucrats without backbone to stand tall on this matter of Palin's disinvitation, especially if they, and their big-giver bosses, equate Judaism with the tenents of the Democratic Party?

Furthermore, do we really think the super-rich CJP matrons of Chestnut Hill, South Brookline, Newton, etc.,and their(pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage) offspring at Brandeis and the Ivies have anything in common, any empathy, with Sarah Palin?

After all,she only graduated from the University of Idaho (gasp!),did not abort her Downs Syndrome baby, has hunted caribou in Alaska,and believes in the Bible and in male-female marriage?

Anything in common? I don't think so...

[Anna]

The organisers of this Jewish rally were blackmailed that their tax-exempt status will be taken away if Sarah Palin is invited.
Instead of resisting blackmail and denouncing the dirty methods of Obama crowd our Jewish "betters" promptly disinvited Palin. Palin would attract additional thousands of people to demonstrate for Israel, but it obviously was more important to mollify Democrats than to worry about Israel.
If G-d forbid an actual crisis comes to Jewish people, they will
act like capos in WWII times.
They started already.