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What Do Jews in America Think About Gaza?
So, this past week Chuck Schumer makes a speech in which he calls for Israelis to dump Netanyahu and bring in a governing coalition that will find some way to protect the Zionist state from terrorism without demolishing the Arab and Palestinian cities in the Gaza Strip.
Schumer is identified by GOP-leaning media as ‘America’s top Jewish leader.’ And this media goes on to say how the war in Gaza has got the Democrats all worried about the 2024 election because, after all, the Democrat(ic) Party will be in all kinds of trouble if it doesn’t have the support of America’s Jews.
Here’s my question: Since when did Chuck Schumer become a ‘top leader’ of America’s Jews? Is it simply assumed that if you’re a politician who comes from New York that this puts you in a Jewish leadership position? In that case, how come Donald Trump isn’t considered a ‘top leader’ for the Jews? He may live in Florida, but everyone knows he’s from New York.
Let’s get serious, okay? Want to get an idea of who really constitutes the ‘top leadership’ of the Jewish community in the United States? You can meet them all right here. This organization, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (CPM) which has been in business for more than 50 years, brings together the leadership of virtually every Jewish organization of any size in the United…