“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office”. [Aesop]
This essay relates to the United States and Israel, both of whom sadly, suffer from dysfunctional democracy at this time. A report by Dov Fischer which appeared in American-Thinker of Oct. 11, 2012 is as relevant as prevailing conditions. It is entitled, “Jews and American Conservatism” and commences with a reminder that in the previous year, an extraordinary event had occurred. Voters in the Queens-Brooklyn 9th Congressional District of New York elected Bob Turner, a solid Republican conservative to the seat abandoned by disgraced Anthony Wiener.
As Fischer points out, it marked a watershed moment in American Jewish history, as “Orthodox Jews finally flexed some muscle alongside Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.” The given seat had been in the hands of the Democrats since 1923! Upon reflection, Jewish voters had been liberal Democrats as long, if not longer.
The 5 Towns Jewish Times
December 9, 2020
By Larry Gordon
You park your car in the driveway and it is stolen overnight. That happens all too often just about everywhere. A few days later the police call to say they stopped a driver who was driving your car. They tell you that the car is in the possession of the police department and if you come down to the car pound with proof of ownership you can take the car back home.
But you tell the police, that, no, you don’t want the car; it’s best to let whomever stole it keep it. It’s only fair and it’s only right, you say. After all, if the person who took the car in the first place would have had his own car, he probably would not have had to take yours. Fair is fair. Right?