A guy who goes by the name of Tad Taube has written an
article that tells you why it has been difficult for people around the globe
and around the epochs to consider Judaism a religion. Of course, Taube himself
did not mean to say that, but that's what he said inadvertently trying to make
another point. His article is titled: “Jerusalem ,
Israel ” and has the
subtitle: “The Obama State allows 'Jerusalem '
but not 'Jerusalem , Israel
The reference to Obama that you see in the subtitle is a
theme that recurs several times in the article. More than anything else, to
make such a reference and use it the way it is here, points to a mentality
which shows that no matter what Judaism was meant to be at the start, it is not
now a religion but a disease. And look how the disease progresses inside this
one article in which the author goes from: “In the eyes of the Obama State
Department” to “the Obama administration's Orwellian approach” to “Barack
Obama, in 2008, was no exception” to “the Obama administration has fought the
law in court” to “a State Department policy that singles out Israel and
Jewish Americans.”
Can you see how the progression went from the State Department
of an Orwellian Obama to the victimization of Jewish Americans? And that's what
it's all about. It is: gimme, gimme, gimme because if you don't, you're an
Orwellian evil, even if the policy you are pursuing was here before you came on
the scene. And if you don't gimme, you're singling out not only me but the
entire Jewish American community and Israel ... says I because I appointed
myself spokesman for every Jew who knows about me – whether or not they agree
with me – and every Jew who never heard
of me and could not care less if I were hit by a truck when I'm finished with
you.
But what is it that this “gimme” is supposed to be about?
You want to know what it's about? Don't be surprised because here it comes:
“You're an expectant parent and, surprise, your child decides to come into the
world in, of all places, Jerusalem .”
That's a surprise, alright, but how many such surprises have occurred? You want
to know how many surprises? I'll tell you how many surprises. It happened to
“50,000 U.S.
citizens … They're now Americans without an official birth country.”
And all this has to do with the fact that Jerusalem
is Palestinian territory which Israel
is occupying by force of arms. Because America , along with the rest of the
world, does not recognize the robbery as legitimate, it avoids doing anything
that would imply condoning it. But that's exactly what the Jewish lobby in America is
trying to achieve. So far, it has persuaded 50,000 women to time their
“surprise” pregnancies with their travel plans to Israel so as to put pressure on the
State Department by voting, as they say, with their genitals.
To that end, they cry out: Gimme a birth certificate that
mentions “Jerusalem , Israel ”
because I was in Israel when
my water broke in Jerusalem exactly where stands
“the Shaare Zedek
Medical Center ,
directly opposite Mount Herzl and Israel 's national cemetery.” That's
where I delivered my baby, you see. It was all a coincidence, of course, and it
was a surprise to me as it should be to you – 50,000 times a surprise to all of
us. And why not? After all, Jerusalem
is the city where miracles happen, right?
With a story 50,000 times as intriguing as this, with the
sense of victimization behind it, the author of the article can now go on the
attack. And so he does: “How could something so outrageous occur in a nation
that recognizes Israel 's
right to exist?” Did you get this, my friend? Do you know what it means? It
means that if Obama continues to refuse uttering “Jerusalem ,
Israel ” ... it means he does
not recognize Israel 's
right to exist. And given that Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran are terrorists and members of
the Axis of Evil who do not recognize Israel, it follows that Obama, like them, is a terrorist and a member of the Axis
of Evil.
Upon seeing this, if there is any humanity in you, my
friend, you cannot help but be convinced that Judaism is not a religion but a
disease.
Still, Taube is so outraged by now that he lashes out at
everyone. Responding to his own question as to who may be responsible for the
outrage, he goes beyond blaming Obama or the State Department, and attacks the
American courts; even the American Constitution. He bundles all of them into
one salvo: “You can thank the federal courts – a three-judge appellate-panel
ruling that the U.S.
president, not Congress, holds the power to recognize a foreign sovereign.”
And what would be a Jewish bellyaching of this magnitude
without a demand for moral clarity? It would be nothing, of course, which is
why Taube now demands clarity – something he does in his own typical manner:
“Instead of offering progress and the promise of clarity, Obama … sends a
chilling message to America 's
Jewish community.” But because he does not expect a response from the White
House, he offers his own brand of solution which he wraps in his own model of
clarity.
What was that again, my friend? You want to know what that
solution consists of? I hesitate to tell you but I have no choice if you
insist. I must, however, warn you that … how can I say this? Well, remember
those 50,000 surprises I have been telling you about? … well, they are nothing
compared to what will jolt you now. You still want to know?
Okay. Here is how Tad Taube formulated his latest surprise:
“What if Ari and Naomi Zivotofsky were Taiwanese Americans? And, instead of Jerusalem , their son was born in Taipei ? … they are free to list 'Taiwan ' as the country of birth, even though the
United States doesn't
formally recognize Taiwan
as a sovereign nation.”
Do you realize what Taube is now advocating, my dear reader?
He says America should
recognize Jerusalem as being in Israel , or it should follow the Taiwanese
example and drop the recognition of Israel as being a sovereign nation.
Neat huh!
To which we should all cheer: What a wonderful idea! Do it, America . Do it
and solve all the problems of the whole World with one stroke of the pen. And
save the Jews from their self-appointed leaders.