For over 25 years I have enjoyed saying that there is nothing cooler than a cool Puerto Rican. So when I tell you that I did not like Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being floating garbage, I am speaking the truth. But if speaking the truth is what we are doing here, the direction this issue went after Sunday evening needs to be addressed. I am not referring to the comment made by President Biden, I am going back to something that happened before the current President went rogue on a laptop. I am referring to the importance put on the opinion of Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny.
If you had told me 10-20 years ago that I would be doing something in defense of Israel and the Jewish people in regard to actions by someone named Bad Bunny, I would have chuckled and thought you were crazy. Yet here we are in 2024 when that very person is not only seen as a critical spokesperson and defender of Puerto Ricans, he is also seen as someone the Harris campaign wants to have in their camp. I do not blame him or anyone for being offended by the joke, but if you are going to extrapolate that a bad joke at a Donald Trump rally is a reason to call him a fascist, hateful or another Hitler, dangerous and irresponsible wording, you must look at the other side as well.
I could write 1000 words about why the comparisons to Hitler being thrown around is an issue almost to the point of being a crisis, but instead I will take you to a recent Bad Bunny concert. At this concert, Bad Bunny who mixes with people who have made a point of always being on the side against Israel, displayed a Palestinian flag with blood red hands at a recent concert. In my searches I found no evidence that Bad Bunny even supports Israel’s right to exist. All I found is his unwavering support for the Palestinians at a time when Israel is fighting for its very survival. So I think it’s rather obvious whose hands he believes that blood is on.
Let me be very clear. So clear that I will designate this comment to a stand alone paragraph. To my fellow Jews who refuse to face this important truth, the survival of the Jewish people everywhere in the world, including the United States of America, is dependent on the survival of the State of Israel.
Your vote is your choice. But if you were all up in arms over Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico and attach it to Donald Trump, but choose to revere Bad Bunny and put importance on his endorsement of Kamala Harris, you are being naive at best, disingenuous at worst. As a proud Jew and Zionist, I have stood by long enough watching people get all up in arms over attacks against other groups that pale in comparison to the attacks against the Jews. And when I say attacks against the Jews, I am including attacks against Israel, for they are one in the same. If you support Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, that does not mean that you should accept hateful behavior by any supporter of theirs, no matter how powerful or how entertaining they may be in your estimation. And if you are Jewish or Pro-Israel, if you are not putting the safety and existence of the State of Israel at the forefront of your decision, you are making a tragic mistake.
Am Yisrael Chai
Never Again is Now!
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As I have been doing on a regular basis for the past 3 months, I went to my local synagogue this past Shabbat( Saturday) morning. As I walked in I grabbed a Siddur, Jewish Prayer book, and a Chumash, the 5 Books of Moses. When you open the Art Scroll Siddur, my personal Siddur of choice, on the right mostly everything is in Hebrew, and on the left mostly everything is English. That is, usually it is. As I sat down to pray this particular prayer book had no English in it at all. Where I usually read the English it was now replaced entirely with Russian.
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