The Wrong Course

Some American Jews, virtually all of them DemocRATS, are stridently opposed to the participation of Christians, who manifest their faith at all, in public life, or even what they perceive as the display of Christian symbology in the public square. These Jews do not see or perhaps care that the greatest allies of the Jewish State tend to be the most devout Christians in America. Evangelical Christians are often more robust and consistent in their support of Israel than many Jews. I do not mean Christian identity fringe or the growing Christian nationalist movements that deplore Israel and the Jews, but the majority of Protestants, except some mainline denominations (the ones that are shrinking) that have taken positions against Israel. Jews ought to be discerning enough to recognize our friends and not do all they can to slap those allies and potential protectors in their faces.