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"Writer Toni Morrison famously dubbed Bill Clinton "the first black president"—a title he fervently embraced.
Abner Mikva, the Chicago Democratic Party stalwart and former Clinton White House counsel, offers a variation on that theme. "If Clinton was our first black president, then Barack Obama is our first Jewish president," says Mikva, who was among the first to spot the potential of the skinny young law school graduate with the odd name.
"I use a Yiddish expression, yiddishe neshuma, to describe him," explains Mikva. "It means a Jewish soul. It's an expression my mother used. It means a sensitive, sympathetic personality, someone who understands where you are coming from.""
"Writer Toni Morrison famously dubbed Bill Clinton "the first black president"—a title he fervently embraced.
Abner Mikva, the Chicago Democratic Party stalwart and former Clinton White House counsel, offers a variation on that theme. "If Clinton was our first black president, then Barack Obama is our first Jewish president," says Mikva, who was among the first to spot the potential of the skinny young law school graduate with the odd name.
"I use a Yiddish expression, yiddishe neshuma, to describe him," explains Mikva. "It means a Jewish soul. It's an expression my mother used. It means a sensitive, sympathetic personality, someone who understands where you are coming from.""
Well, this is an interesting aside. I don't know if I agree with it or not, but I'll go with what Mikva says. The entire article is pretty humorous
Thank you for posting the article-I read it in its entirety.
I live in a red state. Every time a Republican brings up the "Obama is a Muslim" mantra, I point out that for a Muslim, Obama sure has a lot of Jewish people in his team!
Thank you for posting the article-I read it in its entirety.
I live in a red state. Every time a Republican brings up the "Obama is a Muslim" mantra, I point out that for a Muslim, Obama sure has a lot of Jewish people in his team!
Unfortunately, they don't get it.
Probably b/c they don't know anything about Islam or Judaism.
Thank you for posting the article-I read it in its entirety.
I live in a red state. Every time a Republican brings up the "Obama is a Muslim" mantra, I point out that for a Muslim, Obama sure has a lot of Jewish people in his team!
Unfortunately, they don't get it.
You give them way too much credit for even responding. The typical "Obama is a Muslim" crying Republican is too stupid to know about Judaism and Islam.
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