Squirm St. for Mr. Ben Ami

Hillel
Solomania
20 November '10

The embattled and embarrassed leader of J Street, Jeremy Ben Ami, found himself in the middle of a firestorm of attention - most not to his liking - when he was abruptly ejected from a Reform - yes, a Reform - synagogue last week near Boston. A group of congregants from Temple Beth Avodah in Newton, MA expressed their concern and outrage that a man whose organization has done so much to undermine the security of the Jewish State would be honored by an appearance at their synagogue.

Still reeling from the explosive revelation that George "Jews and Israel cause antisemitism" Soros was a major funder of J Street, Ben Ami, the consummate Washington insider and spinmeister, took those lemons and tried to make lemonade.

But try as he might to "turn the page" on the Soros affair, Ben Ami was dogged at every turn by pointed questions about the billionaire pirate's funding. Deborah Becker at - of all places - the local NPR affiliate, WBUR, pressed him on his obvious lying about the hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into J Street as did the editor of The Jewish Advocate, Steve Maas. The only people buying what J Street was selling, it would seem, were his lieutenants and the gathered faithful.

Squirm #1:



Anyone who believes that George Soros is "Pro Israel" deserves Ben Ami as Fearless Leader. As a lawyer, Ben Ami should know never to ask a question whose answer you are unsure of. Had the controllers of the evening permitted, virtually the entire Advisory Council of J Street would have been revealed as denigrators of Israel:

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