Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel

Lately, we have written a lot about Yisroel Dovid Weiss, the head of the Neturei Karta, whose latest antics of trivializing the Holocaust has created shockwaves throughout the Jewish world. Bear in mind, this is the same person who shook hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hand, the new and improved Adolf Hitler of our time.

Weiss is a disgrace to all Holocaust survivors. His willingness to join hands with Hamas for a Shabbat celebration is amazing, especially when considering how Gaza land still celebrates Hitler’s birthday! As one good friend said, “Weiss, whose grandparents perished at Auschwitz, is not himself a Holocaust denier, but he happily played token Jewish friend to those who are . . .”

When you consider how demented this man is, you must really wonder about the Republican candidate, Ron Paul, who decided to shake hands with Weiss. What was Paul thinking? Most Americans haven’t a clue about the inappropriateness of Paul and Weiss’s close encounter of an immoral kind.

John Tabin observes in the American Spectator:

• When I arrived late at the town hall event in Meredith, he was prefacing an answer to a question about Israel by expressing admiration for Zionist principles of independence and self-reliance, going on to say, of course, that Israel shouldn’t get any US aid… On the way out, I overheard a late-middle-aged Ron Paul supporter, identifiable by button and sticker, talking to one of the Neturei Karta guys, saying that “The Zionist are godless atheists … they only believe in themselves.” Ron Paul may not hate Israel, but people who hate Israel sure seem to like Ron Paul.

Ditto. My mother and father used to say, “Son, a man is judged by the company he keeps.” They were right. I hope that the Jewish supporters of Ron Paul give some moral consideration as to the kind of man they are supporting. Ron Paul is no friend of Israel, and he certainly is no friend to the Jewish people either.