Last week, COMMENTARY contributor Rabbi Meir Soloveichik spoke at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. This week, the Democrats make it a double-dip of COMMENTARY authors by having Rabbi David Wolpe speak at their gathering in Charlotte. Rabbi Wolpe will give the benediction at the conclusion of the roll call to renominate President Obama this evening following former President Bill Clinton’s speech.
Rabbi Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, California, is one of America’s leading pulpit rabbis as well as an author and advocate of great wisdom. As with Soloveichik, those who hear his words at the convention would do well to get a sampler of his work published in COMENTARY:
Isn't David Wolpe the same 'rabbi' who wrote that the Torah's account of yetzias mitsrayim is not true? That might make him a big deal to Newsweek Magazine or to the ecumaniacs at beliefnet, but it does not commend him to any Jew who believes in Torah and mitzvos. It also explains why he could throw his support to a false messiah who promised to stop the ocean from rising, just like Pharoah claimed "I am the river god and I created myself", and just as Xerxes ordered his slaves to lash the Hellespont for foiling his invasion plans.
Congratulations to Rabbi Wolpe and to Commentary–It is impressive that two of Commentary's rabbinic contributors are speakers at each convention. n nThat said, although Rabbi Wolpe is a smart man and a good man, it is (at best) very misguided for him to be in effect giving his blessing that the Dems are Pro Israel. As the hot-off-the-presses major Platform changes prove (astonishingly, deleting reference to Israel being our "strongest ally" in the Middle East), the Dems are not really a Pro Israel party anymore. If Wolpe or any other Dem thinks otherwise, they are fooling themselves and trying to fool others.