Jewish Bubba: Letter To Donald Trump

Nadene Goldfoot

President Donald Trump with friend Putin of Russia, but Putin has his own interests

Dear Donald,

Russia has ordered its citizens to leave Israel amid escalating tensions between

Hezbollah and Iran. Anatoly Viktorov, Moscow's ambassador to Tel Aviv, recommend-

ed that Russian nationals depart Israel without delay. Russian nationals in Israel are

Russian citizens who immigrated to Israel after the collapse of the Soviet Union, or

their descendants. As of 2022, there were around 1,300,000 Russian-speakers in Israel, which is about 15% of the country's population.

In remarks to the Russian news agency, TASS, on October 3, the diplomat highlighted

the worsening situation in the region and reiterated his advice against traveling to

Israel. Hezbollah is trying to oust Israelis, and now Putin is, also. Did he forget that

Jews wanting to leave Russia were jailed?

I voted for you as I became a dual citizen in 1980, making Aliyah to Israel then. Upon

returning, I had voted for you in the 2016 race and you came through with your plans

of aiding Israel with Jerad Kushner, your son-in-law, at the helm. I trusted you to try

hard to carry your plans forward for Israel, and you succeeded, unlike like other

presidents. I was on the edge of teetering with this vote, appalled at things you were

saying, but thought you'd straighten out.

My father was a first generation Jew born in 1908 who voted on the Democratic ticket. I asked him why he voted for Democrats and he said it was because they were for small businesses. Most all that generation and mine of Jews voted for Democrats. Many thought Franklin Delano Roosevelt had something to do with their ability to immigrate to the USA before the door closed pretty much on Jews in 1924. It's like choosing a football team; Jews have been staunch Democrats for ages.

You didn't straighetn out. Your comments became more shocking. You faded away with my thoughts of a respectable President to be proud of. Your comments have been most disappointing. Even, you had the gall to speak to a Jewish group and threaten them by blaming Jews if you lost the race. during a campaign event titled "Fighting Antisemitism in America," citing an unnamed poll that you said showed yourself only 2/5 of Jewish voters’ support.

Dear Donald, you have only yourself to blame, not us. A man who cannot tell a lie from the truth is not capable of being a president of any nation. You could have rested on your laurels for the remainder of your years, and not kill it all by running again with all this negativity that has emerged and have respect that you have lost.

I add my voice to the statement by ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and AJC (American Jewish Committee) that if you lose in the Presidential race, saying for all to hear and read, "you lost because of the American Jews." To blame the 2% of the American population's Jews is leading to anti-Semitic hate and violence. Your statement, and at a Jewish function, is outrageous and so very dangerous. It shows you know nothing about the Jewish voting record of the past elections.

Here's what's been happening since your comment just 2 days ago: On Saturday, October 5, 2024, anti-Israel protesters around the world held an “International Day of Action” to kick off a multi-day celebration of the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel

Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023 after attack on young music festival celebration

in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others abducted, driving any remaining people out of these homes. The event happened during American Joe Biden's term.

Across more than 80 U.S. cities, protesters gathered for demonstrations that were largely characterized by explicit support for terror, including the October 7 attack itself. The weekend’s protest activity reflected the larger trends that emerged in the anti-Israel movement over the past year.

Hamas terrorists that are celebrated by too many

The October 5 “International Day of Action” was just the start of a scheduled week of anti-Israel events centered around the one-year commemoration of the October attacks. Protests continued Sunday, October 6 in a number of additional cities. Beginning on Monday, October 7, National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) is organizing a “Week of Rage” related to the anniversary, with dozens of chapters nationwide slated to participate with walkouts and other events on college campuses. After what the terrorists did to the Jews, some Arabs complain to reporters that they have had to move too many times at the bidding of the IDF to dodge the bullets flying. Most had aided and abetted the terrorists who will not stop shooting at Israel from homes, mosques, schools, hospitals, being a shield for the terrorists themselves who do the complaining about the Jews.

AJC's work covers for the past five years, AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America Report – the most comprehensive study of its kind – which has measured the impact of antisemitism on Jewish Americans and, for the past four years, compared these findings with how the U.S. general public perceives the threat. You've put your foot in the mess by not abiding by rules of our own government that put you in a bad light, like the wording you use. Truman was more clever. He saw what was needed but kept a low profile himself.

Field work began on October 5, 2023. But on October 7, as Hamas terrorists murdered over 1,200 Jews and Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more, the ground suddenly shifted. AJC worked with the independent research firm SSRS to leave the field and add new questions to reflect the new reality facing American Jews. The revised survey fully launched on October 17 and generated some grim findings.

One was that October 7th's attack made USA Jews feel unsafe as well. Israel is part of our Jewish identity. Anti-Semitism today is almost worse than 1939 in Germany and is affecting us at home, and at work, and even how we vote. College campuses have been used to undermine Jews by terroristic groups. All this and now it's our fault if you're not elected ! Shame! You neglected to become the man we could brag about in your demeaner and morality; Like King David !

You already have quite a following. I'm sure that Jews will not be the scale-breaker. We're a very rare group; making up only about 6 million of us in the USA. There are lots of other isolated groups that are against you who read a lot and know of your braggadocious habits.