This is my first ever Dailykos diary, and for it I include something directed primarily towards my fellow Orthodox Jews. While close to 80% of American Jews voted for Obama, that was not true for Orthodox Jews. And unfortunately some of that opposition was particularly vile.
This was originally written for a web site that features news for the Orthodox Jewish community, with comments by readers (often including myself). The owners of that site asked me to write an article that would say why Jews should support Obama and bag the racism. If there are any other Orthodox Jews on dailykos, you would be doing a great mitzvah by monitoring that site and also this one, and occasionally contributing sane and respectful comments. I know that most of my fellow Orthodox Jews are not racists and will give President-elect Obama the benefit of the doubt, and I'd like to make that really clear through as many vehicles as possible.
For those unfamiliar, at the end of the essay I offer a few loose translations of some Hebrew I used.
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