Photo: Bush, wearing a yarmulke, at "350 Years of Jewish Life" Dinner

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/images/20050914-24_p091405pm-0108jpg-515h.html

President George W. Bush visits the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington DC before giving remarks at the National Dinner Celebrating 350 Years of Jewish Life in America on Wednesday September 14, 2005. White House photo by Paul Morse

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. I wonder why

the taller gentleman was not wearing one?

[YOY]

2. Definitely not Kosher

Trafe(sp?) as a lobster stuffed with raw bacon during Passover.

[Canuckistanian]

3. Oy, what a schmuck.

A bigger Putz you couldn't imagine.

[Hawkeye-X]

4. Must be a conservative synagouge..

(I'm Jewish, and I am an modern Orthodox, currently lapsed). My uncle is a Rushbot and he goes to a conservative synagouge about 3 minutes from his home.

[onenote]

15. for non-Jewish DUers: conservative Jews aren't necessarily conservativ

Just to be clear, being a "conservative Jew" doesn't mean that you are politically conservative. There are three main divisions in American Judaism: the Reform movement, the Conservative movement, and the Orthodox. The Orthodox are the strictest of the three when it comes to following religious doctrine. The "Conservative" movement is less dogmatic -- for example, the Conservative movement recognizes female rabbis (which differentiates them from the Orthodox). The Reform movement are the least observant -- shorter services, more English than Hebrew, not keeping Kosher). Within all three movements there are gradations: I belong to a Conservative synagogue (with a female rabbi), I maintain some of the rules of keeping Kosher, but not all, etc.
But politically, there are plenty of very liberal Orthodox and Conservative Jews and plenty of conservative Reform Jews.

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[MuseRider]

5. Where is the

propeller? Oh sorry, it is a yarmulke. On Bush** it looks like a beanie with a missing propeller.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Tradition

Normally any male, Jew or not, is to wear a yarmulke in a synagogue. What personally creeps me out is how close he is to the Torah.

[pdxmike]

7. kipa, or not kipa

In the past, Reform congregations relaxed their requirements for wearing a Kipa (yarmulke)> The Rabbi at the Reform congregation I used to belong to still does not wear one. Now however, they are moving back to being more observant in that regard. The Conservative Shuls never changed the requirement.

[GayCanuck]

8. Someone should Photoshop

a dunce hat....:lol

[SpiralHawk]

9. How will this play in Saudi Arabia? Or Peoria, for that matter?

Bush's hand-holding buds may sneer upon this...

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. The grandson of a Nazi no less

I'm not Jewish, but the hypocrisy sickens me no less.

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Remember when Bush said that all Jews were going to Hell?

Back in the day when he was my "governor."

[StudentOfDarrow]

14. Do you have a link?

That would be awesome material to have on hand for a debate with a Bush supporter.

[Ishoutandscream2]

16. No, I don't. It was in the book "Fortunate Son"

Maybe a more computer saavy DUer could help us with that.

[StudentOfDarrow]

23. Is there a foot/endnote in the book? nt

[StudentOfDarrow]

25. Never mind. I found a link.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1298/bush1.asp

"...Bush said he was visiting his parents in the White House and, having at that time recently recommitted to religion, began to discuss “who goes to heaven” with his mother, Barbara. Bush pointed to a passage in the Christian Bible which said that “only Christians had a place in heaven...

"...The issue once again appeared on the radar screen when Bush announced at the November Republican Governors Association meeting that he would be making a National Jewish Coalition-sponsored trip to Israel. When asked by the same Texas reporter who intially relayed his view on heaven what he was going to say to Israeli Jews, Bush, obviously joking, said the first thing he would tell them is that they were all 'going to hell.'..."

Wow. That's something.

[AntiCoup2K4]

26. No, but I do remember when James "election fixer" Baker said...

"Fuck the Jews. They don't vote for us anyway."

[Generator]

12. Okay why his his yarmulke white?

And it looks too big. If it was possible for him to look any freaking more goofy and insincere, well he has.

[onenote]

13. it actually looks fairly typical

I've seen non-Jews look far goofier wearing a yarmulke (in fact, I've seen some Jews look goofier).

onenote

[xkenx]

17. Height of Hypocrisy

This is just a disgusting photo op for someone whose base supposedly supports Israel, when, in fact, their only interest in Israel is to provide an intact place for Jesus' return, at which time the Jews will either convert or die! Since they won't die voluntarily, that means genocide. Why that cockroach is even allowed into a Temple is a mystery to me.

[kentuck]

18. Trying to get the press on his side...?

:)

[npincus]

19. if I understand the symbolism of wearing a yarmulke

it is an act of humility and obeisence in relation to a greater G-d above you. It's a reminder of the relative postion between G-d and man; you (man) are below, and G-d is above. So, inother words G-d is not Man, and Man is not G-d.

SO, it is so IRONIC that a man who thinks he is acting on behalf of G-d (G-d's Mini-Me) is wearing a yarmulke. He is possibly the LAST MAN ON EARTH who should be wearing one.

Anyway, i am a non-observant Jew, I may not be completely right about the above, but that's what I have been told.

[rockymountaindem]

21. You're right

but I doubt Bush knows what he's doing.

[Danmel]

20. The kipa looks like the ones in the bin for non members

Most synagogues have cheap kipas in a bin so that non Jews or people who don't bring a kipa have one to wear. You'd think they'd get him a decent looking one.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

22. bush: " i want one with a propeller"

edit : muserider beat me to it! i should read more carefully.

[deadparrot]

24. Could we please send this out to the fundamentalists?

Please?

[belle]

27. Oy!