No, Rabbi Kahane הי"ד Was Not a Racist
I have learned that writing about “political” matters is a thankless and usually purposeless task. People are so entrenched in their biases and opinions that they are almost never willing to hear what the other side has to say. Nevertheless, I would like to comment briefly on the current brouhaha surrounding the Otzma Yehudit party, and the nearly universal strident condemnation of Prime Minister Netanyahu for helping broker a deal that will likely result in that party receiving one or two seats in the upcoming election, which will help Likud form a coalition (should Netanyahu survive his legal troubles). * According to media reports, the “American Jewish Community” deems Otzma Yehudit racist, fascist, and other lovely terms. In Israel, too, many have used the same epithets, with one prominent leftist rabbi – Benny Lau – going so far as to imply that to vote for Otzma Yehudit is to vote for a racist, fascist party that wants to enact the Nuremberg Laws. (In fact, Otzma has no...