There is something about armed Jews defending themselves against genocide that makes a lot of people around the world nervous, even drives them to hysteria, and I can only wonder why. At J Street it is making Jewish leftists nervous.

Another problem with “Seven Jewish Children” is that it is, unsurprisingly, the mirror image of the truth. There is a fair amount of anti-Arab animosity in Israel, although strangely enough neither leftists nor the msm seem to be interested in uncovering the root causes of that. But which side teaches its children that their highest goal should be to be suicide murderers? Which side has mothers who delightedly tell news cameras that they are glad to have a child who blew himself up and took Jews with him, and who express the hope that their other children may follow in their sibling’s footsteps? Which side has a children’s tv show character murdered by Jews so the other puppets can swear vengeance on Jews? Which side’s school curricula are chock-full of hatred and poison?

“Seven Arab Children” might have a glimmer of truth, but I rather think J Street would find that needlessly provocative. J Street’s goal is to assure i’s leftist friends that though Jewish, they are progressive and not caught up in all that claptrap about Zionism. They’ve convinced me.

During Operation Cast Lead this “pro-Israel” group exhibited delicate moral sensibilities and could not decide which side to support–those whose goal was to kill Jews and those who took steps not to be killed? They reminded me of the story Lincoln used to tell: a woman comes out of the cabin one morning and sees her husband in a death-grapple with a bear. Not wishing to take sides she hollers, “Go it, husband! Go it, bear!”

This month’s Commentary has a good article on J Street.

Contrast J Street’s support for the production of Seven Jewish Children with its stance on controversial Pastor John Hagee. Last year, the group launched a campaign criticizing Hagee and his affiliation with pro-Israel organizations. Hagee is indeed an incendiary man, and J Street spoke for many Jews (this one included) when it called his coziness with some Israel advocacy groups into question. But it says something about J Street’s motives when it trips over itself to attack a politically conservative ally of Israel but rushes to defend a play comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.