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Defend Congressman Moran from AIPAC Media Attacks

Rabbi Michael Lerner

We ask you to contact Congressman Hoyer and Congressman Cantor to let them know your feelings about the issues below (call (202) 224-3121 and ask for their offices, and then call Congressman Jim Moran at (202) 225-4376) to indicate your support for his stance in Tikkun).! Your call to these people will actually make an impact!

Update: We have just learned that Congressman Waxman is circulating a petition demanding Congressman Moran apologize for his comments in Tikkun. Please call Waxman at (202) 225-3976 voicing your support for Moran!

It took tremendous courage for Congressman Jim Moran to tell Tikkun magazine of the power and influence of AIPAC and other sections of the Israel Lobby. AIPAC is often described in the media as the most powerful lobby in Washington, D.C., so it is no surprise that its friends and supporters are now mobilizing to vilify Congressman Moran’s comments in the Sept/Oct issue of Tikkun. 

In the last few days major media have been publishing attacks on Congressman Jim Moran, distorting what he said. Now that attack has been joined by a leader of the Republican party and a leader of the Democrats in Congress, and their distortions are even more incredible.  House Republican Chief Deputy Whip Eric Cantor likened Congressman Moran to Adoph Hitler on September 18th. “Unfortunately, Jim Moran has made it a habit now to lash out to the American Jewish community. I think his remarks are reprehensible, I think his remarks are anachronistic, and hearken back to the day of Adolph Hitler, of the others, Mein Kamp, of the protocols of the elders of zion, other sources that have become reference to now, I’m sorry to say, a resurgent anti-semitic sentiment world wide.” And House Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer issued a statement which seemed to add to the witch hunt by stating that Moran had claimed that “the Jewish community controls the press, the media, the Congress, and other institutions” and that therefore Moran “certainly oughtta retract remarks, and indicate he believes that he was inaccurate on the facts.”

Congressman Moran said no such thing.

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