Should the Jewish vote go to Donald Trump in 2024? Post readers don't think so | Letters

A Jewish vote for Trump. Is this a joke?

Re the Nov. 25 letter encouraging Jewish voters to vote for Trump: My first reaction to this was that surely it's a strange joke. And then I began to wonder about the writer's definitions of "substance," common sense" and "civility." Trump is the daily antithesis of these three. It is very frightening to think others might hold these views.

Glenda Addington, Jupiter

Does the reader really know Trump?

I am confused. Was the Jewish writer referring to Donald Trump as someone with substance, common sense and civility? I am a retired Jewish veteran who served to defend our democracy. Maybe he likes Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who like Trump wants to be a dictator. Burning books was part of fascist Nazi Germany. The GOP wants to control what people think, a woman's right to control her own body, voters rights and LGBT's rights to choose their partners. I urge Jewish voters to vote Democrat to protect and save our democracy.

Howard Ordo,, Royal Palm Beach

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Letter favoring Trump simply baffling

I had to compose myself after reading the Nov. 25 letter, “Trump deserves better from Jewish voters.” The writer cites a few Trump accomplishments including moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, the Abraham Accords and his daughter’s conversion to Judaism.

He doesn’t seem to understand why Jews are so supportive of Joe Biden’s deft handling of the Israel-Hamas War and negotiations that enabled the ongoing release of hostages held by Hamas. Biden is beloved by Israelis and was Netanyahu’s surrogate after the horror of Oct. 7.

The letter also equates Trump with “substance, common sense and civility,” words that are an anathema to Trump’s humanity – or lack thereof. I would also remind him and your readers of all faiths that Trump found “many good people” amongst the Charlottesville Nazis who chanted “Jews will not replace us.” These people, who are welcomed into Trump’s white supremacist base, want all Jews eliminated from the face of the earth. This alone should be enough to discourage Jews from keeping this force of evil from ever getting near the White House.

Roger Sakolove, Boynton Beach

Trump's still more threat than advocate

Re: the Nov. 25 letter that says Trump's policies should make Jewish voters support him: There is the moving of the capital to Jerusalem, the Abraham Accords and his daughter is Jewish. And, yet, Trump does not seem to have second thoughts about Charlottesville "good folks on both sides," or his supporters wearing swastikas, or saying Jews will not replace us, or wearing T-shirts that laud Auschwitz. He says nothing against this dangerous behavior. In fact he encourages it. Where is the common sense and sensibility in that? As a Jew I appreciate the first two but am so distraught by everything else. There is too much about that that poses a clear and present danger to America, democracy, the free world that threatens the very existence of the Jewish people.

Linda Stein, West Palm Beach

Jews shouldn't support the chaos candidate

Let's help the writer of “Trump deserves better from Jewish voters” understand why Jewish voters might prefer Biden to Trump. Trump’s policies supported Benjamin Netanyahu, not Israel. The pact with the devil that Netanyahu signed to stay in power is partly to blame for the conflagration in which Israel is now embroiled. To claim that in supporting Trump, Jews would be voting for “substance," "common sense" and "civility,” when every Republican with a backbone avows the opposite — whimsy, chaos, and cruelty — suggests just how out of touch the writer is. The irony is Biden may lose for being perceived as too favorable to Israel.

Mark Schneider and Joan Friedenberg, Boynton Beach

Nothing civil or substantial about Trump

This is in response to the writer who wonders why more Jewish voters don’t support Trump. He actually answers his own question without realizing it when he uses the words "substance," "common sense" and "civility" when talking about Trump.

Linda Teitelbaum, Palm Beach Gardens

Jewish support for Biden should be higher

The letter writer complains that 74% of Jewish voters approve of Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war and 66% would vote for him over Donald Trump. As a Jew, I am mortified that these numbers are so low. The overriding philosophy of modern Judaism is the principle of "tikkun olam," repairing the world. Trump is the antithesis of this principle. In my opinion, repairing the world would start with politically neutering Trump and his MAGA mob. Using the excuse of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem did nothing for our relationship with Israel and was strictly an act to ingratiate Jewish donors. The fact that his daughter married a Jew, doesn't somehow make Trump a "pro-Semite." Concluding that voting for Trump will be a vote for "substance," "common sense" and "civility" and voting Republican will "get America back to strength, prosperity and insuring good vs. evil," defies the reality of one's eyes and ears.

Daniel Jacobson, Lake Worth

There's a clear choice in 2024 — Biden

A recent letter asks why American Jews support Biden over Trump. The answer is Trump's constant support of bigotry and authoritarianism. In the torch parade in Charlottesville, people screamed "Jews will not replace us." Trump said that there were "good people on both sides." On Jan. 6, 2021, he called a mob to the Capitol. Some wore T-shirts saying "Six Million was not Enough" and "Camp Auschwitz." He refused to condemn David Duke who is a Klan leader and Holocaust denier. He has met with Kanye West, who has made repeated anti-Semitic remarks.

Richard Greene, West Palm Beach

Democrats shouldn't gloat just yet

Listen up Biden Administration: Jewish Gen X'ers are angry and feel deserted. Many feel abandoned by Black and Brown members of the Democratic Party. Many years ago, they sent parts of their first paychecks to the NAACP and more recently to Black Lives Matter, and now that part of the party is supporting Hamas? So, you know what's going to happen. They will not vote. Listen up Democrats: We, as their parents, have tried. We have donated. We have voted. We have volunteered. We have discussed....Now what? You need their votes. So, figure it out and do it fast.

Susan Gay Elin, Lake Worth

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