Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, a weekly newspaper serving Atlanta’s Jewish community, devoted his January 13, 2012 column to the thorny problem of the U.S. and Israel’s diverging views on the threat posed by Iran. Basically Israel has three options, he wrote: Strike Hezbollah and Hamas, strike Iran, or “order a hit” on Barack Obama. Either way, problem solved!

Here’s how Adler laid out “option three” in his list of scenarios facing Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu (the column, which was forwarded to us by a tipster, isn’t online, but you can read a copy here):

Three, give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States’ policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.

Yes, you read “three” correctly. Order a hit on a president in order to preserve Israel’s existence. Think about it. If I have thought of this Tom Clancy-type scenario, don’t you think that this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel’s most inner circles?

Another way of putting “three” in perspective goes something like this: How far would you go to save a nation comprised of seven million lives…Jews, Christians and Arabs alike?

You have got to believe, like I do, that all options are on the table.

First, on the front cover, for my Canadian benefit it says: “Canadian Edition–All Prices In U.S. Dollars.” How’s that for New World Order logic and advertising?

The other thing that intrigued me after looking over the 52 pages was the section on Religion & Theology. Apparently “The Great Courses” thinks a professor by the name of Bart D. Ehrman is one of the best, so I took a look at his lecture titles. Lecture 21 says “The Book of Hebrews and the Rise of Christian Anti-Semitism.” Click the little “info” link and you get his paranoid question, “Why does it [book of Hebrews] teach what it does about the superiority of Christianity to Judaism, and why did the early Christians include it in the canon?”

It seems the good professor believes there is a Semitic race, probably his. But, remember, Christian or no Christian, Jew or no Jew, there is no such thing as a Semitic race according to some; there are only Semitic languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese, etc.

I wonder if the professor mentions in his lectures the anti-Christian laws of the State of Israel, where it is forbidden to proselytize and where Israeli Christians Worship Under Armed Guard. Probably not, that would be too revealing for his students.

Expulsion of the Moneychangers

Would Jesus charge for an office blessing? Not if his record of driving out the money changers has any meaning. Unlike Jesus, Baptist clergyman Rev. Dr. Tai Adeboboye of Scarborough, Ontario, required $300 to “bless” Councillor Michael Thompson’s new office. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not picking on the reverend, because maybe he needed the $300, maybe it was his fee. But the politician: Why did he use taxpayers’ money?