An Orthodox Jewish friend says: “If Obama is re-elected, we’ll be put in concentration camps.” Ridiculous, but typically bitter Jewish overstatement. You’ll see the same thing in the Torah. “At least in Egypt we had meat. You take us out into the desert to kill us?”
The first time I had a responsible position in (a Conservative) synagogue (1994), I was asked to man the door to the sanctuary so people didn’t walk in while the rabbi was talking. I misunderstood and tried to stop people from walking out while the rabbi was speaking. And then I tried to stop this angry lesbian from walking in during the rabbi’s talk. So the shul had a board meeting and my name came up and I was relieved of my position. The rabbi said later I didn’t have to be such a Nazi. Give me a little power and I abuse it.
