Jack Kemp was my teenage dream of a politician in the early 1980s but then he never blossomed. He never accomplished anything. He just went flat. He was a complete bust as Bob Dole’s running mate in 1996.<\/p>\n
Alan Steinberg remembers Jack Kemp<\/a>:<\/p>\n He grew up in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles, then a predominantly Jewish area of the city and felt a deep personal kinship with the American Jewish community. <\/span>He was not only a friend to the Jewish community – he was a true brother for us. <\/span>Many politicians, both Democrat and Republican, give lip service in support of Israel in order to attract Jewish voters. <\/span>Jack Kemp, however, was totally committed to Israel and Zionism, and the State of Israel never had a better friend in Congress than Jack Kemp. In fact, Jack had such an extensive knowledge of Judaism and Jewish history that he often quoted Rabbi Moses Maimonides in his speeches. <\/span>Rabbi Maimonides was also known as the Rambam, an acronym of his Hebrew name, Rabbi Moshe ben (son of) Maimon. <\/span>The Rambam, who lived in 12th century Spain, Morocco, and Egypt, was one of the truly outstanding personages of Jewish history – he was perhaps the most outstanding rabbi in history, as well as being the greatest physician in the world in his time, and a world renowned philosopher as well. <\/span>His book, the Guide for the Perplexed<\/em><\/strong> is one of the most influential and widely read books in the history of philosophy. <\/span>In fact, there is a famous Jewish saying that "from Moses (in the Bible) to Moses (Maimonides), there was none greater." <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jack Kemp was my teenage dream of a politician in the early 1980s but then he never blossomed. He never accomplished anything. He just went flat. He was a complete bust as Bob Dole’s running mate in 1996. Alan Steinberg … Continue reading \n
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