Klinghoffer: God Is a Conservative; Alterman: Jesus Is a Liberal
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
It gives me great pleasure to announce the upcoming publication of a book from Forward columnist David Klinghoffer, titled “How Would God Vote?: Why the Bible Commands You to Be a Conservative,” which is due out this summer from Doubleday.
I doubt, however, that Klinghoffer would be too fazed by Alterman claiming Jesus for the liberal cause, since Klinghoffer did, after all, write an earlier book titled, “Why the Jews Rejected Jesus” (though, to be fair, its thesis wasn’t “because he’s a liberal”).
Other famous Jews included along with Jesus in Alterman’s book-cover liberal pantheon are: Paul Wellstone, Albert Einstein, Gloria Steinem, I.F. Stone, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Paul Newman, Barney Frank, Russ Feingold and the author himself.
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