New York – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Rush Limbaugh reached a new low with “borderline anti-Semitic comments” on his radio show, in which he raised the possibility that liberal Jews were having “buyer’s remorse” with President Obama in light of the outcome of the Senate election in Massachusetts.
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Limbaugh told his listeners: “To some people, banker is a code word for Jewish; and guess who Obama is assaulting? He’s assaulting bankers. He’s assaulting money people. And a lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish. So I wonder if there’s – if there’s starting to be some buyer’s remorse there.”
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
Rush Limbaugh reached a new low with his borderline anti-Semitic comments about Jews as bankers, their supposed influence on Wall Street, and how they vote.
Limbaugh’s references to Jews and money in a discussion of Massachusetts politics were offensive and inappropriate. While the age-old stereotype about Jews and money has a long and sordid history, it also remains one of the main pillars of anti-Semitism and is widely accepted by many Americans. His notion that Jews vote based on their religion, rather than on their interests as Americans, plays into the hands of anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists.
When he comes to understand why his words were so offensive and unacceptable, Limbaugh should apologize.
rush is an equal opportunity basher. he will rant about anything and everything and anyone and everyone and is a vile hypocrite sad excuse for a human being
I think Foxman and the ADL are too sensitive. if the shoe fits……………………..
Rush has been an outspoken friend of Israel for decades. Foxman is just looking to be baleidigt wherever he can. Nothing wrong with what Rush said
Hey comon ADL attention seekers, its nothing but the truth and the truth.
Sorry Foxman you are in Golus, & this man never has & never will appologize.
talk for yourself most jews love rush
Did Mr. Limbaugh criticize Pat Robertson for making precisely the kind of statements about which he expresses such concern? If so, we can accept this as an honest although possibly misguided criticism. If not, we can chalk this one up as yet another of his one sided rants.
The ADL themselves are self hating jews, we never see them screaming when peta comes down on orthodox rituals or the likes of reform and conservative movements.
the ADL should be ashamed if only it would release the entire statement made by RUSH Limbaugh so we can understand what rush was saying,
nobody is more of an Ohev Yisroel like rush who’s been advocating for jewish causes for decades
Foxman has hit an all time low. Rush Limbaugh is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish People. The problem is the ADL. Once a watchdog for real anti-semitism in the US and the World, over the past decade it has become mainly a pro-homosexual rights organization and a far left wing democratic party shill like Media Matters. The ADL and Foxman have lost their legitamacy. Sad but true. The only problem is that the ADL will now hurt the entire Jewish Community as it tars a true friend of the Jewish People. Shameful.
Unfortunately he has a huge following but he really is the biggest blowhard out there. it’s all about ratings and he definitely knows how to push peoples buttons. He was a moron, He is a moron and will always be a moron. I would use other words to describe him but I can’t use them here. P.S. i am registered republican and I still can’t stand him
Oh this ADL to stop being stupid! And make a stink about nothing!
We’re living in dangerous times, and history repeats itself. Yidden are meant
to be “low profile”, not get involved with the “authorities” (Pirkei Avos’ Al tisvada
Leroshis..don’t get close to the authorities) and wealth should not be flaunted.
Public attacks against anything and anybody that smells “antisemitism” is
have reverse reactions. We are causing antisemism and we have only
ourselves to blame.
We are in Galus, Yakov Avinu gave Olom Habo to Yisroel and
Olom Hazeh to Eisov. We must accept and make peace with the
fact that we are “guest” in this world.
Michael Savage is a bigger self hating anti semit
Looks like adl had never listEn to a rush show the reason is because when you listen to him when he says things hear the whole story not thing. That are out of context. As a long time listener to that show I can vouch for him that he is no anti-smite so pls adl stick your nose out of this
hey foxman, rush is a great friend of israel. His comment is a lot less racist then harry reid’s about President Obama, which you had no comment about. WHy? cause your a liberal hack (who should have some buyers remorse about the administration you voted and campaigned for)
Get a life!!!
There is no secret that Jews are successful financiers… so stop hiding behind your obvious success!!!
Read a great book by Rabbi Daniel Lapin: “Thou Shall Prosper – Ten Commandments to Making Money…” makes this point absolutely clear.
Don’t be ashamed!!!
Is it antisemitic to make true statements?
This whole accusation is hog wash and blatantly false. Those that listen to rush know that he is one of the most ardent of Jewish and Israel supporters. As a matter of fact he went to Israel before it became popular for the American politicians to go there. Let Abe Foxman go to the liberal American universities and hear the “venom” that comes out there every day, against Israel, Jews, the West, America, etc.
OH sorry! He doesn’t want to offend his liberal lefty friends. Get A Life Abe.
Rush is a big Ohaiv Yisroel, supports Israel and is aligned with most of Israel’s thinking and Jewish thinking, including understanding the real dangers of terrorism, Iran and the middle-east, he has a real human touch.
He is principled against mushchasim, give-away’s by the government to people that doing nothing, believes in hard work, low taxes …… and is a fantastic “performer”.
Like most frummer yidden he wants limited government and beieves that Obama is very dangerous.
Yes and Obama almost became a dictator — and it took the likes of Limbaugh to call him out and whom were proved right in the end that Obama is a bunch of Hot Air.
Obama supported the Palistinians and tried to force his radical agenda of no-building in Jewish Yerusholayim, and succeeded in a no-building plan in the West bank — and Mitchell hinted already of what the US could and would do to Israel if they dont listen to the US.
Rush you are correct if the regulations go into force against Wall street, many yidden will be harmed, even though Wall Street and Liberal, reform, and conservative jews gave big money to Obama.
Obama’s attack on Wall Street is an attack on the American way of life, which he wants to destroy.
Blloomberg even said it: the regs Obama is proposing will kill jobs in the US and particularly NY.
He accuses Rush of “His notion that Jews vote based on their religion”. Do Liberal Jews vote based on their religion, Abe? Their religion is “Liberalism”. First it was Communism, then it was Socialism, and now it is Liberalism; all three are a disease.
I too don’t understand why his words were so offensive? Can anyone explain to me how a proven friend of the Jews all of a sudden becomes an anti-Semite just because he attacked Liberal Jews?
Just because Rush Limbaugh is a Conservative, does it give you the right to spit in his face? Had he been a Liberal friend of the Jews, would you still have condemned him? Do you want to turn him into an enemy?
Shame on you Abe!
Another example of a simple-minded headline in the media forming the opinion of simple-minded people. Rush Limbaugh, for those who listen and follow him extensively, is anything but antisemitic, racist or homophobic. He supports one very simple idea – “Support yourself, don’t rely on others to do it for you”. He doesn’t care about race. He doesn’t care about religion. He doesn’t care about about orientation.
What he does, for you simple-minded people out there, is play off the media’s obsession with race, religion and orientation. He exposes the fallacy, self-deception and hate which resides in the media and the liberal left.
Although I am very convinced that Limbaugh is very much a friend of Israel as it stands for Democracy, I don’t believe he consciously supports or hates any religion in particular. Nor does he believe the stereotype of the Jewish banker dominating the financial system. The bottom line is there are plenty of Jewish bankers, and Obama is screwing ’em despite their earlier support.
The liberal jews dont care about Israel or the Yidden, they care abt their own pockeets and the Dollars they can put in their pockets and when these regulations and new laws become law of the land, these liberals will throw Obama to the dogs.
Rush Limbaugh is more pro Jewish and pro Israel than those liberal Jews who voted for Obama. He has consistently and vigorously championed Israel. His social and political views are consistent with conservative Jewish values. Shame on the ADL!
The ADL statement is borderline prejudicial. Their statement a few weeks ago about conservatives in broadcasting clearly betrays their liberal agenda. I heard the broadcast and Limbaugh was merely discussing and raving about Norman Podhoretz’s book “Why are Jews liberal?” What Fozman and his phony cohortrs did was take a couple of statements out of context and portray Rush as something he is absolutely not. He has been a frend of Malcolm Holmline (sp?), who accompanied him to Israel a few years ago. He is a keen supporter of Israel and an outspoken critic of anti-semites and liberals. This article is shamless.
c’mon, its not anti semitic to say that there is a stereotype!
Abe Foxman, whose ADL coffers are likely full of donations from Democratic Party Wall Street types, is suddenly bothered that Limbaugh stated the obvious. Sorry, Abe, you don’t get an exemption from criticism in political debate because you happen to be Jewish, especially once you’ve taken a public political stance.
ADL may criticise Limbaugh all it wants… and there is much to criticise. But Limbaugh merely mentions a perception common in the public’s mind in the wake of the Wall Street scandals of 2008 — CDOs, MBSes, asset bubbles, the derivative casino, Madoff — a perception that, regretfully, has more than a little factual traction, however much that truthiness comports or conflicts with the official ADL weltanschauung.
And frankly, I don’t think Foxman has the moral leg to criticise anybody after he gave the ADL’s Jewish imprimatur to the current Roman Pontifex Maximus who not only served in the Hitlerjugend, but was also the Church’s Grand Inquisitor, as Prefect of the infamous Roman Inquisition, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei or Holy Office. It was that criminal organisation that orchestrated and conducted the infamous kidnapping of Jewish child Edgardo Mortara.
Ridiculous. There is nothing anti-Semitic in what Limbaugh said.
This guy Foxman is just another liberal who’s blinded by obamamania. Rush is a true friend of yidden I’m a witness to this I been listening for years.
Rush is right…. there is plenty of buyers remorse when it comes to Obama.
I heard it live on the radio yesterday, there was nothing wrong with what he said, he was actualy making a very good point, it would help if the article had the full transcript of his monologue.
Limbaugh is a troubled individual with admitted drug dependency problems which might be affecting his behavior. He has become more arrogant and tone deaf to the meaning of his words. Hopefully, this will be the last straw and he will be taken off the air.
dooooo me a favor sheees – I’ll take Rush any day over most of the raboonim that I read about lately !
The Anti Defamation League has now become the Pro Defamation League by defaming a Conservative friend of the Jews. Now it is in league with all other Liberal institutions which have nothing with the Jews.
Abe, It’s better that you find another job, and stop speaking for the ADL. First you have lost touch with reality. Rush is not an anti-semite, and this is the first ploy all you nay sayers start with. I know plenty of Jews that have voted for the messiah,l and they all have buyers remorse. Read some of the posts, when he sstarts with Hamas, and some of these terrorist groups. He tries to destroy Isreal, divide Jerusalem, and will do anything in his power to effect what he deems nessecary for the Arabs to push us into the sea..
You mean that ranting and raving bigot is an ohev yisroel . Probabl;y it is your concept of ahavas yisroel otherwise he just a raging fanatic
Who cares what Foxman says.
Notice how on every single blog on every single website on the internet , 90% of the comments are conservative in view and only 10% are liberal. Out of every 30 conservative comment there is one naive liberal comment. America is a conservative country. U want liberal go to europe russia cuba or venenzuala. America and liberalism is like water and oil.
I was listing to the show and he said the truth that the stupid jews that r left wing so I don’t no y foxman who him self is a big leftist and is anti anything ortodox.
Hypocrites and cronies alike listen. If these same words were said by a certain man named Michael who also has a popular radio show, would you then defend the words. You have made an anti-semite the voice of your conscious. Shame on you all.
As a Jew i’m not insulted by Rush but i am insulted by the ADL for thinking i would be!
Rush’s statement to be sure is bizarre. On the face of it, it’s not clear what he means. But here’s what I think he’s saying:
“There are bigots out there who bash “bankers” while using the word as a code for Jews. When liberal Jews see someone bashing bankers, they become worried about anti-Semitism. Now that they see Obama attacking bankers in a manner similar to anti-Semites, they may experience buyer’s remorse.”
Nothing wrong with that, but Rush said it in a rather sloppy manner. Foxman has been sloppy too. (By the way, there are those who attack Foxman saying that he hates religion. This is nonsense. Foxman was a member of an Frum shul back in the 90s, he walked out becuase he didn’t agree with the rabbi’s anti-Oslo politics.)
Rush’s point is disturbing. Obama’s mendacious populism is dangerous. He attacks the bankers and their compensation while not taking responsibility for gov’t’s role in the mess. The banks simply respond and take advantage of laws and regulation. The gov’t must legislate and enforce (why has no-one gone to jail?) By not doing so, Obama fuels anti-Semitism.
Who soaks the ADL with money: those same Jews on Wall Street that Foxman must defend and who made the huge mistake of supporting Obama and anti-Wall Street propaganda …..
Whilst Rush Limbaugh is committed – I listen to him alot and he is always pro-israel, pro-jews, pro- our traditional beliefs, and against the anti-God Liberalism.
Limbaugh’s comment is exactly right. “International banker” has long been a code word just like “rootless cosmopolitan”. The prospect of a government-led hatefest against bankers, which is exactly what Obama is planning, is very worrying, and Limbaugh is right to point out that danger, and to suggest that liberal Jews should finally wake up and realise where antisemitism really lies – deep in the heart of the left.
Limbaugh may or may not be an anti-semite, but his comments certainly were anti-semitic, whether Limbaugh realizes it or not. I am a conservative and generaly vote Republican, but I respect Foxman and the ADL and agree with them on this issue.
Fox man is a Liberal jew and defends his freinds …. whilst Limbaugh says what he really feels daily …. and all the time he paraises Israel and understans what Israel’s neighbors are up to and would eradicate Israel in a moment in a second …. Rush understands what terrorism, Iran, Syria is all about …. And is for lower taxes … is for hard work and no giveaways to peole that do nothing …..
Adl Is a liberal origination and Obama Lover. Rush is a great American and great friend of Israel and Jews
I’m a long time listner of Rush Limbaugh, he is a great friend of Israel and REAL Jews. He has a persnal friend a frum Rabbi.
Hey Mr JDL… Limbaugh is just pointimg out who the real Anti-Semite is… That’s Obama. We both know that the BLACK Community reffers to us as Bankers & Jewlers… and Obama is on his way to bring down the Banking Industry… Limbaugh is right and Mr. Foxman is wrong
I could deal way better with Rush’s anti semitisim, then with Obama so called love for Jews