J Street Conference: I found the one-man protest. And he’s a retired federal judge.

Herbert Grossman, retired federal judge, is stationed outside the convention center. His sign says, “J STREET: Quislings, Kapos, Appeasars, the New JUDENRAT.” I was surprised to find that there’s only the one. And that he’s a retired federal judge. I was not surprised to find that he’s a tad crotchety.

Retired federal judge Herbert Grossman
Retired federal judge Herbert Grossman

Q: What are you doing here today?

Grossman: I’m here to let people know that these Jews are selling out their own people.
Q: What are they doing that sells out other Jews?

Grossman: Well, first you have to understand who the people at J Street at. They’re Jews who believe the false stereotypes. They believe them and they think that they’re not like those Jews and the can blame the other Jews for everything.

Q: So when you hear J Street talking, what you hear is one-sided, directing all blame at other Jews?

Grossan: [Notice his avoidance of the question. He just wants to tell me what he wants to tell me. Which is fine.] They want to say that they’re not like other Jews. They say they’re humanitarians, they’re altruists, but they’re really like that. They’re more like non-Jews, really.

Between each of his sentences there’s one or two logical steps missing.

Another highlight from my chat with Grossman: “They’re taking on the characteristics of the Ghetto Jew.”

Not one to generalize, Grossman added, “They side with the Arabs who are the most  intolerant people in the world and they just try to kill people who are different from them.”

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