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1. Don't Wait 'Till Hanakuh To Cop That Obama-Kah - Global Grind: Politricks on 05 Sep 2007 at 12:10 pm

   [...] supporters show Obama some love in style.Read More at Racialicious  Published Sep 05 2007, 01:15 PM by kwright Filed under: jewishobamasupporters, [...]

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1. Blanky wrote:

   Have one already.

   Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 12:09 pm ¶

2. hadji wrote:

   i’m not jewish but coming from Chicago with a very prominent Jewish community, I’ve always seen Yarmulkes as fairly sacred garb, traditional at least.

   Even when i worked in new york, i never noticed anything beyond yarmulkes in different colors and fabrics. Tho, i do remember a few years back, maybe ‘99 being around 101st, I think and seeing this kid rocking a black yarmulke with a big white Nike swoosh on the back. he must’ve been middle school aged.

   thought it was odd, but nobody was giving him two looks about it besides me, so i figured i was the odd one.

   as a Christian, i hate this sort of thing more and more because i only see politicians showing up in black churches once every 4 years playing catch-the-holy-ghost for photo-ops then you don’t see ‘em again till they need something or wanna hide something.

   Besides,

   Why should someone whose proud of their faith profess their allegiance to a politician when politicians are too ashamed of what they believe in to do the same?

   Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 12:12 pm ¶

3. Jack D. wrote:

   I’m still looking for rosary beads that repeatedly spell out OBAMA’s name, one letter to a bead. We should all be seeking opportunities to inject political activism into spirituality — Thinking of God? Remember to vote!

   (That’s sarcasm, by the way. I find the idea offensive.)

   Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 4:05 pm ¶

4. Anu wrote:

   I think its a tad sacrilegious, but then again its politics right?

   however If I was a Jewish person and saw one of these theres a good chance it might turn me off to Obama instead of making me want to vote for him.

   Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 4:25 pm ¶

5. Mike wrote:

   I don’t like the idea of the politicos getting in bed with any religion, Black Church, Jews, Moromons, Muslims or what ever because if you win you have to march to the beat of their drum and your going to wind up alienating somebody.

   Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 8:03 pm ¶

6. ilana wrote:

   I think this is exploitive, embarrassing, and frankly, more than a little stupid. Obama doesn’t need to be reduced to a kipah with a cute name to get press, nor should the Jewish community be supportive of this kind of gimmick. I do support Obama, and am Jewish, but regardless of these facts, I think the whole thing is embarrassing.

   Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 8:10 am ¶

7. ilana wrote:

   In addition, I feel strongly that the United States should keep a strict “separation of church and state” olicy, whether the “church” in question is exactly that, or a synagogue, temple, or mosque.

   Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 8:11 am ¶

8. ilana wrote:

   *policy. sorry.

   Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 8:12 am ¶

9. Roni wrote:

   I’d worry if these came directly from the Obama campaign, it would come off like they were encouraging politicizing religious spaces.

   However, if supporters want to stamp their candidate of choice on their religious gear and raise money by selling it to others that want to do the same, more power to ‘em. Whether or not it’s sacrilegious is really up to the wearer and their spiritual leaders.

   Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 8:19 am ¶

10. dnA wrote:

    Jews tend to have a sense of humor about being Jewish. In Israel, I saw yarmulkes that had pictures of pikachu from pokemon and at least one that said “bill clinton.”

    A yarmulke isn’t a cross. The only way I would find this genuinely offensive is if a Rabbi wore one during a service. Otherwise, they’re in keeping with a long tradition of personally expressive yarmulkes.

    Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 9:33 am ¶

11. egypt4 wrote:

    Wow, it’s interesting how many non-Jews are so confident of how Jewish men should or should not express their religion or politics. If Jews are making these for other Jews, what do you care?

    This non-Jew thinks it’s pretty funny.

    Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 10:21 am ¶

12. ccch wrote:

    I won’t. I’m for Clinton, the female one.

    Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 10:26 am ¶

13. dnA wrote:

    Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I’m Jewish.

    Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 5:36 pm ¶

14. hadji wrote:

    it’s only interesting to me as a Christian because there is no real garb that christians wear as an expression of faith that can be co-opted like this. I mean, there’s a crucifix, but that’s involves so many demoninations…

    I guess i could carve up a little gold cross with Go OBAMA 2008, but who’d see it, unless i got a really big one? And then I don’t think they’d say: “there goes an Obama supporter…” they’d probably say, “there goes a brotha with a Christ complex.”

    fun thing about a yarmulke, is because of its physical design it sorta lends it self to potential co-option, hence the debate. that’s all.

    guess they were out of Hanes beefy tees…

    Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 7:40 pm ¶

15. bdsista wrote:

    I’m christian, but I want one!!! It’s really cute!

    Posted 06 Sep 2007 at 2:57 pm ¶