Last Shabbat I delivered a d'var torah in which I claimed Obama's "Yes We Can" as a Jewish slogan. I stated that I was shamelessly taking it back from him. To my conservative members and friends, that probably sounded like typical Reform liberalism - overidentification with Democratic politics. It turns out that I am not alone.
Rabbi Reuven Hammer, a reknowned scholar of the Conservative Movement, just published a commentary in the Jerusalem Post doing the very same thing. Citing Herzl, Hatikvah, Genesis and Zechariah, Rabbi Hammer concludes "Yes We Can" is Jewish.
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