Some Jewish Supporters Defend Rev. Hagee's Holocaust Remarks

While John McCain has publicly distanced himself from Rev. John Hagee over Hagee’s remarks about the Holocaust (see prior posting), according to today's Washington Times some Jewish supporters of Hagee have come to his defense. Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, an Orthodox rabbi from San Antonio, said that Hagee "interpreted a biblical verse in a way not very different from several legitimate Jewish authorities…. Viewing Hitler as acting completely outside of God's plan is to suggest that God was powerless to stop the Holocaust, a position quite unacceptable to any religious Jew or Christian." And David Brog, the Jewish executive director of Hagee’s Christians United for Israel, said: "This is a legitimate effort to grapple with the age-old question of why God allows evil in the world."