Hammerman’s Tebow bigotry should earn him a pink slip

Am I taking a pretty hard line on this? Probably, but I fail to see how this sort of conduct can be tolerated, not just in the modern world, but especially in the context of modern Judaism. To put my cards on the table, I’m a non-Jewish practitioner of Messianic Judaism, which I’m sure Rabbi Hammerman would consider to be an illegitimate and threatening missionary force, but actually I spend quite a lot of breath haranguing missionary groups for trying to make Jews into Christians — and because of my practices, most of the non-Jewish world lumps me in with him rather than Tebow. In fact, I’ve personally suffered from anti-Semitism at the hands of evangelicals (an extremely rare and uncharacteristic act, by the way). So, while Hammerman might consider this to be a reaction from the people he’s criticizing, nothing could be further from the truth. I’m not mad at him because I’m on the other side of the fence — I’m embarrassed and ashamed by how his comments reflect on my own faith.

Adam Brickley was the founder of the website “Draft Sarah Palin for Vice President.” He has contributed to Race42012.com, The Weekly Standard’s blog and Conservatives4Palin.com. His personal blog is AdamBrickley.net.