"God Hates Jews and Obama"
How 'Christian' of them... Where I grew up - Baptists were the predominant denomination... ... and they wonder why I left to live in NYC as soon as I was financially independent? by E.B. SOLOMONT Members of the extremist Westboro Baptist Church, known for its anti-gay and anti-Semitic rhetoric, protested in front of several Jewish institutions in New York on Tuesday. A handful of protestors from the Kansas-based church turned out, toting signs that read "God Hates Jews" and "God Hates Obama." With plans to protest in front of the Jewish Historical Society, Drisha Institute, and others, they arrived mid-morning at Temple Shearith Israel on the Upper West Side. From there, they went to the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, the site of another protest by Westboro members around two weeks ago. In an email to the community, JCC Executive Director Rabbi Joy Levitt urged visitors to calmly enter the building to avoid incident. Citing the JCC's beefed up se...