https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/03/28/obamas-churchs-racist-newsletter-taking-the-bloomberg-off-the-rose/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 18:49:24 -0400<![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t long ago (yesterday) that Michael Bloomberg was being hyped as the answer to Obama&#8217;s Jewish problem, but I think the problem goes a lot deeper than floating the self-promoting NY Mayor for a running mate. It now seems Obama&#8217;s church has been sending out the most old-fashioned anti-Semitic canards in their newsletter, including the nonsense we have been hearing for years about Israel being an &#8220;apartheid state&#8221; (shades of the Durban conference). And this was published by the church in June 2007, doubtlessly arriving Chez Obama in the midst of his campaign. (Do his children read the newsletter?) Barack didn&#8217;t say anything about it until now. Of course you could just call this all &#8220;free speech,&#8221; but if such racist bilge came out of any organization I was a member of, I&#8217;d be resigning post haste&#8230; and this man is running for POTUS.]]>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:59:51 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2008/03/28/obamas-churchs-racist-newsletter-taking-the-bloomberg-off-the-rose-n215474