Amos, not that I am sponsoring the general views of people in Sarah Palin's church... I'm not...

But, consider this: Why can a person not "embrace Jesus and still remain true to Judaism"?

Jesus was a Jew. He was a member of the Jewish community in his own time, and he brought forth new and radical ideas which were intended to reform the Jewish church and society of the time. He was not trying to create a new religion, he was trying to reform the existing Jewish religion.

He failed because deeply conservative elements in that religion (fundamentalists of the time) were deely fearful of what he was trying to do and they had him tried and executed.

It is entirely possible to view Jesus' teachings AS the true heart of the Jewish faith if you see it that way, regardless of what the hell is the opinion of the presently ruling elders of the Jewish church.

Now, I personally know a lady who is Jewish, proud of it, and she has embraced Jesus, and she's just as liberal and modern in her outlooks as you are, Amos. She's no Christian fundamentalist. But she is a Jew and she does believe in Jesus as her personal saviour. Therefore, she is, technically, a "Jew for Jesus". I highly doubt that she shares Sarah Palin's worldview. My guess is that she would vote enthusiastically for Obama.

What are you going to do about it? ;-)