The National Jewish Democratic Council, an organization promoting the candidacy of John F. Kerry among Jews, has created a vile cartoon advertisement which finds "humor" in a stereotypical Jewish grandmother wielding her handbag as a weapon to attack Republicans, and even portrays Vice President Cheney being decapitated.

So egregious is the ad that the Anti—Defamation League's Abraham Foxman has protested it. 

'I'm saddened, disappointed and offended,' said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti—Defamation League. 'It pits Christians against Jews, it uses stereotypes we should know better about projecting.'

Here is a press account of the contents of the ad:

In the ad, Bubbie breaks into GOP headquarters and confronts a pantheon of Bush administration officials, including top political adviser Karl Rove, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney, with questions about rising Medicare costs, the Iraq war and alleged coddling of the Saudi royal family.

When they equivocate, out comes Bubbie's lethal handbag.

Rove is seen delivering orders to the faithful from a pulpit marked with a crucifix. All the Republicans are clad in red cassocks except for President Bush, who is wearing boxer shorts and a T—shirt and reading 'My Pet Goat.'

Two Jewish Republicans, Undersecretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and top neo—conservative Richard Perle, tell Bubbie, 'Hey we're one of you' and break into what resembles a hora.

'I'm so ashamed,' Bubbie replies in a strong Yiddish accent, before pounding them with the handbag.

You can view the ad yourself here.

Hat tip: Richard

Thomas Lifson   10 13 04