"One Of The Most Philo-Semitic Speeches By An American President." Chemi Shalev

++You would never know but President Obama spoke at the Holocaust Museum during the a commemoration. Go to White House. gov to read this very moving speech that touches on the Holocaust and the scourge of anti-semiticism today. You would never know the President of the United States said these  words if you look up the Times of Israel. 

++Chemi Shalev of the left-leaning Haaretz managed to get a column in on the occasion and naturally, for the hometown it was headlined "Obama won't let Netanyahu get in the way of defending Israel."

++Obama's speech spanned the Righteous who were honored today for rescuing Jewish children and defending Jewish-American soldiers from execution by the Nazis to the resurgence of anti-semiticism from Europe to Kansas. He eloquently wove Jewish religious traditions with his own impressions of touring the concentration camps. He went into greater depth into how his grandfather just stayed in the attic  and didn't speak for six months after returning from WWII after "liberating" one of the camps and seeing the carnage there.

++It is hard to imagine another American President speak this way. A fine speech buried away as a footnote. And yes, Ambassador Dermer was there.