The mainstream media, blogosphere, and Jewish mothers alike (mine specifically) have been up in arms over Louis Farrakhan's endorsement of Barack Obama.  This frenzy began with Richard Cohen's WaPo Op-Ed last month.  Cohen stated that Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ (to which Obama and his family belong), runs a church-related magazine that gave Louis Farrakhan an award last year.  

Though Obama has both rejected and denounced Farrakhan's support time and time again, this storyline has still snowballed.  It's not surprising that FOX News has taken this thread and gone hog-wild, given their propensity to spread smear.  What is frightening, however, is how some members of the Jewish community have fallen for this neocon ploy to paint Obama as an enemy of Israel.   Even Danny Ayalon, the recently retired Israeli Ambassador, has questioned Obama's plans for dealing with Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Earlier this week, Obama set the record straight when he met with 100 members from Cleveland's Jewish community.