“At one point while he was explaining to a largely Jewish audience how much he really likes Israel, evangelical Christian and 2000 presidential hopeful Gary Bauer deftly demonstrated his total goyishness when his kippah fell off his head. ‘Excuse me, I’m not used to this,’ he said as he bent to retrieve it, gathering appreciative laughs from the crowd.

“At the invitation of a congregation member (but at his own expense), Bauer recently made an appearance earlier this month at the Beth Sholom synagogue in the Philadelphia suburbs to explain why Jews and Christians (and, just perhaps, Jews and conservatives) should enjoy closer ties, given their common interest in the perpetuation of Israel.”