anti-Semitism of Republican presidential candidates: but won't cause a stir because they are pro-Israel

"It was an event with a heavily Jewish audience but no Jewish speakers, and there were plenty of attempts by the candidates to telegraph their affinity for the religion. Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio, recalling his mother’s advice: “If you want to look for a really good friend, get somebody who’s Jewish.” Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina: “I may have the first all-Jewish cabinet.” Senator Ted Cruz of Texas: “We are facing a moment like Munich in 1938.”... In an attempt at humor, he brought up the stereotype of Jewish people as hard-nosed negotiators. “Is there anyone that doesn’t renegotiate deals in this room?” he said as he was outlining how he would drive a hard bargain with America’s adversaries. Then he answered his own question. “Perhaps more than any room I’ve ever spoken to.”  That line drew some hearty laughs. But three times, he came back to the subject of money. “Stupidly, you want to give money,” he said. “Trump doesn’t want money.”  Ari Fleischer, a board member with the Republican Jewish Coalition and George W. Bush’s former press secretary, said Mr. Trump seemed to be implying “the only thing you guys in this audience want is to own a candidate.”"