This from a beloved brother and friend:
I got the DVD, "Obsession," in the mail and in a newspaper from the group that is responsible for making these films. They were distributed only in "battleground" states with no effort - THEY said - to influence the election. My first though is this is from some fundamentalist christian pro-Israel group. It is actually from a Rabbi named Raphael Shore. See below. This is all partisan anti-Muslim rhetoric designed to scare people into voting for McPalin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-o..._b_125969.html
Raphael Shore is an Israeli-Canadian film writer, producer, and Rabbi employed full time by Aish HaTorah.[1][2] He is the founder of The Clarion Fund, a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the idea that the United States faces a threat of radical Islam. Shore is also a regular critic of the media coverage on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, coverage which he alleges is regularly anti-Israel. [3]
Shore's documentary about radical Islam, Obsession, became a controversial part of the 2008 presidential campaign when he distributed copies of it to 28 million voters in U.S. swing states in an apparent attempt to convince them of the dangers of Islamic terror in the run-up to the election. [4] Shore has declined to reveal who funded both the production of the film or dissemination of the DVDs. [5]
Shore is currently a full-time employee of Aish HaTorah[6], an Orthodox organization devoted to promoting Jewish learning, and has collaborated with its sub-organization, HonestReporting, a pro-Israel media watchdog site.
Shore wrote and produced the documentary films Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East and Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.
Raphael Shore is the twin brother of Ephraim Shore, the former head of HonestReporting.[7]
The information above would need to be further vetted to be accepted at face value. The typical event has occurred. He says, she says, he says, she says. Somewhere you will need to make your own decisions.