We have no idea who Bruce Baker is, nor do we know a great deal about the Broomfield Enterprise — the neighborhood newspaper which recently published a letter to the editor by Baker — but we do know propaganda when we see it.

Baker’s letter, entitled “Holocaust happening now in Israel,” was published in the Enterprise on Feb. 18. A copy of the paper ended up on the driveway of a Jewish resident of Broomfield — a person who happens to be a Holocaust survivor — who then, understandably upset, called the article to our attention.

Baker’s letter strives to make the case that the Jewish Holocaust of WW II is now being repeated in Israel, except this time the perpetrators are Israelis and the victims are Palestinians.

Readers may wonder why the funeral of Rabbi Menachem Porush was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (Feb. 23). Here’s our take:

Menachem Porush was a living slice of an old Jerusalem style that is now almost extinct. He overflowed with emotion and reflected the passion that one associates with the Holy City, the cynosure of the presence of G-d on earth. His public speeches were white-hot, his access to metaphors seemingly inexhaustible, his command of the Jewish sermonic literature (midrash and aggadah) impressive. Most of all, it was the volcanic power of his own inner feelings that mesmerized his audiences.