Meanwhile, the National Jewish Democratic Council has criticized Palin as being a “poor choice” to be vice president. The group described Palin to be “totally out of step with Jewish public opinion.” Just weeks before McCain tapped her to be his running mate, the executive director of Jews for Jesus, David Brickner, spoke at Palin’s church and blamed Middle East violence in part on Israeli Jews who didn’t accept Jesus. A spokesperson for McCain said that Palin attended the sermon but that she did not share his views.