Ben Smith has a useful round-up of the dust-up. Money quote:
"What it showed is that there’s no place for that kind of hostility to America’s closest friend and most loyal ally," said a top official at a major Jewish organization who had worked against the choice.
Why is that innocuous quote not on the record? Again:
Jewish and pro-Israel organizations largely decided not to make the fight against Freeman a public crusade, though they were the first, and fiercest, Freeman opponents and made their views known privately. "The vast majority of the Jewish community [were] very careful not to make this a Jewish community issue," said a top official at one major pro-Israel organization.
Why could this debate not be had in the open?
The Dish 