Another Example of Philo-Semitism Gone Hideously Haywire

From the NYT story on amateur composer Orrin Hatch's atrocious new Hanukkah song:

“Anything I can do for the Jewish people, I will do,” Mr. Hatch said in an interview before heading to the Senate floor to debate an abortion amendment. “Mormons believe the Jewish people are the chosen people, just like the Old Testament says.”