‘THE LAST ACCEPTABLE PREJUDICE’

Jewish World Review ^ | July 28, 2003 / 28 Tamuz, 5763 | Suzanne Fields

[yonif]

The "new" anti-Semitism is as virulent as ever, but it's often easy for Americans — Christian and Jew alike — not to notice.

Christians and Jews get along here. Evangelical Christians have become some of the best friends Jews have, and, for their part, most Jews are not as suspicious of Evangelical motives as they once were. Since the anti-Semites abroad regard America as the great Satan and Israel the little Satan, we all feel equal-opportunity hate.

[yonif]

[Alouette]

recalling how Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to a student who attacked Zionism: "When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking anti-Semitism."

What she "recalled" is an urban legend. Martin Luther King, although a supporter of Israel, never wrote the "Anti-Zionism=Anti-Semitism" essay attributed to him.

[TSgt]

Sadly, I do see a rise in anti-Semitism.

Just another sign...

[Mr. Mojo]

Noam Chomsky, whose anti-Israel and anti-American books are best sellers on campus, catalogs the imperfections of American and Israeli democracies but forgives the total lack of democracy in Islamic countries.

He forgives them because deep down he doesn't expect anything from them. Although you'll never get leftists (like Chomsky) to admit it, this is one of the main reasons they're harsh on America and Israel and let atrocities in third-world nations slide --- they're racist to the core.

[fish hawk]

I'm writing this as I feel this post will be read be a lot of Jewish people or at least people that know a lot about them.

I dont know a lot of Jews but the handful that I do know are all Liberal Democrats. What is it that pulls them over to that side? The Christians , like myself, that love and care for them are almost always Conservative Republicans. Am I wrong in this? Maybe I just dont know enough Jewish people to get the whole picture. Our God is One.

[twinzmommy]

Jewish Republican. . .or Independant as the case may be . . .but definately not *liberal*

[kimosabe31]

I agree with practically everything in the article except the title... ‘THE LAST ACCEPTABLE PREJUDICE’. The Serbs of eastern europe have suffered grievously at the hands of duplicitous west, the vatican and their islamic terrorist "tools". Furthermore, Israel and the American jews, almost without exception, supported the clinton/NATO anti-Serb "pogroms" of the 90's as "humantarian" intervention. They seem to forget their own history when it comes supporting "politically correct" notions like annihilating the Orthodox Christian population of eastern europe. The universal prejudice practiced against the historical peoples of the Balkans ranks with anything the jews have experienced.

[William Terrell]

The rest of the article. . .

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As a feminist, she's particularly outraged that many feminists have muted their criticism of Islamist misogyny, or how others are oblivious to their own self-interests. What could be more ludicrous, she asks, than to see grown men marching against Zionism behind a banner proclaiming "Queers for Palestine." Queer, indeed. If these men lived in an Islamic culture they would be harassed — or worse. Much worse.

Some of the enemies she identifies are familiar. Noam Chomsky, whose anti-Israel and anti-American books are best sellers on campus, catalogs the imperfections of American and Israeli democracies but forgives the total lack of democracy in Islamic countries. Edward Said, the "prestigious" professor of literature at Columbia University, compares the Palestinians under Israeli rule to the plight of the European Jews under the Third Reich.

What has emerged in the past decade is how the new anti-Semitism has become politically and psychologically respectable among western intellectual elites: "The American and European Left have made a marriage in hell with their Islamic terrorist counterparts."

The new anti-Semitism drips into the mainstream with surprising ease. Since she went to print, a popular columnist in The Observer, one of the most popular of Britain's liberal papers, piously announced that he would no longer even read letters to the editor about anti-Semitism if they were signed with Jewish names.

The Chicago Tribune, with several newspapers following its lead, only recently ran a particularly nasty political cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with a stereotypical hooked nose and the Jewish star sewn on his jacket, staring down with pleasure as President Bush satisfies his greed by paving "the roadmap to peace" with dollar bills. (The Tribune apologized for failing to recognize the anti-Semitic slurs.)

The Belgian affiliate of Oxfam International, organized to fight poverty, posted a cartoon on its Web site depicting a slice of orange dripping with blood-red juice: "Israeli fruit tastes bitter. Say no to the occupation of Palestine. Don't buy any fruit from Israel." The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization," protested on its Web site with a reproduction of a Nazi poster from April 1933: "Germans! Protect yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!"

The new anti-Semitism passes unnoticed among those who should know better. Writes Phyllis Chesler: "In a politically correct, multicultural world, anti-Semitism is the last acceptable prejudice."

Even in America, the land of the free and the home of the bravest.

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Along with prejudice against Christianity, firearms, constitutionalists, marriage, white men, husbands of all colors and conservatism.

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM

[Abe Froman]

I have just as hard a time believing this as I do the constant wailings of the black leadership. When the president of NBC is Jewish it is hard to argue that America hates Jews. I like Jews, and I think they're talented, hard-working, focused people. But oppressed? Not in America. The rest of the world, maybe, but don't sit there and blame the United States, which is the most Jew-friendly state on the face of the earth save for Israel.

In reality, the last acceptable prejudice is against Christians who actually believe and act like Christians.

[Maurkov]

Labeling dissent as racism (or treason) is dangerous. How does one criticize Israeli politics or policy without being dismissed and reviled as anti-Semitic?

[rmlew]

1. Base the criticism on actions rather than the existancce of Israel.
2. Do not ignore the terrorist actions of the Arabs.
3. Don't hark to conspiracies or use claims of dual loyalty.
Otherwise, you can say almost anything.

[tictoc]

Furthermore, Israel and the American jews, almost without exception, supported the clinton/NATO anti-Serb "pogroms" of the 90's as "humantarian" intervention

The Israeli government never expressed an official position with respect to NATO's war against Serbia. Now, you can argue that they should have come out in support of the Serbs, but your claim is unsupported by the record.

[StolarStorm]

I'm getting concerned about the rapidly increasing amount of racism/religionism present in the Jewish community against non jews. Its a problem that is not being addressed in the media or on this forum.

[Stu Cohen]

>I like Jews, and I think they're talented, hard-working, >focused people.

This is an odd statement.

It is somehow considered less bigoted to stereoptype people in the positive than to stereotype them in the negative?

Wouldn't you like or dislike individuals irrespective of their race or religion?

[Stu Cohen]

To follow up, may I ask which group(s) you dislike?

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm beginning to detect a pattern here....

[Cyber Liberty]

Dang....recalibrate your hypersensitivity there.

[Stu Cohen]

>Dang....recalibrate your hypersensitivity there.

Elaborate?