Jewish group slams Polish religious rite as anti-Semitic

Middle East Times ^ | April 27, 2006

[Cinnamon Girl]

[dfwgator]

I've just seen on Polish TV some idiot from Wiesenthal Cetre complaining and asking something like "do you see today any Jews with such long beards?"

Here's one such Jew who immediately comes to mind.

[SJackson]

I never seen headgear like that. Are those horns?

[Cinnamon Girl]

How dare you. Didn't you read the posts-- there are no anti-semites in Poland.

[AppyPappy]

Who do they think was at the Crucifixion? Bulgarians?

[Cinnamon Girl]

I don't think Jews with stars and horns on their heads were there, if that's what you mean. And also I don't really want to get into a debate about the crucifixion because that is religious doctrine for Christians, not me.

[AppyPappy]

The Sadducees and Pharisees were very deliberate about their ceremonial "costumes". We just don't have photos of them.

[lizol]

Which post does say, that there are no anti-Semites in Poland?

[NYer]

I've just seen on Polish TV some idiot from Wiesenthal Cetre complaining and asking something like "do you see today any Jews with such long beards?"

FLASHBACK - 2004

Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center declared that The Passion had "already unleashed a wave of anti-Semitism in the United States." He told Reuters that his "Jewish human rights organization" had already received dozens of hate calls and letters prompted by the film.

Crucifying Mel Gibson

Since they couldn't complain bout the film this year, they picked a Passion Play in Poland. Look for a repeat of this mantra in 2010 when the famous Oberammergau Passion Play is performed. According to their web site, February 2009: No more hair and beard-cut will be allowed ("Haar- und Barterlass") . They also subscribe to authenticity.

[Thorin]

>>>>>Since they couldn't complain bout the film this year, they picked a Passion Play in Poland. Look for a repeat of this mantra in 2010 when the famous Oberammergau Passion Play is performed

You are exactly right!

Why does anyone pay any attention at all to the hate-mongers at the Simon Wiesenthal Center?

[SJackson]

The Sadducees and Pharisees were very deliberate about their ceremonial "costumes". We just don't have photos of them.

There's a long European tradition of associating Jews with the devil and Judiasm with devil worship, frequently allied with various blood libels. Horns on Jews in Passion Plays are nothing new, I believe Oberammergau kept the tradition up until the 1980s. IMO to think this represents some insight into the dress of the time rather than the millenia long canard of Jews as devil worshippers is naive.

[SJackson]

I'm not sure what's going on here. The article doesn't really give enough information.

The depiction is in post 21 and 31. It was left out of the article.

[AppyPappy]

Actually, my first thought was the wings of the cherubim over the Ark as the reached out to each other.

[ZULU]

Not much if that's all.

[ZULU]

That's hideous.

This is certainly not "history" - it IS anti-Semitic.

[ZULU]

Its obviously anti-Semitic.

It seemed that something was missing. Portraying Jews as devils is certainly anti-Semitic and this a racist stereotype.

Who produced this, Herr Goebbles??

[SJackson]

Just a move back to traditional values.

[gadrael]

"I don't think Jews with stars and horns on their heads were there"

Roman legionists on these pictures look like a caricature of firemans, but this is not a problem for fire-fighters nor Italians (i hope). I think some peoples are too testy...

[Ronaldus Magnus]

In the early middle ages, a distinctive feature of Jewish dress was the pointed or a funnel shaped hat worn by Jewish men throughout northern and western Europe. Its use was so widespread that by the twelfth century, the hat had become a Jewish symbol, proudly displayed on Hebrew manuscripts, medieval seals, and coats of arms.
(Image from A History of Jewish Costume)