Posted on 05/11/2010 2:46:53 AM PDT by iowamark
Anthony Julius has written a strong, somber book on an appalling subject: the long squalor of Jew-hatred in a supposedly enlightened, humane, liberal society. My first, personal, reflection is to give thanks that my own father, who migrated from Odessa, Russia, to London, had the sense, after sojourning there, to continue on to New York City.
...Julius is well prepared for the immensity of his task... authentic enough to stand against the English literary and academic establishment, which essentially opposes the right of the state of Israel to exist, while indulging in the humbuggery that its anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism...
“Trials of the Diaspora” takes its title from its final epigraph, Philip Roth’s pungent observation in his still undervalued novel “Operation Shylock”:
“In the modern world, the Jew has perpetually been on trial; still today the Jew is on trial, in the person of the Israeli — and this modern trial of the Jew, this trial which never ends, begins with the trial of Shylock.”...
To protest the policies of the Israeli government actually can be regarded as true philo-Semitism, but to disallow the existence of the Jewish state is another matter. Of the nearly 200 recognized nation-states in the world today, something like at least half are more reprehensible than even the worst aspects of Israel’s policy toward the Palestinians. A curious blindness informs the shifting standards of current English anti-Zionism.
I admire Julius for the level tone with which he discusses this sanctimonious intelligentsia, who really will not rest until Israel is destroyed.
I end by wondering at the extraordinary moral strength of Anthony Julius. He concludes by observing: “Anti-Semitism is a sewer.” As he has shown, the genteel and self-righteous “new anti-Semitism” of so many English academic and literary contemporaries emanates from that immemorial stench.
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Europe’s getting scary. They have a lot of islamics now to push them on anti-Jew stuff already.. Plus the socialism bill is coming due, and someone’s gonna be a scapegoat. You know how that’s always gone.
Many vocal Jewish leaders hate Israel main backers and anti-semite groups, such as Spielberg, Babs and even Anti Deformation former President Edger Brofman.
You get what you chose.
It's Jew-envy, not Jew-hatred, and England is diseased with envy on all levels, it's not just the Jews. Envy is the motivation behind leftism, including leftist Jews attempting envy deflection. Shame is the most effective counter-attack against envy, but it needs to be brought upon the perpetrators. Envy has to be fought holistically, not at the special interest level.
I think you mean Anti-Defamation, don't you? Yes, I know it's nitpicking...
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I don’t envy the Jews I’m rather attached to my foreskin and love bacon rolls.
“I don’t envy the Jews I’m rather attached to my foreskin and love bacon rolls.”
LOL!!! That’s a great response!
On another note, I’ve watched videos of two Christian preachers (American, Protestant) this week - one referred to “The Protocols” every few minutes, the Illuminati, Freemasons, the Rothschilds and the Satanic Jewish plot to take over the world. The second went right straight to pointing out drawings of “Jews murdering Gentile children and drinking their blood” and on to expound on his belief that Jews are the spawn of Satan.
Now I see a lot of posts from people condemning Jews for not embracing Conservatism. These comments do not make us feel particularly welcome. I always want to say, “Remove the log from your own eye...” AND THEN you might see a change in Jewish attitudes towards Conservatives.
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The Jewish Question: British Anti-Semitism
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I remember a British officer saying soon after WWII (in so many words):
“Actually anti-Semitism was quite fashionable in England. Then that
Hitler fellow came along and rather over-did it.”
No offence but Jewish intelligence is a bit of a sterotype, no doubting there are and have been intelligent jews but at the same time there have been many that are far Einstein material.
For the record I’ve nothing against jews, I don’t think I’ve ever met that many to be honest.
There was antisemitism in upper class pre ww2 Britain. But much less if little amongst the working class and middle class. And remember the British people have always rejected extremes, be it Oswald Mosley then or the BNP now.
If you or someone in your family needs a doctor for emergency brain or open heart surgery, this stereotype is a useful starting point. The evolutionary purpose of stereotypes is to keep you alive, mainly in situations when you have to make a decision in seconds with incomplete information.
I’m assuming you live in the hinterlands... otherwise you might have noticed in most cosmpolitan areas, the jewish people have reached the highest pinnacle of every sort of endeavour.
The BNP is openly at least less antisemitic than the left. (Not a fan of them, where I a limey, I’d vote UKIP)
Well hopefully I’ll never need emergency brain surgery but if I ever do the doctor is more likely to be Indian than jewish.
Not sure I’d describe Edinburgh, Scotland as the hinterlands but I just dont’t think we have a very large jewish population in this city. Malcolm Rifkind who used to be a MP and cabinet member is the only high profile one I can think of.
Brain surgery is not the right time to go with the discount low bidder. Most Indians are imported because they are cheap, not because they are especially good. With 1.2 billion people, India is bound to produce some great brain surgeon exports, but what are their contributions to the field of neurology as compared to the much smaller population of Jews?
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