Batter Up!
Posted on 10/26/2014 10:50:20 AM PDT by Nachum
Originally published by the Jerusalem Post.
The decision by the most prestigious opera house in America to produce an opera that mainstreams Jew-hatred and anti-Jewish terrorism is a great victory for elitist anti-Semitism. In the world of elite anti-Semitism, Jews are told that truth is but a narrative. Jewish history and rights have no more merit – indeed less merit – than the lies of Jew-haters. And if Jews dare to object to the propagation of lies against them, they open themselves to the easy accusation that they seek to stifle free speech.
The goal of elitist anti-Semitism is to erode the right of Jews to have and promote Jewish rights and interests. This is done by demonizing those who defend Jewish rights and advance Jewish interests, while elevating and romanticizing the lives and largely false narratives of those who seek to destroy Israel.
The Met’s singular contribution to the cause of elitist anti-Semitism is the prestige its production of The Death of Klinghoffer confers on the cause.
Another dam has been breached. Another safe zone has become a no-go zone.
On the other hand, at the end of the day, as bad as elitist anti-Semitism is, over the past decade or so, American Jews have developed tools to deal with it.
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I’ll hold my breath for the Mets’ production of “Birth Of A Nation”.
Batter Up!
Shame on Mrs. Klinghoffer for allowing her late husband to be used for this and shameshameshame on the Met for staging it.
Disgusting.
I don’t understand the reference. Could you explain? And what is the significance of the cylindrical pendant around his neck? I ask because I have one of those, but didn’t know it had any symbolic significance.
This has been performed for over 20 years-—why the furor now?
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He is the Bear Jew, from the movie Inglourious Basterds, who beat up Nazis with his baseball bat.
Ah. Thank you.
It’s been met with protests a number of times in the past too. This might be a little bigger story because it’s the Met Opera instead of the Brooklyn Academy or in San Fransicko.
At least they aren’t showing it in the movie theaters,live, as they do the opera.
Those Met operas draw sizable crowds.
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