At the end of the 19th century, Theodore Herzl and Max Nordau realized that Jews had no future in Europe. They understood that enlightenment and emancipation hadn’t put an end to Jew-hatred, and progressive politics wouldn’t either. Europe, they saw, gave the Jewish people two options: total assimilation or death (and later history showed that even assimilation wouldn’t save them).
The catastrophe that actually befell the Jews of Europe was more severe than Herzl had imagined in his worst nightmares. The Jewish state that he inspired ultimately came to be, as he accurately predicted, but unfortunately it happened too late to save most of the European Jews.
You can blame the British or the Arabs, and they certainly did their best to hold it back, but the main reason the state was not declared until 1948 was that so many Jews were unsure, diffident, afraid of provoking more Jew-hatred, or of the opinion that “something could be worked out” with the gentile world. For example, the influential British Jew Edwin Samuel Montagu,opposed the Balfour Declaration and was responsible for weakening its language.
American Jews have had an ambiguous relationship with Zionism. The Reform Movement was anti-Zionist from its beginnings until the 1930s (and even today their position — although they claim to be “pro-Israel” — is, in my opinion, not constructive). But liberal American Jews since 1945 are convinced that their position is secure and that they don’t need the protection of a foreign country that seems, well, foreign, to them and that is at odds with their popular president.
Now it appears that the Jews of Europe (this time there are fewer of them) are in trouble again. I don’t think we can entirely blame the Muslims, either. Just as Hitler would not have been able to carry out his program without the cooperation of large segments of the non-Nazi European population, so today European Jew-hatred is not confined to Muslim immigrants, although they may be responsible for its most violent manifestations.
We can divide Jew-hatred into two kinds: that of the mob, which is violent and infused with crudely false beliefs, and that of the elites, which is more sophisticated and better hidden. While they would never explicitly encourage the mob, the elites see its anti-Jewish behavior as a result of Jewish actions and (especially today) the actions and policies of the Jewish nation-state. They believe that they can understand Arab and Muslim violence against Jews because, after all, everyone knows that Israel is viciously oppressing the “powerless, indigenous Palestinian people.” So mob behavior tends to be tolerated, or at least not effectively suppressed.
It’s important to note that official statistics about “anti-Semitism” — such as ADL surveys — are biased against Jew-hatred that expresses itself primarily as hatred of the Jewish state. Young people especially are very sensitized to avoid expressions of traditional prejudice against individual Jews, and will not respond to poll questions designed to elicit such attitudes. Studies of attitudes toward Israel, on the other hand, show increasing degrees of irrational hatred.
However, the fact that Jew-hatred is expressed primarily as Israel-hatred does not imply that antipathy to individual Jews doesn’t exist. It is simply that the verbal expression — or even self-awareness — of these feelings has become taboo. So although it is often said that traditional Jew-hatred has mutated into Israel-hatred, “the new antisemitism,” I think it’s more correct to say that we express the same ugly impulses differently.
A 2009 study confirms the hidden nature of much anti-Jewish feeling, due to the social opprobrium associated with admitting bias. It showed as well that Jew-hatred and opposition to Israel are closely related, with an increase in one causing an increase in the other. Although clearly it is possible to be opposed to Israel without hating Jews, the extreme and irrational nature of the Israel-hatred prevalent on the American Left implies that this is unlikely to be the case.
Many diseases have incubation periods during which a pathogen reproduces inside particular organs without causing noticeable symptoms, and then suddenly bursts out as a systemic infection with tragic consequences for the patient. In America today, the virus of Jew-hatred is incubating in the universities, where a cadre of activists — including many teachers — employ powerful opinion molding techniques, especially including academic, social and physical intimidation, to indoctrinate students with a worldview in which Israel and Zionists play the role of the devil.
In American universities today, the mob rules, with the direct support of the academic elites. Administrators often behave with striking cowardice, even while their cherished ideals of free inquiry, open debate and respect for others are trampled.
A leader of the anti-Israel campaign is “Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP),” founded at Berkeley in 2001, coinciding with the beginning of the Second Intifada. According to Wikipedia,there were more than 80 chapters by 2010. Activism against Israel existed before that, but SJP has combined a Middle-Eastern disdain for truth and democratic norms with Berkeley-style confrontational politics. Along with the almost universal anti-Israel slant in the center-left media, it’s been remarkably effective at creating a generation of young people who vehemently oppose the continued existence of a Jewish state. These students will soon become the opinion-leaders, politicians, bureaucrats and executives of America.
Somewhat arbitrarily, I take 2001 as the start of the incubation period of the Jew-hatred virus. And I think that in the last few years, we’ve seen the beginning of the breakout phase. One indication is the way anti-Jewish and anti-Israel themes appear in almost every protest movement or demonstration, like the ‘Occupy’ movement and now even the protests against alleged police racism that began in Ferguson, Missouri.
Does this suggest that the position of American Jews will become more precarious in the near future, like that of European Jews? I think the answer is yes — especially if the social and economic decline that characterizes the US in recent decades continues, and violent expressions of Jew-hatred become more common, as they have in Europe. This means that American Jews, like the Europeans of the 1890s and today, will soon find themselves considering possible solutions to the “Jewish Question.”
Some will certainly take the tack of assimilation. This seems to be the direction that will appeal to liberal Jews. But will they be prepared to totally discard all vestiges of Jewish identity? And even if they do, will it protect them against discrimination (or worse)?
Will some of them move in the direction of an increased Zionism, either to actually consider aliyah or simply to align themselves with the Jewish state? Or will they, like Lord Montagu, become even more anti-Zionist in the (mistaken) opinion that this will make them immune to the depredations of the Jew-haters?
Tune in again in 5-10 years to find out.
@ honeybee:
I agree. My two chili de arbol bushes died during our home renovation work. I have seeds to replant indoors for now. I also got from Jack an Habanero pod with seeds to also plant. A few days ago I made the mistake of touching it to dust under it and then absent minded touched my lips. I remembered immediately!
G.d willing next spring I should have a fair crop of habaneros and hot New Mexican chili peppers. Perhaps even some new chili de arbol pods.
I intend to mix a batch of that origin. Got gloves, exhaust fan, mask, stainless containers…
Yamit mentioned “skoog”. He is right on about that deadly mixture. Only few I know, mostly Yemen Jews can possibly eat that. The green “skoog” is not for humans.
The municipality, while they were renovating the secluded park within out group of homes, by error cut down my four papaya trees then full of fruits. I used papayas to mix with the hottest mixtures to tame them a bit.
They committed a crime as it is forbidden here to cut down fruit tress w/o special dispensation from the owners and the KKL. They agreed to replant four year old papaya trees next year under court order. Until then I will hold the ready sauces inside a bank vault and shields… 🙂
yamit82 Said:
Not when it come to los comidos de Mexico !!!!!!!!!! Only adulteration !!!
@ honeybee:
True I am no expert in chilli nuances and differences I did know they have sweet chilli peppers too.
Did it ever occur to you that native vegetables and fruits can be improved upon in different soils and climates and by the know-how of others????
The Chinese and Indians are not coming to Israel for help and know-how for no good reason…..
@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
Not cowing although we have much to cow about but an inner faith that in the end somehow it will all be put right.
You know as well as I we have never had good leaders but here and there one comes a long at the right time for a specific reason and task and that is I believe the best we can hope for. History is never Linear but always takes many horizontal detours intil we get to where we need to be…..
That does not mean we should leave all to providence we should always seek to do our share and carry our end of the burden.
@ yamit82:
O you of little knowledge !!!!!!!!!!! Anaheims are not hot the are soul satisfying and tasty. I don’t like “hot” chili. All chilies originated in the Americans. As did tomatoes, corn and chocolate.
@ honeybee:
I think Sam can verify that our Israli chili peppers are as hot as any green or red….A kurdish friend of mine used to make homemade skuug )ground a hot chilli peppers into a condiment) You ain’t ever tasted hot till you tasted this!!! 😛
SHmuel HaLevi 2 Said:
You Sir are suffering from a lack of Green Chili. Make some green chili , from Hatch,NM Anaheims chilis, and smother your Lakas. Delisiosos. Some oof the best Green chili I have had is made with chicken not pork.
Dichas of Deborah: ” A day without green chili is like a day without Sunshine”.
Together we can make this a reality.
It is Our dream is to bring desert cattle, Texas Longhorn home to Israel.
It is Our dream is to improve Israel’s environment.
It is Our dream is to reduce the amount of beef cattle used.
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It is Our dream is to reduce the amount of cattle feed used.
It is Our dream is to reduce the amount of cattle losses.
It is Our dream is to produce the same amount of meat.
It is Our dream is to improve meat quality.
It is Our dream is to lower the cost of meat.
It is Our dream is to stop the attacks on Israeli ranches.
It is Our dream is to help Israel’s ranchers make a profit for the first time for many of them.
It is Our dream is to teach Israeli’s how to work with Texas Longhorn cattle humanely and respectfully.
To turn this dream into a reality we need $275,000 or $250 from 1100 generous supporters to start the project.
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@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
Glad to see you around SHmuel HaLevi. LECHAIM!
@ yamit82: I know Yamit. I am terribly concerned from what I sense is a fatal flaw in our ways and means. Foreboding. We cannot continue to cow. Simply we must change that NOW!
@ honeybee:
Todah HB! Yes! That is a great movie and show. Probably one the finest ever.
I try in my old age to live in reality for my sake and the sake or my people, friends and family. In spite of my hard nosed views and plans, at my age when most people rock on nice chairs, I am fighting to build additions to our apartment and planning BBQ’s, meetings with many friends and family. In that order.
What I do among the people is meant to give all our people the open option to live a life where the cossacks do not dance in our joys or come to raze our villages later… Either our own internal cossacks or them and the foreign ones.
To that end we must change totally our outlook on life.
Foremost, change our way of selecting and operating our collective government away from the “machers”, money changers, self appointed elites. And foremost away from unJews, snitches, capos, Judenrat.
We will reach that point if we do not let the tides cover us.
Lechaim!
@ honeybee:
Thank you honeybee for the wonderful video. Great movie and great Broadway show. To LIFE !
@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
@ yamit82:
Here, a little ditty for you “Gloomy Gusses “:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9J4RsUwMh4
yamit82 Said:
Oh sorry forgot to shower !!!!!!!!!!!
@ honeybee:
Do I detect some petulance here????? 😉
@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
You know I don’t disagree with you only your fatalistic projections.
yamit82 Said:
If you say so, Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
honeybee Said:
honeybee Said:
Not very wise on her part… She is going to get guys killed for political posturing she isn’t the first but the consequences can be fatal all the same…..
Jewish forward Don’t think they have a big enough readership
to influence anything now that the new republic is belly up they seek to become the New standard bearer of the Jewish left.
yamit82 Said:
I always do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yamit82 Said:
@ yamit82:
Sure, that was then and if escaping the Holocaust is a show of viability, what can I say. We will not survive this one if we continue to make of comparative history our sole defense.
Israel must master the art of hating the enemy to its destruction, not of negotiating and peace pretending.
The enemy must fear deeply having us going after them.
Right now, they taunt us w.o stop and some are laughing their derrieres off about us. And no, one stunt hit against Syria is not it.
Those marchers against our village today should not have been ever allowed to get anywhere close to the soldiers.
Not tear gas but live bullets for effect.
But I am a softy so what do I know… 🙂
@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
Overly dramatic assertion even bombastic.
We survived Pharaoh Stalin and Hitler!!!!!!
@ yamit82:
Sorry Yamit, I cannot find a reply of yours regarding my warning that either we elect real leaders or we are done…
Not only I said that but here it goes again. Unless if we settle into the reality we face and act, we are done.
The fix is in. Netanyahu was “summoned” to Europe right now. The administration will directly assault us.
I have absolutely no faith on the miserable leadership and very little I expect from the voters.
honeybee Said:
You win!!!! 🙁
yamit82 Said:
Another foolish assumption, Sugar.
honeybee Said:
honeybee Said:
People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.
Yes!!!!!
yamit82 Said:
Who says I ain’t Darlin !!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you what they say about those who make assumptions ?????
Did you really expect the ” last word”, Sugar???????????
@ honeybee:
@ honeybee:
Every incident is by itself an isolated incident you have to look at the big picture and that is that antisemetic incidents are viral all over the States, Canada and especially in Europe…The link I supplied lists all reported incidents and many are not reported and collected.
It could become a serious problem and it might not but If I were a Jew in America I would not assume it won’t.
yamit82 Said:
The KKK recruiting, with candies and fliers. What a joke I remember the good ol’days in the East Texas when the Klan didn’t have to “recruit”.
What kind of candy??????????
The incidents you site for 2014 are East Coast Ivy League colleges. Don’t wear out Google !!!!!!!!!!
@ yamit82</a
From NY to Texas, KKK recruits with candies and fliers
Antisemitic incidents Nov 2014
yamit82 Said:
Another college town.
yamit82 Said:
The residents were shocked, so these type of incident is unusual, to say the lest.
@ honeybee:
Jewish community center vandalized with antisemitic, anti-Israel graffiti
http://antisemitism.org.il/article/90902/jewish-community-center-vandalized-antisemitic-anti-israel-graffiti
Source: Daily newsen
Boulder, CO – The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is investigating antisemitic and anti-Israel graffiti that was identified at the Boulder Jewish Community Center on Wednesday.
According to an e mail from the JCC, located at 3800 Kalmia Ave., a staff member identified the graffiti on JCC house and called the sheriff’s office. The incident remains below investigation.
The sheriff’s workplace has improved patrols in the area, but officials think the graffiti is an isolated incident and do not believe there is any danger or threat to the neighborhood center.
yamit82 Said:
San Marcos is a college town!!! Friday night drunks, big deal. What does insensitive mean????? I like to see the graffiti . Most people can’t even paint a proper swastika even when they are sober.
honeybee Said:
The two coasts contain the most Jews and they generally lives in clusters so they are easily identified and available.
Basically they are whoever the Jew haters deem to be a Jew.
There have in the past 10 years or so few Jewish cemetaries that have not been vandalized in America. Hate graffiti has been found in the Midwest and even in Texas.
Hate crime shocks apartment residents
Source: kxan
San Marcos, Texas – San Marcos police are hunting for graffiti artists who drew antisemitic, satanic and racist symbols inside an apartment complex.
Residents at the Sanctuary Lofts Apartments, several blocks from Texas State University, emailed us when they found things like swastikas and racially insensitive terms written on floors and walls Saturday morning.
robin@longhornproject.org Said:
Shoot, shovel, shut-up. If I had the chose of using an unregistered gun or being killed [ like the members of the Crown Heights Synagogue], I’ll choose the consequences.
In that case what do I do with the body. A 22 cal.high power should be enough.
yamit82 Said:
Loath as I am to take you on, what Amer Jews and where ??????????
yamit82 Said:
What Amer. Jews and where East/West coast or us in the Mid-west or West ???????????
robin@longhornproject.org Said:
If you get a permit you might as well not have a gun.!!!!!!!!!!!! They know where you live, Darlin.
I going to try to get a gun permit
Max Said:
The Jews in America are counting on American institutional protection, something the Jews in Europe didn’t have.
Yidvocate Said:
It’s worse because the Jews in the 1930’s had no reference points yet to their situation. The Jews today have the 1930’s and 40’s as a ref point and it doesn’t seem to resonate with them.
9/14/14, San Francisco is Anti Semite City. Sunday this was my fifth attack in 30 days in San Francisco for being an Israeli and a Jew and on the Israel Longhorn Project. First attack was by an Arab, second and third anti Semite Americans. My Israel flag ripped off my truck twice with extreme violence. The last one was damage to my truck by self-righteous Christians. Help me get back to Israel so I will be safe http://longhornproject.org
Have you caught up with the expanding phenomenon?
Jews are being assaulted in numbers, the most recent at Bet Habad in NY.
Remarkably in this case again the murderous attack was defined by the police as a case of a psychologically affected person attacking.
My problem is that it seems that most if not all “psychologically affected” persons ONLY attack Jews. Never a Muslim or a Christian.
I wonder how that works?
SJP and the other orgs like this are in fact terrorist organizations and should be treated as such by the government.
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Correspondingly there is a huge increase in the number of home grown Islamic terrorists in both the US and Canada.
The Islamic immigration has reached a tipping point.
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The news media has now adopted the phrase “Radicalized Muslim” but in fact every Muslim that chooses Islam over Western Democracy is “radicalized”. – That includes JSL. the boycott orgs and all street demonstrators against Israel in North America.
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The government continues to lie through the media but it is obvious the lie is beginning to wear thin.
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The serpents are within and they are now biting. It has just started and going to get much much worse until the nation and the public gets wise.
Shalom, I am very tired asking Jews to help with this.
Please share with your community.
The Israel Longhorn project has been a great struggle for us over the past years. Israel has been under attack and even more so today. We wish to thank those who are unafraid and have courage to standup for Israel. The project and I have been attacked many times and once I even came close to great harm and possible losing my life.
The attacks on Israeli ranches and their passive European cattle still continue until today without stop. I received word that Hashomer HaHaash (a ranch guard organization) under Yoel was able to expand and help defend even more Israeli ranches. That only solves one part of this large problem.
We have to bring Texas Longhorn embryos to Israel. Embryo transfer has a normal loss rate of 25% to 35%. We cannot just bring just one embryo; we must bring enough embryos to compensate for the normal loss rate. Which would be 50 to 175 embryos, 175 will make us self-stainable in 5 years; 50 embryos will make us self-stainable in 7 to 8 years. I can get the embryos to Israel within a week to ten days. Once the project is self-stainable we will expand to helping both Jordan and East Africa.
Our purpose is to help improve Israel’s environment by reducing the amount of European cattle on Israeli Ranches and replacing them with fewer but more effective crossbred or purebred desert Texas Longhorn cattle. This will allow us to use less land, less feed and less water necessary for raising cattle, while producing the same amount of beef. It lowers costs and raises profits.
You want the Red Heifer? He came from the multi colored desert cattle, the Texas Longhorn who were the only cattle documented in Israel at that time and that would have been a miracle. You want to repeat that miracle? Help bring the Texas Longhorn cattle to Israel.
Despite our great efforts we have only raise a very small amount. I need your help to help us reach our goal of $275,000 to start the project. A nominal donation of $250 from 1100 generous supporters will do that. So please help and spread the word. I cannot do this alone.
Robin Rosenblatt M.Sc. Hebrew University, School of Agriculture
The Longhorn Project
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What’s American Jew? Some off the shelf, mass produced substance? Either a Jew is one according to the master standards in the Torah or he or she ain’t one.
Now, last time I checked the Torah did not come with waivers for editorial changes. It’s a basic, take it or leave law system and historical records compact.
The way they show, the substance called American Jews, those part of that mix, are goners.
The Orthodox and sectors of the modern religious are still viable. The rest for all practical purposes ceased to exist as Jews.
Problem is…
What to do with the later turning feral and planning harm to the former and us. And they do that systematically.
I have my own ideas about that and each of us will have to reach his or her own stands as well.
The unJews are deadly enemies and as such I refer to them.
“Good Jews don’t support Israel”, this was a newspaper headline in England. It could put their lives in danger on the streets of England. In America it is true for different reason. Many America Rabbi’s and Jews have divided minds, half of it supports Israel and other half supports the Palestinians. My question? Supporting Palestinians to do what? Kill more Jews, Israelis or their Arab brothers?
American Jews who love their children unconditionally. Love Israel conditionally only if Israel does and behaves, as they want. If Israel violates one of those imposed conditions these Jews turn to helping the Palestinians who want to kill every Israeli and Jew.
If you love Israel unconditionally you won’t abandon and betray Israel as many of you have done.
If you stand up for yourselves and Israel you will be respected. If you don’t you will be seen as weak and disrespected and Anti Semitism increases.
That means you support Israel no matter which Government is in control.
The catalyst for American Jewry will be the point at which something must be done about Iran. Israel will have to “start” the war and will be roundly condemned, no matter its outcome. The well-organized anti-Israel elements will take that Iranian event as a signal to unload on American Jews and their institutions. The American government’s responses to these attacks will determine the future of the Jewish community in the US. If it defines the matter as legal in nature, each event will be referred to the court system and no systemic response will be forthcoming. Unless the immigration of Muslims is addressed as a security matter, there will be no hope for Jews as a community. As the Ukrainians were brought to America by Nixon after World War II to counter the influx of refugee Jews, Obama has accelerated the immigration of Muslims to counter Jewish influence. Individual Jews or families may survive, but their institutions will not; nor their influence; nor their toleration.
@ Yidvocate:
Mercy. Right!
For at least 15 years our group and mainly myself have been pointing out to our people that Jews could not remain aloof to the growing evidence of impending terrible dangers. Yet, Jews and unJews alike continued to either select or elect the same type of “leadership” as we always chose and performing as we always did. Except that now we idiotically chanted “NEVER AGAIN”…
No self defense training, no proactive intelligence gathering, no arming and principally, never extracting vengeance from those that murdered and maimed us, stole from us, etc.
The definition of INSANITY described by A. Einstein fits to the hilt to us. We keep on doing the same things that failed, expecting different results.
There is no time left to write essays, analyze, pontificate, hide, “negotiate”, beg…
Select LEADERS that the enemy fear. Not Rambo types. Solid, low key but credible persons.
Arm yourselves and train to use self defense weapons for massive effect. Let the enemy live in fear.
Prepare to destroy the said enemies, Be them anyone in any way showing intent to harm our people and rights.
WHEN anyone of ours is harmed, the reaction must be massive and terrible.
Remove ourselves from mortal enemies organizations. All of them.
Expel from our midst members of said organizations and their operatives.
No more time to fiddle.
Once again some on the East/ West coast give a limited opinion. I live in the middle of the States and have not experienced any such ant-Semitism.
Truly frightening! It’s deja vu of the 1930’s all over again. G-d have mercy!