tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post8720570991757968975..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: JudenstaatreinYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-81876271360811942762009-02-23T22:37:00.000+02:002009-02-23T22:37:00.000+02:00Yaacov,Anti-Semitism began with Pharaoh, at the be...Yaacov,<BR/><BR/>Anti-Semitism began with Pharaoh, at the beginning of our existence as a collected people, and it has plagued our history. It is almost as if our existence causes the world to make a choice: Jews or no Jews.<BR/><BR/>The State of Israel came into existence in the face of anti-Semitism, and it's plausible that only reaction to what WWII wrought on the world made it possible for the establishment of the State. It's reasonable to think that the world of anti-Semitism has been trying to undo that decision since Israel's inception, and today we're merely seeing the sophistication of that anti-Semitism.<BR/><BR/>I offer this comment. That an organization like the ICCA exists says something, but that Jews are now prominent in the so-called 'new anti-Semitism' also says something. What their significance is I don't know, but while I am wise enough to be concerned I am also intelligent enough to be perplexed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525873508507417115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-149966868519271252009-02-23T21:24:00.000+02:002009-02-23T21:24:00.000+02:00Cynthia Ozick, in the November, 1974 issue of Esqu...Cynthia Ozick, in the November, 1974 issue of Esquire magazine, wrote a famous essay called "All The World Wants The Jews Dead." She was called an alarmist, but in light of recent events, maybe she was just a bit premature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com