tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post21255006463831179..comments2023-10-31T12:43:06.690-04:00Comments on NishmaBlog: Mussar - The Road to the Holocaust was Paved by Demonizing the JewsNishmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237299801109329429noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-38806574158775808142018-12-22T22:15:54.837-05:002018-12-22T22:15:54.837-05:00Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“T...<b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“There is yet a third strain of the current <br />virus of anti-Semitism, this one even more <br />difficult to diagnose. <br /><br />Its danger lies in its subtlety, its pervasiveness, <br />and its acceptability at all levels of our society. <br /><br />This is a phenomenon familiar to all of us, <br />yet difficult to articulate and expose: <br />the singling out of Jewish institutions <br />and especially Israel for special scrutiny, <br />and the application of a double-standard <br />to Jewish things and persons.<br /><br />This phenomenon, which currently has no <br />accepted name, assumes a variety of forms, <br />but its most obvious manifestation is <br />the special and often gloating attention <br />paid by the media, [and] by intellectuals, <br />and by the government to any deviation <br />by Israel, no matter how trivial, <br />from the highest norms of humans rights, <br />civility, and sacrifice. <br /><br />Though Israel may be deserving of criticism, <br />what is missing is the comparable criticism <br />of equal or greater violations by other <br />countries and other groups. <br /><br />This constant, often legitimate criticism <br />of Israel for every one of it deviations, <br />when coupled with the absence of legitimate <br />criticism of others, creates the impression <br />currently prevalent on university campuses <br />and in the press that Israel is among <br />the worst rights violators in the world." <br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b><br /><br /><i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(chapter 4, page 119) <br />published in year 1991 by Little Brown & Co <br />ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374Mr. Cohenhttp://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/rambam-rejected-childless-messiah-by-mr.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-41035291836356340382018-12-22T22:12:25.470-05:002018-12-22T22:12:25.470-05:00Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“W...<b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“Why is Israel singled out for super-scrutiny <br />and double-standard criticism, expected to <br />maintain a level of moral behavior not <br />demanded of anyone else?”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(introduction chapter, page 4) published in year 1991 <br />by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 * ISBN: 0316181374<br /><br />===================================<br /><br /><b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“We need a new term to describe this phenomenon, <br />this double-standard, this super-scrutiny of <br />things Jewish, this singling out of Israel.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(chapter 4, page 121) published in year 1991 <br />by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 * ISBN: 0316181374<br /><br />===================================<br /><br /><b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“But more always seems to be demanded of <br />the Jewish nation and of the Jewish people <br />than of others. Jews, unlike other groups, <br />are expected to be in the forefront of <br />defending the rights of their sworn enemies.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(chapter 5, page 170) published in year 1991 <br />by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374<br /><br />===================================<br /><br /><b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“I refuse to bend over backward to single out <br />Israel – or other things Jewish – for super-scrutiny. <br /><br />I refuse to gloat, as so many in academia and <br />the media seem to, over Israel’s shortcomings.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(chapter 7, page 211) published in year 1991 <br />by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374<br /><br />===================================<br /><br /><b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“Critics of Israel who generally take no <br />interest in human rights or civil liberties…<br /><br />have some explaining to do as to why they <br />single out Israel for special condemnation. <br /><br />The same, of course, is true of nations <br />with abominable records on human rights, <br />who lecture and hector Israel on its <br />lack of perfection in those areas.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(chapter 7, page 212) published in year 1991 <br />by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374<br /><br />===================================<br /><br /><b>Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:</b><br /><br />“It is virtually impossible to get <br />the United Nations to condemn any <br />Arab terrorist group or state for <br />any attack on Israel or Jewish institutions. <br /><br />Yet there is an eagerness to condemn Israel, <br />whether Israel is right or wrong.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Chutzpah</i> by Alan M. Dershowitz <br />(chapter 7, page 225) published in year 1991 <br />by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374Mr. Cohenhttp://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/rambam-rejected-childless-messiah-by-mr.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-56828561962069138802013-07-18T17:26:56.921-04:002013-07-18T17:26:56.921-04:00I'm recommending that we be vigilant regarding...I'm recommending that we be vigilant regarding 2 kinds of demonizations<br /> <br />Genre #1. When there is public demonization in general, and sometimes covertly attacking Jews<br /> <br />One I've heard lately is the revival of "it's all the fault of rich bankers - such as the Rothschilds". We need not say more. This is a kind of back door "Protocols of Zion" stuff<br /> <br />2. Midarchei Mussar, we should ourselves eschew demonization as an inherently repulsive tactic. When necessary - attack evil when committed, but do out best not to "demonize" people. Hate the Sin and not the Sinner, because Demonization can lead to "Witch Hunting".<br /><br />Best Regards,<br />RRWRabbi Rich Wolpoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-40975135178626301542013-07-17T17:43:59.636-04:002013-07-17T17:43:59.636-04:00The underside of Human Rights, Social Justice and ...The underside of Human Rights, Social Justice and all forms of “equalitism” morality is that the spectrum of thought starts with concern for “the oppressed” and ends with demonization of “the oppressors”. Virtually everything is seen from that lense and not unlike all other ‘isms’, stereotypes are created, so you have you don’t just have oppressive behavior, you have labeled “oppressors”, like…. wait for it… a country labelled as "apartheid". <br /><br />As are all too familiar examples, Israel can do no right (as oppressor), suicide bombs are tragic but suicide bombers are understandable (as oppressed), any discussion about “root causes” (though we’d _never_ blame the victim... but the oppressor had it coming), anyone who says “sure the Holocaust was bad, but Jews don’t have the corner on suffering” and “don’t confuse anti-Israel with anti-semitism” (because oppressors can’t be sympathized). <br /><br />Israel is taking the brunt of the antisemitism in the world, but the dual news releases of finalizing the ban of ritual slaughter in Poland and the EU essentially economically boycotting Jews should give us pause. If there was no Israel right now, we would have much _more_ of putting restrictions on circumcision (Germany), or ritual slaughter (Poland) since they _oppress_ the poor baby/cow. If there was no Israel right now, there would be more curtailing religious expression in public, most noticeably under the guise of separation of church and state, the idea of which has been reduced to "all religion is oppressive and needs to be kept out of the public relm" (Quebec).<br /><br />As proof of this, consider "organized religion" vs "organized labour". Why does the former connote a negative, and the latter positive?<br /><br />It should also not be a surprise that our brethren are the first to try to distance themselves from the unenlightened “Old World”. If we change this or that ("shelo asani isha", "equality" at the Wall), we’ll be accepted by the world. We’ve seen this cycle before, pretty recently. “Never Again”? Hardly, and coming to a democratic, "progressive" nation near you. <br />TKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314914268727443114.post-62364438384582182502013-07-17T16:46:11.105-04:002013-07-17T16:46:11.105-04:00It's all cultural.
Modern Germans didn't i...It's all cultural.<br />Modern Germans didn't inherently hate Jews but were great students so when the Nazis, y"sh, taught them to be Jew-haters they learned efficiently.<br />The Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, etc. inherently hated Jews but were afraid of the consequences of mass murdering them. But the Germans showed them there were no consequences.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttp://garnelironheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com