"he" won me over with the Mad Libs!..."pick an adjective fer vile or horrible" "pick an'nuther synonymous with schmendrake!" an' so on... which is apt b/c Leonard Stern (Mad Libs co-inventor) produced Mel Brooks' "Get Smart" (among many hilarious projects) which leads us to Brooks an'.... perhaps the funniest jooish comedy routine in the last 2000 years! (surely an inspiration, no?)
This little essay is cluttered with ads, but in it, Melanie Phillips reprises and expands the argument she makes in her book The World Turned Upside Down, in which she attributes Jew hatred mostly to hatred of the Hebrew Bible and/or specifically the Law of Moses
Hi, Alan. Great blog entry as always. But I have to say, I cannot abide the phrase "Jew hatred." Among other things, it's ambiguous about whether its hatred toward Jews or hatred by Jews. Can we call it what it is? ANTI-Jew hatred. Seems like antisemitism is a perfectly good word but if the reason that we can't use it is that there are semitic people other than Jews, then maybe we need a new word altogether -- antiyehudism perhaps?
Hi N... I thought the meaning of "Jew hatred" was clear in context, but I get your point. Not sure if "anti-Jew hatred" -- the hatred of people who are anti-Jew -- solves the problem. I'll keep thinking! (Hope all is well.)
"he" won me over with the Mad Libs!..."pick an adjective fer vile or horrible" "pick an'nuther synonymous with schmendrake!" an' so on... which is apt b/c Leonard Stern (Mad Libs co-inventor) produced Mel Brooks' "Get Smart" (among many hilarious projects) which leads us to Brooks an'.... perhaps the funniest jooish comedy routine in the last 2000 years! (surely an inspiration, no?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7wDpBRqjo
Meantimes I like the 57 varieties of reasons ta hate us -- I'm SURE that's da short list!
This little essay is cluttered with ads, but in it, Melanie Phillips reprises and expands the argument she makes in her book The World Turned Upside Down, in which she attributes Jew hatred mostly to hatred of the Hebrew Bible and/or specifically the Law of Moses
https://www.melaniephillips.com/secularism-and-religion-the-onslaught-against-the-wests-moral-codes/
"What is the one common thread connecting all the different forms of Jew hatred?"
Does this really need to be explained? Again??
For centuries the Jews have been hoarding all of the world's hottest hippie chicks, an unacceptable crime against hu-MAN-ity.
RELEASE HER NOW!!!!!
Looking forward to it. Nice photos! Annoying cliffhanger!!
Hi, Alan. Great blog entry as always. But I have to say, I cannot abide the phrase "Jew hatred." Among other things, it's ambiguous about whether its hatred toward Jews or hatred by Jews. Can we call it what it is? ANTI-Jew hatred. Seems like antisemitism is a perfectly good word but if the reason that we can't use it is that there are semitic people other than Jews, then maybe we need a new word altogether -- antiyehudism perhaps?
Hi N... I thought the meaning of "Jew hatred" was clear in context, but I get your point. Not sure if "anti-Jew hatred" -- the hatred of people who are anti-Jew -- solves the problem. I'll keep thinking! (Hope all is well.)