Is this anti-semitism?

every rosenbaum article reads exactly like this one. pissy, long, and full of pompous references to himself and how smart he is.

http://m.forward.com/articles/162511

I would answer in the affirmative, in regards to the thread title.

ok, just checking

i know we've got a thread for circumcision somewhere (or did we discuss those bizarro anti-circumcision comics here?): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/europe/circumcision-debate-in-europe-reflects-deeper-tensions.html

ppl obsessed w/ banning circumcision are among humanity's greatest weirdos imho.

unrelated to the Germany ban, but i have a Jewish media colleague who is obsessed w/ preventing male circumcision (i think bc he feels sexually deficient, maybe, due to his own?) - he is also very active in the 'men rights' movement. i think they're connected!

that's definitely a type, but i know plenty of liberal women who are against it too on secular individualist grounds. giles fraser, ex-canon @ st paul's, got a roasting after his article decrying the german court ruling against child circumcision; feels like the euro left is not keen on it in general

(or did we discuss those bizarro anti-circumcision comics here?):

Is this anti-semitism?

fwiw that german judge's ruling got basically no coverage in germany. i think he's kind of the equivalent of that birther sheriff in arizona, i.e. kinda lol, kinda sad. only a concern in a "poisoning the well" sense, not a practical one.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083174/Dubai-gym-slammed-using-Nazi-death-camp-Auschwitz-promote-weight-loss.html

arbeit macht sw0le

almost as strange as the thought that someone actually thought that ad was a good idea is that there are people who that concept actually appeals to. Massochists, I guess?

Anger: The Circuit Factory in Dubai sparked outrage with this insensitive advert using Auschwitz, where millions of Jews were starved or gassed to death, to promote weight loss

^ helpful and informative appositive phrase, tyvm daily mail

At least there were commas.

respect

Occupy Wall Street just posted this on their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=434443503290296&set=a.217603604974288.57691.217514361649879&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/530806_434443503290296_172246698_n.jpg

leaning yes on this one

arguable

jesus christ

poor Romeny

i argued from the beginning of OWS that it wasn't anti-semitic and that any anti-semitism came from ppl that did not speak for the entire movement - that some anti-semitism was a consequence of having such a non-hierarchical organizational structure and that we should tolerate the few crazies bc the greater purpose is important.

and actually caught flack in my community bc of that argument!

well it's not surprising that you would catch flak from your community for that comment tbh

flak*, thx. and not surprising but i went out on a limb for OWS, so this kind of thing makes me feel like a - idk - useful idiot.

friend of mine on fb:

http://i46.tinypic.com/2dj0y11.png

yeah was gonna say, this is the "real" OWS page https://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt

I'm relieved that it's not an official OWS account, but I remember seeing anti-semitic messages in the mix at Occupy London. It's always been there on the fringes - an inevitable side-effect of a broad-based, non-hierarchical movement.

I guess that's supposed to be the dome of the rock mosque? Reference to status of Jerusalem?

ohh it is. i thought it was the US capitol!

i can't figure out if its ironic for me to be Gargamel for halloween since he was basically "a Jew"

ha

Regular Gargamel or Sexy Gargamel?

http://www.rp.pl/artykul/948550.html

translation: http://tinyurl.com/c5j9s7t

Steve Bell in the Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/27/hungarian-rightwinger-call-survey-jews

Yeah that one doesn't really need the question mark.

WHAT THE FUCK HUNGARY YOU DIDN'T KILL ENOUGH OF US ALREADY????

zydki on sale from hala mirowska (warsaw):

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/432276_10101534573783639_1325961062_n.jpg

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guWyiarF7Ahem2pqnlP61ATrZ6nA?docId=CNG.1f5230b87c34eb7ef95150ba96d4cfb3.941

i have no clue what to make of that except that jyllands posten is well known for a right-wing anti-muslim pro-israel paper. would be interested in reading more actual reporting on the rise of anti-semitism in denmark in scandinavia

yes me too esp cuz i would hesitate calling a protest outside the israeli embassy an "anti-semitic incident"

i know that sweden has seen a big rise in far-right nationalist political parties, generally anti-immigrant i would guess also anti-semitic (though maybe also pro-israel? you can never tell with these jokers)

ya its all a depressing clusterfuck

“We have had a Zionist-controlled Hollywood, a Zionist-controlled news media that is the conduit to all of this violence...this imagery into every home in America, and so you wonder why there is a culture of violence? It is because it comes from the Jews in Hollywood. That is where the conduit of violence comes from,” Phoenix-based Mike Harris said on Tuesday.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/12/19/279024/zionists-create-culture-of-violence-in-us/

The guy who blamed Sandy Hook on the Mossad ^

The comments are a joy:

I've read most of the story behind the slayings at Newtown.There is a deliberate attempt to hide what really went wrong to warrant the murder of the younglings.The zionist would stop at nothing to kill and defile anything that does not favour them.Now, as part of a calculated evil mischief,they want to deprive Americans the right to own and keep arms for self defence.This is because they want to punish America for the losses suffered by Israel at the 8 days false flag war on Gaza and the "loss of face" at the UN General Assembly.These people are definitely evil.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/12/polands-past?fsrc=rss

"younglings," ugh, as a Star Wars fan I apologize for this

yeah as i read that all i cld think was SECURITY HOLOGRAM

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/01/05/13/hitler-statue-holocaust-site-stirs-controversy

Hmm:

Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said he was consulted on the installation's placement ahead of time and did not oppose it because he saw value in the artist's attempt to try to raise moral questions by provoking viewers.

He said he was reassured by curators who told him there was no intention of rehabilitating Hitler but rather of showing that evil can present itself in the guise of a "sweet praying child."

"I felt there could be educational value to it," said Schudrich, who also wrote an introduction to the exhibition's catalogue in which he says art can "force us to face the evil of the world."

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/01/05/13/hitler-statue-holocaust-site-stirs-controversy

Seems to be the same Rabbi.