Re: British Jews under attack


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On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:55:41 +0000 (UTC), "Henry Goodman"
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Jewish life in Europe HAS NO FUTURE. What I can't understand
is
that
how so many Jews, AFTER THE HOLOCAUST, in which the entire
continent of Europe decided to let the Germans get rid of the
Jews
for
them, thought they could make a go of it again, in spite of
the
all
the
evidence
that they are not wanted there (yes, I am including Britain
in
this
even
though the Germans didn't get that far).

What is your evidence for this? My impression is that in the
large
centres in England and France, Jewish is life is stronger than
it
has
ever been. It is also reviving in the former Soviet Union.

Indeed Henry. In spite of the very real antisemitism that exists
in
Europe and the UK, I've always had the impression that Jews
enjoyed
a
degree of inclusiveness as British subjects and participants in
political life that we haven't experienced in other places, the
US
included.


Well, we had a Jewish Prime Minister (Disraeli) back in the 19th
century and you haven't had a Jewish President yet.

How "Jewish" was he? He was a baptized Anglican. That he was
*still*
considered Jews by his fellow Anglicans speaks much of the British
antisemitism you're trying to deny.

Meanwhile we have had Jewish cabinet officiails, Jewish Supreme
Court
justices (two at the present time!), and prominent Jews in both the
Senate
and the House.

During the Thatcher administration we had a Jewish Chancellor (Nigel
Lawson) and Foreign Minister (Malcolm Rifkind). Not bad for a
community numbering less than 1% of the population.

That's nothing to be proud of. It's like when Ari Fleischer was Bush's
press secretary. I'm ashamed any Jew would associate with his lawless and
repressive administration.


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