Posted on 05/26/2010 11:22:40 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
The few serious contributions by socialist writers towards understanding Jews and Jewish history are normally entitled The Jewish Question (Abram Leon's book) or The Jewish Problem (Isaac Deutcher's essay on 'The Russian Revolution and the Jewish Problem'). Also, reactionary writings on this subject have similar titles—for instance Marx's article and Sack's book on The Jewish Question. What is really at issue here is a non-Jewish problem. It is a non-Jewish problem every time a Jew on the Left comes out as Jewish and is immediately requested—with grave suspicion by the person making the request—to give their position on ... zionism. No questions are ever asked, either on a personal or a political level, about other aspects of Jewish identity or Jewish culture, or anything that might conceivably be positive about being Jewish. Every single contemporary quotation referred to in this book originates either in articles by the Left on zionism, or alternatively in articles by the Left responding to criticism of anti-semitism by Jewish socialists.
Non-Jews have an independent responsibility to face up to the power of anti-semitism in all its aspects—including anti-semitism within the Left. It should not always be up to Jews to take the initiative. The tragedy is that much of the socialist tradition, far from being a liberating force, is actually part of the problem.
It is unfortunately true that many of the criticisms made in this pamphlet can be made of the Left in all its activities—and not just in relation to Jews....
(Excerpt) Read more at engageonline.org.uk ...
From what I know the Torah emphasizes hard work, personal responsibility and private property so it’s clear why anti-capitalist socialists and anarchists would hate those who follow the Torah (Jews). Your guess is as good as mine.
Yehuda, what other reasons would you give for why socialists (esp. socialism’s philosophers) would hate Jews and Judaism so much? I’m not too familiar with the Torah or Talmud but I know if all the early socialists and today’s socialists and leftists hate Jews the way they do there must be a reason. What do you think?
I’ve read the Torah and see no place where it is one of the foundations of capitalism. On the contrary, it condemns usury, without specifying what exactly that constitutes.
So now that the whole world is up in arms about Israel defending itself from the Hamas-al-qaeda terror flotilla all the leftists and socialists are out bashing Israel again. But looking at their history what reason would anyone have to think differently?
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