This is not an easy essay to read. It does not, in any way, diminish Jeffrey Epstein's despicable crimes — but it does reveal how others interpret them.
There is an ugly Substack site called https://covidsteria.substack.com/ that regularly posts antisemetic stuff with a particular focus on the conspiracy theory that Epstein controls the USA. Another site, on YouTube, called Fleccas Talks, promotes the same conspiracy theory and is also openly anti-Jewish. There are undoubtedly many more but these are two I encountered by chance. I like some of the conservative-sounding things they had to share, but not the anti-Israel garbage and I left comments saying so. Apparently, Russian dark money is funding some sites to promote this absurd variation on the old Zionist conspiracy theory in order to promote American isolationism and to divide conservatives. And it has worked to create so-called "America First" rhetoric against US support for Israel and against the Iran war and also against President Trump for waging this war. Its main function, however is to divide Americans to show the Russian public that democracy doesn't work. Communist China and Iran also engage in asymmetric war and ideological subversion in the West, with the eager help of stupid people who amplify their message on social media. We're all familiar with Tucker Carlson but there are many others less well known who spread this libel. A few must be paid by foreign powers to do it, but many just want a convenient scapegoat and Jews and Israel serve that purpose for them. They end up being useful idiots for Islamists. Theologian Rene Girard said that scapegoating unites enemies, serving a perverse social function. In this case, it united Islamists, Leftists and groypers. The Epstein conspiracy theory is spread by them even though there is no evidence to support the contention that he worked for Mossad. Epstein served only himself.
There was a 2020 trial around Los Angeles against a Jewish woman named Rebecca Grossman. She was characterized by the media in hyper-judgmental terms. The media moralized that she was a "socialite," "an adulteress," a "felon." In 2020 she was convicted of a hit-and-run killing of two young brothers who were Jordanian. She was having an affair and while driving killed these two kids. She was guilty of the hit-and-run, but would the media have demonized her to this extent if she wasn't Jewish and the victims weren't Jordanian? This is antisemitic California, and she is currently sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. California has made excuses to let off stone-cold killers. Yet California threw the book at Rebecca Grossman. Would they have demonized her if she wasn't Jewish? Hard to imagine given their lax attitude towards so many criminal defendants.
What is tied to the Global Power Network and money is the Jewish angle that is Epstein, and then coupled with Mossad for extra punch to really get the ire of Jew haters. There is so much money being pumped from nefarious sources to not only demonize Israel, but Jews of visibility everywhere, as well as Western culture.Do we see the same interest or demand for accountability from the political parties or citizens for trafficking young girls and women by illegals, outrage at young white girls being sexually assaulted by Pakis in London? And it goes on and on. It's all a theatrical show with a Jew as the icing that helps those already anti-Semitic to have their hate reinforced, and those on the periphery to be convinced. Epstein was a sick individual who used and abused young girls and women, that is the real crime he committed, not being Jewish. Joshua's essay gives excellent points, but those who have used Epstein's Jewishness connecting it to his crime will not give thought to what he wrote. Hate doesn't allow them to think that deeply.
Once uplon a time when newspapers were delivered and read at the breakfast table - each time a high profile crime (especially a financial crime) was in the headlines the first thing out of my oma's (grandmother) mouth was - Was he Jewish? We all knew why she was concerned - whenever a Jew commited a crime and it was publicized, it blemished the entire Jewish community, and sadly supported all allegations made against Jews for centuries. As a Nazi refugee whe knew too well what happens to Jews as minorities.
Epstein's insidious actions - fell right into the illuminati/blood libel list of anti - Jewish canards That many high profile and powerful men were involved is another sordid story. To answer your question - everyday Americans kill Ameicans, they murder their spouses, children, neighbors, strangers, road rage - shoot up schools and houses of worship. But when a Jew is involved their transgressions speak loudly. My advice to Jews in the galut? Behave yourselves.
To be frank is find the disclaimer at top highly discouraging. Despicable crimes? Getting just a leeetle of what millioks of men dream of every day of their lives? HA! Mister Hoffman, go back and give us a better heading for your post.
Those who subscribe to critical race theory and antisemitism love the fact he was Jewish. For the rest of us, he was a disgusting individual who did not live at at by Jewish and moral values at all. We despise him regardless of religion
For me, that Trump once knew Epstein and completely cast him off when he realized what this guy was doing explains the endless media and Democrat hue and cry regarding the fact that the president once met this joker in a private setting long ago as yet just another attempt to GET TRUMP! Until this article I was unaware that Epstein was Jewish. As my Mom used to say, "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"
Agree completely. It's not an accident that many of the people demonised (and Epstein is being made out to be an Israel-sponsored villain at the centre of the entire world's problems and also a cannibal who ate babies)are Jews - Weinstein, Polanski (a Holocaust survivor), Woody Allen (who has never been charged but whose life has been wrecked). Were there no non-Jews who did these and worse things? Why doesn't anyone know their names? Madoff was demonised in the same way - as if he was the worst criminal ever.
You may recall the Right tried to gin up the “Pizzagate” conspiracy implicating Hillary Clinton (not Jewish) and John Podesta (not Jewish). The owner of the alleged center of the trafficking, Comet Ping Pong Pizza, was James Alefantis, which is a Greek surname, so he is probably not Jewish either.
The difference between Pizzagate and Epstein is that Pizzagate was 100% fabricated, and the lack of evidence eventually led it to die out except among the Internet’s most extreme nut cases.
Meanwhile, not only do we have testimonies of Epstein’s victims, we have the sweetheart deal he got when busted for child trafficking in Florida. It’s hard not to believe someone intervened on his behalf. Whether this was the CIA, the Mossad (who worked closely with his quasi-father-in-law Robert Maxwell), or some other organization won’t be known until we clean house in D.C. In any case, this seems a much better explanation for the persistence of the Epstein story—this, plus the obvious suppression of evidence—than Epstein’s religion.
The Florida charge wasn’t “child trafficking” at all - it was “prostitution of a minor”, and the “victim” was prepared to testify that she was 18 so state prosecutors advanced a plea agreement because they were under pressure to bust Epstein on anything they could, because he was notoriously running a party house for people’s teenage daughters
Nobody had to “intervene” because the case was actually incredibly weak
while you claim you are not denying how horrific his crimes were, you define them as "power, money and access and the abuse of all three." What the hell??? His "crimes" were raping and probably murdering little girls! Why on earth are you white-washing them? Because he is Jewish and a disgrace to the race? He is not a disgrace to Jewish people. He is a disgrace to humanity. Don't make light of what he did to young girls and what he masterminded others to do as well to them.
I don’t believe that a massage becomes “sexual abuse” just because you enjoy it or that it becomes “sex trafficking” because the massage table was shipped from California
How many of my fellow jews, when learning about epstein or weinstein or madoff, didn't say it think damn why did he have to be Jewish?
The issue here is perception by the mass public not whether Epstein was a scumbag( he was ).
There is an ugly Substack site called https://covidsteria.substack.com/ that regularly posts antisemetic stuff with a particular focus on the conspiracy theory that Epstein controls the USA. Another site, on YouTube, called Fleccas Talks, promotes the same conspiracy theory and is also openly anti-Jewish. There are undoubtedly many more but these are two I encountered by chance. I like some of the conservative-sounding things they had to share, but not the anti-Israel garbage and I left comments saying so. Apparently, Russian dark money is funding some sites to promote this absurd variation on the old Zionist conspiracy theory in order to promote American isolationism and to divide conservatives. And it has worked to create so-called "America First" rhetoric against US support for Israel and against the Iran war and also against President Trump for waging this war. Its main function, however is to divide Americans to show the Russian public that democracy doesn't work. Communist China and Iran also engage in asymmetric war and ideological subversion in the West, with the eager help of stupid people who amplify their message on social media. We're all familiar with Tucker Carlson but there are many others less well known who spread this libel. A few must be paid by foreign powers to do it, but many just want a convenient scapegoat and Jews and Israel serve that purpose for them. They end up being useful idiots for Islamists. Theologian Rene Girard said that scapegoating unites enemies, serving a perverse social function. In this case, it united Islamists, Leftists and groypers. The Epstein conspiracy theory is spread by them even though there is no evidence to support the contention that he worked for Mossad. Epstein served only himself.
When I see these things that these monsters have done, I don't Think oh he's Jewish that would be absurd.
Is Andrew Jewish No.
Monsters are everywhere in Every Country. All different Religions.
There was a 2020 trial around Los Angeles against a Jewish woman named Rebecca Grossman. She was characterized by the media in hyper-judgmental terms. The media moralized that she was a "socialite," "an adulteress," a "felon." In 2020 she was convicted of a hit-and-run killing of two young brothers who were Jordanian. She was having an affair and while driving killed these two kids. She was guilty of the hit-and-run, but would the media have demonized her to this extent if she wasn't Jewish and the victims weren't Jordanian? This is antisemitic California, and she is currently sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. California has made excuses to let off stone-cold killers. Yet California threw the book at Rebecca Grossman. Would they have demonized her if she wasn't Jewish? Hard to imagine given their lax attitude towards so many criminal defendants.
What is tied to the Global Power Network and money is the Jewish angle that is Epstein, and then coupled with Mossad for extra punch to really get the ire of Jew haters. There is so much money being pumped from nefarious sources to not only demonize Israel, but Jews of visibility everywhere, as well as Western culture.Do we see the same interest or demand for accountability from the political parties or citizens for trafficking young girls and women by illegals, outrage at young white girls being sexually assaulted by Pakis in London? And it goes on and on. It's all a theatrical show with a Jew as the icing that helps those already anti-Semitic to have their hate reinforced, and those on the periphery to be convinced. Epstein was a sick individual who used and abused young girls and women, that is the real crime he committed, not being Jewish. Joshua's essay gives excellent points, but those who have used Epstein's Jewishness connecting it to his crime will not give thought to what he wrote. Hate doesn't allow them to think that deeply.
Guys, seriously: Epstein is about kids being abused. It's not about his being Jewish.
What kids?
Once uplon a time when newspapers were delivered and read at the breakfast table - each time a high profile crime (especially a financial crime) was in the headlines the first thing out of my oma's (grandmother) mouth was - Was he Jewish? We all knew why she was concerned - whenever a Jew commited a crime and it was publicized, it blemished the entire Jewish community, and sadly supported all allegations made against Jews for centuries. As a Nazi refugee whe knew too well what happens to Jews as minorities.
Epstein's insidious actions - fell right into the illuminati/blood libel list of anti - Jewish canards That many high profile and powerful men were involved is another sordid story. To answer your question - everyday Americans kill Ameicans, they murder their spouses, children, neighbors, strangers, road rage - shoot up schools and houses of worship. But when a Jew is involved their transgressions speak loudly. My advice to Jews in the galut? Behave yourselves.
If Epstein had been any religion other than Jewish - it never would have been mentioned. That’s all you need to know.
To be frank is find the disclaimer at top highly discouraging. Despicable crimes? Getting just a leeetle of what millioks of men dream of every day of their lives? HA! Mister Hoffman, go back and give us a better heading for your post.
Please ?
Of course not. Compare P Diddy.
Those who subscribe to critical race theory and antisemitism love the fact he was Jewish. For the rest of us, he was a disgusting individual who did not live at at by Jewish and moral values at all. We despise him regardless of religion
For me, that Trump once knew Epstein and completely cast him off when he realized what this guy was doing explains the endless media and Democrat hue and cry regarding the fact that the president once met this joker in a private setting long ago as yet just another attempt to GET TRUMP! Until this article I was unaware that Epstein was Jewish. As my Mom used to say, "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"
Agree completely. It's not an accident that many of the people demonised (and Epstein is being made out to be an Israel-sponsored villain at the centre of the entire world's problems and also a cannibal who ate babies)are Jews - Weinstein, Polanski (a Holocaust survivor), Woody Allen (who has never been charged but whose life has been wrecked). Were there no non-Jews who did these and worse things? Why doesn't anyone know their names? Madoff was demonised in the same way - as if he was the worst criminal ever.
You may recall the Right tried to gin up the “Pizzagate” conspiracy implicating Hillary Clinton (not Jewish) and John Podesta (not Jewish). The owner of the alleged center of the trafficking, Comet Ping Pong Pizza, was James Alefantis, which is a Greek surname, so he is probably not Jewish either.
The difference between Pizzagate and Epstein is that Pizzagate was 100% fabricated, and the lack of evidence eventually led it to die out except among the Internet’s most extreme nut cases.
Meanwhile, not only do we have testimonies of Epstein’s victims, we have the sweetheart deal he got when busted for child trafficking in Florida. It’s hard not to believe someone intervened on his behalf. Whether this was the CIA, the Mossad (who worked closely with his quasi-father-in-law Robert Maxwell), or some other organization won’t be known until we clean house in D.C. In any case, this seems a much better explanation for the persistence of the Epstein story—this, plus the obvious suppression of evidence—than Epstein’s religion.
The Florida charge wasn’t “child trafficking” at all - it was “prostitution of a minor”, and the “victim” was prepared to testify that she was 18 so state prosecutors advanced a plea agreement because they were under pressure to bust Epstein on anything they could, because he was notoriously running a party house for people’s teenage daughters
Nobody had to “intervene” because the case was actually incredibly weak
while you claim you are not denying how horrific his crimes were, you define them as "power, money and access and the abuse of all three." What the hell??? His "crimes" were raping and probably murdering little girls! Why on earth are you white-washing them? Because he is Jewish and a disgrace to the race? He is not a disgrace to Jewish people. He is a disgrace to humanity. Don't make light of what he did to young girls and what he masterminded others to do as well to them.
But that’s all made up
Epstein didn’t rape anybody and nobody was murdered
very sad you don't believe the credible victim testimony that got Maxwell her sentence
I don’t believe that a massage becomes “sexual abuse” just because you enjoy it or that it becomes “sex trafficking” because the massage table was shipped from California
No one was murdered.
pretty credible evidence in the files that children were killed. Bodies are turning up in NM
No there isn’t any evidence of that in the files at all