If you're a so-called "anti-Zionist," you're not criticizing a policy or a political stance. You're trying to erase thousands of years of Jewish identity.
As Jews we must stop using the words antisemitism and antisemitic. Instead we should be calling it “Jew Hatred” or “Jew Hate”. We need to be very clear, just like the Asian community did a few years ago with “Asian Hate”. We should be shouting from the rafters, STOP JEW HATE!
Yes it was; however, in the 21st Century it doesn't work because it is not specific enough. Remember Arabs are a Semitic people, in addition today people say that they are not antisemitic they are just antizionist. As Nachum said Zionism is a central core principle of Judaism - returning to our homeland. Therefore, antizionism is antisemitism but those two words don't hit to the heart of the matter. Jews need to be blunt. Stop Jew Hate. Period.
Unfortunately, you are allowing antisemites to redefine a historical term so that they can pretend that they are philosemites. These same people often argue that Ashkenazim are not Jews, instead, we are descended from Khazars, so not real semites. As a half-Ashkenazi, quarter-Greek Orthodox Christian, and quarter-German Lutheran American whose mother was raised in Detroit and whose father was raised in Dearborn, I can tell you specifically that you will not change their minds, and that they are not worth listening to. Do not let them redefine words that historically have been used to destroy us; they are claiming a power and authority to destroy our legitimacy, both as a religious community, and as a people whom their ancestors worked to destroy.
The historical definition is appropriate; the history of the term "semitic" comes from linguistics, which identified languages by their commonalities. The upper classes took linguistics and created racial anthropology. The Arabs did not live in Europe, only Jews did; historically, the term only meant Jews. The 21st century? Henry Ford was proud of being an antisemite; Arabs worked at Ford Motor Company, and lived in Dearborn; Jews were not allowed to work at Ford, nor were they allowed to live in Dearborn. He received the highest civilian medal for a foreigner from Hitler in 1938 for his service to the Aryan people. Hitler provided the Mufti of Jerusalem with a radio station to rally the Muslim world; Hitler was proud to be an antisemite, and the Mufti did not argue with him.
The new slow creep of Jihad now takes many more forms than just the bus bombing, the car ramming, the random automatic weapons spray, the knife in our back.
We see the world turning against us in real time
We are being backed, slowly, steadily into a corner. You feel it but don't believe it, ignore it even, but in that silent still minute when left to your own thoughts it gnaws at you: They are winning and they are coming to take it all.
With every political win they creep closer, and closer
The knife no longer gets twisted into our back
Now they hold it in front of us, at our throat, their numbers augmented with every blue haired and keffiyeh clad young mind they've managed to infect along the way
From Al-Hussein of long ago to Mamdani now they have one aim, one goal, one vision.
They will fail in the end, it has been written, but what we do today to fight them is every bit as important
Osey shalom bimrumav hu yaasay shalom aleinu v'al kol yisroyel Ve'imeru Amen.
If the beasts come at you with a knife, respond to them with a gun. Their sworn goal is to kill you, and yours should be to remain alive and healthy. If they come at you with a pistol, respond to them with a rifle. As the Israelis know well, those that are better armed (and trained) win the fight. What will you do to stay alive and be the victor?
I love Kaplan. "You ain't seen nothing' yet." I just read that the good Democrats of NYC selected a BDS supporting, "anti-Zionist", Israel hating, socialist as their candidate in the mayoral race. If the Jews of NYC cannot set aside their foolish ideology for this election and vote for the other candidate, even if it is a (G-d forbid) Republican, then they truly are insane and have a suicide wish.
We are living in a generation where anti Semitism and assimilation stemming from both woeful ignorance and from being brainwashed by the woke agenda emanating from the left are a clear and present danger to the Jewish People
Christians who do not believe that the Jewish people have a right to Israel either do not know, do not understand, or choose to disregard their own holy and sacred scriptures, the Holy Bible. God made a covenant with Abraham giving the Jewish people their land. God does not break His promises. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Coincidentally (or maybe not), today's scripture readings for my church (I am a Catholic Christian) include the passage in Genesis where God makes this promise. Here is a link to the readings, which includes options for Spanish and a podcast version for those who prefer to listen rather than read: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062525.cfm
Hatred of the Jewish people is demonic. Satan hates the Jewish people even more than he hates others because it is the Jewish people through whom God chose to reveal Himself through His Word and by sending His Son, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ into the world to show us how to live and save us from Hell. As a Christian, I firmly believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. I love and respect the Jewish people even though most of them do not yet believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Some do, and they are called Messianic Jews. I pray that ALL people of ALL religions, ethnicities, and nationalities will come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior and the Peace that comes only from Him. May His Love and Mercy and Blessings be upon all who seek Him. In the love of Jesus Christ, I pray these things
Just break down Christmas with a Christian. Jesus was born a Jew into a Jewish family (unless they believe he converted). Joseph was of the house of David and Mary was born in the Jewish village of Nazareth and followed Jewish customs (Luke 2:22-24). They traveled to Bethlehem, Joseph's home town for a census. We can assume Bethlehem was a Jewish city because Christianity and Islam didn't exist at the time. And guess what? Bethlehem was gifted to the Arabs by the Jews via the Oslo Accords, Ouch ... in your face Christians.
"unless they believe [Jesus] was converted. Converted to what? What do they believe he converted to? No, Jesus was a Jew up to the day he died; the Last Supper was Jesus leading a Passover ritual dinner. Jesus had only the Torah/Old Testament from which to preach as the New Testament/Christianity had not yet been founded. I also mention that all the apostles who spread Jesus' words were Jewish. Anyone trying to unlink Jesus to Judaism (by believing Jesus "converted" to something else) is simply wrong.
Zion is GOD’S word and those who use it as an insult EG “Zionism” typically hate God and / or have written off God’s embassy Israel, are antisemitic, and offen if “Christian” feel the church replaced Jews and inherited all the promises to them by every prophet from Moses on…
Anti-Semitism by any other name is still anti-Semitism, which is Jew Hatred. This hatred is different, unique, from other hatred because it brings with it the promise of violence and death. The Jews of Israel have had to confront this reality. They must fight to stay alive. Diaspora Jews, for the most part, have not come to this realization. Failure to understand this will likely result in many deaths, especially those of the so-called "good Jews" who have painted a target on their backs. Jews have only two options. The first is to ignore, as best they can, growing anti-Semitism. If you put your head in the sand, the problem does not go away-- in the end, you will be killed (maybe tortured, then killed). The second option is to acknowledge the hate and its accompanying violence. When you are truly cognizant, you realize that the only option is to fight back. There is no agreement, compromise, political solution possible. It has always been so throughout our history. Only if you fight do you have the possibility of remaining alive. To die fighting is honorable, and preferable to dying on your knees, beheaded.
This type of belief is not unique to Judaism. The Englishman Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century believed that the scholars’ work of translating The Old Testament into English covenanted the Land of England to The English by G-d, and this covenant was then given because The English became Protestant.
As Jews we must stop using the words antisemitism and antisemitic. Instead we should be calling it “Jew Hatred” or “Jew Hate”. We need to be very clear, just like the Asian community did a few years ago with “Asian Hate”. We should be shouting from the rafters, STOP JEW HATE!
Antisemitism was coined specifically to mean Jew Hate. In 1870s Vienna, a mayor was elected from an antisemitic party.
Yes it was; however, in the 21st Century it doesn't work because it is not specific enough. Remember Arabs are a Semitic people, in addition today people say that they are not antisemitic they are just antizionist. As Nachum said Zionism is a central core principle of Judaism - returning to our homeland. Therefore, antizionism is antisemitism but those two words don't hit to the heart of the matter. Jews need to be blunt. Stop Jew Hate. Period.
Unfortunately, you are allowing antisemites to redefine a historical term so that they can pretend that they are philosemites. These same people often argue that Ashkenazim are not Jews, instead, we are descended from Khazars, so not real semites. As a half-Ashkenazi, quarter-Greek Orthodox Christian, and quarter-German Lutheran American whose mother was raised in Detroit and whose father was raised in Dearborn, I can tell you specifically that you will not change their minds, and that they are not worth listening to. Do not let them redefine words that historically have been used to destroy us; they are claiming a power and authority to destroy our legitimacy, both as a religious community, and as a people whom their ancestors worked to destroy.
The historical definition is appropriate; the history of the term "semitic" comes from linguistics, which identified languages by their commonalities. The upper classes took linguistics and created racial anthropology. The Arabs did not live in Europe, only Jews did; historically, the term only meant Jews. The 21st century? Henry Ford was proud of being an antisemite; Arabs worked at Ford Motor Company, and lived in Dearborn; Jews were not allowed to work at Ford, nor were they allowed to live in Dearborn. He received the highest civilian medal for a foreigner from Hitler in 1938 for his service to the Aryan people. Hitler provided the Mufti of Jerusalem with a radio station to rally the Muslim world; Hitler was proud to be an antisemite, and the Mufti did not argue with him.
The new slow creep of Jihad now takes many more forms than just the bus bombing, the car ramming, the random automatic weapons spray, the knife in our back.
We see the world turning against us in real time
We are being backed, slowly, steadily into a corner. You feel it but don't believe it, ignore it even, but in that silent still minute when left to your own thoughts it gnaws at you: They are winning and they are coming to take it all.
With every political win they creep closer, and closer
The knife no longer gets twisted into our back
Now they hold it in front of us, at our throat, their numbers augmented with every blue haired and keffiyeh clad young mind they've managed to infect along the way
From Al-Hussein of long ago to Mamdani now they have one aim, one goal, one vision.
They will fail in the end, it has been written, but what we do today to fight them is every bit as important
Osey shalom bimrumav hu yaasay shalom aleinu v'al kol yisroyel Ve'imeru Amen.
Exactly…the ‘slow creep’. All of the incremental, insidious steps we ignored, at this point of pure Jew hatred, are chilling.
If the beasts come at you with a knife, respond to them with a gun. Their sworn goal is to kill you, and yours should be to remain alive and healthy. If they come at you with a pistol, respond to them with a rifle. As the Israelis know well, those that are better armed (and trained) win the fight. What will you do to stay alive and be the victor?
Shalom.
I love Kaplan. "You ain't seen nothing' yet." I just read that the good Democrats of NYC selected a BDS supporting, "anti-Zionist", Israel hating, socialist as their candidate in the mayoral race. If the Jews of NYC cannot set aside their foolish ideology for this election and vote for the other candidate, even if it is a (G-d forbid) Republican, then they truly are insane and have a suicide wish.
We are living in a generation where anti Semitism and assimilation stemming from both woeful ignorance and from being brainwashed by the woke agenda emanating from the left are a clear and present danger to the Jewish People
Christians who do not believe that the Jewish people have a right to Israel either do not know, do not understand, or choose to disregard their own holy and sacred scriptures, the Holy Bible. God made a covenant with Abraham giving the Jewish people their land. God does not break His promises. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Coincidentally (or maybe not), today's scripture readings for my church (I am a Catholic Christian) include the passage in Genesis where God makes this promise. Here is a link to the readings, which includes options for Spanish and a podcast version for those who prefer to listen rather than read: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062525.cfm
Hatred of the Jewish people is demonic. Satan hates the Jewish people even more than he hates others because it is the Jewish people through whom God chose to reveal Himself through His Word and by sending His Son, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ into the world to show us how to live and save us from Hell. As a Christian, I firmly believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. I love and respect the Jewish people even though most of them do not yet believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Some do, and they are called Messianic Jews. I pray that ALL people of ALL religions, ethnicities, and nationalities will come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior and the Peace that comes only from Him. May His Love and Mercy and Blessings be upon all who seek Him. In the love of Jesus Christ, I pray these things
Nachum Kaplan, spot on!
Just break down Christmas with a Christian. Jesus was born a Jew into a Jewish family (unless they believe he converted). Joseph was of the house of David and Mary was born in the Jewish village of Nazareth and followed Jewish customs (Luke 2:22-24). They traveled to Bethlehem, Joseph's home town for a census. We can assume Bethlehem was a Jewish city because Christianity and Islam didn't exist at the time. And guess what? Bethlehem was gifted to the Arabs by the Jews via the Oslo Accords, Ouch ... in your face Christians.
"unless they believe [Jesus] was converted. Converted to what? What do they believe he converted to? No, Jesus was a Jew up to the day he died; the Last Supper was Jesus leading a Passover ritual dinner. Jesus had only the Torah/Old Testament from which to preach as the New Testament/Christianity had not yet been founded. I also mention that all the apostles who spread Jesus' words were Jewish. Anyone trying to unlink Jesus to Judaism (by believing Jesus "converted" to something else) is simply wrong.
Zion is GOD’S word and those who use it as an insult EG “Zionism” typically hate God and / or have written off God’s embassy Israel, are antisemitic, and offen if “Christian” feel the church replaced Jews and inherited all the promises to them by every prophet from Moses on…
TRUTH RIGHT THERE 👆
True believers of Scripture and lovers of Truth, hold Israel and the Chosen Children thereof, in highest esteem and regard.
We passionately love and respect you and will defend you with our last breath…
It is up to HaShem to sort out the details, not any of us!
✝️ 💙 AM YISRAEL CHAI 💙 ✝️
Anti-Semitism by any other name is still anti-Semitism, which is Jew Hatred. This hatred is different, unique, from other hatred because it brings with it the promise of violence and death. The Jews of Israel have had to confront this reality. They must fight to stay alive. Diaspora Jews, for the most part, have not come to this realization. Failure to understand this will likely result in many deaths, especially those of the so-called "good Jews" who have painted a target on their backs. Jews have only two options. The first is to ignore, as best they can, growing anti-Semitism. If you put your head in the sand, the problem does not go away-- in the end, you will be killed (maybe tortured, then killed). The second option is to acknowledge the hate and its accompanying violence. When you are truly cognizant, you realize that the only option is to fight back. There is no agreement, compromise, political solution possible. It has always been so throughout our history. Only if you fight do you have the possibility of remaining alive. To die fighting is honorable, and preferable to dying on your knees, beheaded.
Kol HaKavod.
Thank you
This type of belief is not unique to Judaism. The Englishman Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century believed that the scholars’ work of translating The Old Testament into English covenanted the Land of England to The English by G-d, and this covenant was then given because The English became Protestant.