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Wilhelm Marr introduced the terms “anti-Semitism” and “anti-Semite?? into the German language in 1879 to denote a programmatic political agenda; English-language writers soon picked it up, and in both English and German—as in a number of other languages, Hebrew included—the term refers to a programmatic political, social and cultural agenda against Jews. The added element of racial hatred differentiates anti-Semitism from the older phenomenon of religious bigotry known as anti-Judaism. The practices and policies that lead to genocide, pogroms...
...effect of doing so. Those protestors should have remained subdued until the question-and-answer session, at which time tough questions could be posed to the speaker. Furthermore, the protestors should not have used inflammatory rhetoric—such as shouting taunts like “Anti-Semite?? in mid-speech—to obscure the real debate. Many onlookers at the speech repeatedly disrupted the lecture, heckling, shouting rebuttals, and holding florescent posters protesting Finkelstein’s stated views. One disturbance even forced him to stop speaking temporarily. Besides inhibiting free debate, the protestors?...
Despite the offer, Paulin—who has asserted on numerous occasions that he is not an anti-Semite??did not give the Morris Gray lecture after citing teaching responsibilities at Oxford University...
...lifelong commitment to fighting racism in all its forms.” There, however, is the rub. Paulin compares Zionists to the SS, yet at the same time excoriates T.S. Eliot, Class of 1910, as anti-Semitic, professing himself a “Philo-Semite?? for whom calls for Israel’s destruction are perfectly compatible with his self-proclaimed credentials as an opponent of anti-Semitism—this because, in his view, Zionism is tantamount to racism. Paulin declares: “You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist. Everyone who supports Israel...
...trick Rabbo was playing is based on the fact that the word “Semite?? refers to descendents of the biblical figure Shem, the son of Noah. Arabs as well as Jews are supposedly descendants of this figure. There is a difference, though, between the etymology and the definition of a word, and this is a distinction that Rabbo pretended not to recognize. He used this verbal slight of hand to avoid addressing the shameful stain of Palestinian anti-Semitism...
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