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Tents pitched against anti-Semitism
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 18.09.07, 17:17
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1. tents? in Europe, it's raining anti-semitic dogs and cats?
(09.18.07)
what anti-semitism has to do with Muslim-Jewish reconciliation; aren't both Semite?
2. Would be good to have a video-report on this story
DK ,   Haifa, IL   (09.18.07)
Would make it much more interesting
3. ANOTHER FOOLISH PROGRAM THAT WON'T HELP!
bill handel ,   brooklyn, usa   (09.18.07)
Anti-Semitism is caused by assimilation. This program will only exacerbate the problem.
4. Jews have no future in Europe.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (09.18.07)
They should spend their energy helping people make Aliyah.
5. i think
(09.18.07)
that this is a wonderful idea. i am christian and i know what antisemitism is. it's very prevalent in europe and more so to a rabid extent in most arab muslim countries. setting up these tents of joined culture, folklore, knowledge, education and the arts and religion is fantastic way to communicate and educate. i encourage all to attend. if anything at all, you'll come out with a better understanding of the others amongst you and in your countries. remember that jews are just flesh and blood. just like everyone else in the world. they are human with feelings and hopes and desires just like anyone else. they have had a very unkind history and have suffered long enough. please pay attention because bigotry comes from fear and this fear comes from ignorance and misunderstanding of the other. the only difference between jews and christians and muslims is the practice of a different religion. this doesn't make any of them murderers, low lives or scum as some european bigots think of the jews. they should respect that, despite years of persecution and a tragic annihilation, these people managed to rehabilitate, prosper, advance and also give humanity lots of very valuable gifts. they should be a people to treasure, not hate! there are many ills afflicting our world and it is always convenient for everyone to find a scapegoat. unfortunatelly, the jews have been given too much power by the non jews, creating conspitacy theories against them and humangous hate towards them. they are a peaceful people. they are succesful because they work very hard and education is paramount in their social circles. they never rob, steal and trick anyone as people believe. they don't control banks, media, public opinion, etc.... this is a myth that is convenient for the haters of jews to spread around. in all our history they were the victims rather than the aggressors and this is the truth! we always hate because we are afraid of anything that is different than ourselves. instead of using the jewis' gifts and minds, you hope to crush and destroy them through antisemitism. what a shame! one more point.....iran just had a similar convention in teheran where visitors went to view exhibits, etc... they put down on the ground israeli and american flags so the visitors could step on them as a show of hate for the usa and israel. now i ask you.....what civilized country will act in this way? when hate is the motivator, no one can benefit. they become arrested and embroiled in their misery and negative thoughts. jews are a gift like anyone else that is not jewish. treat them as such.
6. 4 - Terry, I'd feel safer in Berlin than in Israel
Diaspora Jew   (09.19.07)
As long as you allow the presence of neo-Nazis in Israel, you'll have a hard time selling Aliyah. More Jews get beaten up or insulted in the streets of Israel these days than in any other country. And only in Israel Jews get expelled from their homes and beaten up in the process. There's more legal protection against racism in Europe than there is in Israel. Sorry, that's the sad truth.
7. Diaspora jew(?)
Happy Jew ,   Israel   (09.19.07)
Stay there, this will make us happy too. Du bist ein berliner, you poor guy. How cute. Our children and their kids ar enjoying Terry's beautiful city at the moment. No prize for guessing who has the best deal, Herr berliner.
8. Why are Jews so wimpy? You need to fight back against hate.
NO WIMPS!   (09.19.07)
The only way that anti-semitism will stop is for Jews to start being proud of being Jews and walk around confident, proud and tough. Make people scared of even looking at you. If someone calls you an anti-semitic name kick their ass. Start carrying guns and if someone physically attacks you shoot them. Enough of this new-age hippie crap. Jews need to start getting strong and defending their honor before it's too late!
9. Abraham, Jacob and Tents
aj ,   Connecticut USA   (09.19.07)
Brilliant idea, Avram kept his tent open on all 4 sides, the first Jewish ambassador- "How beautiful your tents oh Jacob" hospitality, welcoming the stranger, these are deep Jewish values-they will work both to educate Jews and non Jews and help dialog flourish.
10. Reply to #1
Joe   (09.19.07)
That depends what you mean by "Semitic". Geneologically, Arabs are Hamitic rather than Semitic. However, the Arabic language developed about 1500 years ago from Semitic languages in the Middle East, such as Aramaic, which is still the language spoken by many Kurds. (There are good educational resources on the web to learn about these subjects.)
11. Muslim-Jewish reconciliation meetings??!!!
Christy ,   Boston, US   (09.20.07)
I'd like to know what takes place during the Muslim-Jewish reconciliation meetings. Do Muslims apologize on behalf of fellow Muslims who want Israel removed from the world's map? I hope these tents hand out educational pamphlets that show how the 'Palestinians' of today have twisted history and claimed Israel as their homeland!
12. what a joke
(09.21.07)
On one of those tends in Europe was written ... WE CAN FORGIVE THE PALISTINIAS FOR KILLING OUR CHILDREN .... BUT WE CAN NOT FORGIVE THEM FOR FORCING US TO KILL THEIR CHILDREN .... how naiv ... the people in the streets were shaking their heads like they wanted to say .... they can not cheat us again .
13. art to educating a jew hater
wendy ,   hilo, hi   (09.22.07)
i did not know i was recommending a talkback that said to carry guns, fight back, all that. if anywhere, maybe that's okay to some degree in the u.s. etc., but palestine/israel, where there is war, needs to find ways to stop the war. i just wish the brooklyn bad boy could have heard this jew hater go on the other day-- to have found ways to just make the hater shut up and listen, deal with his own issues he was blaming on "the jews". who are "the jews" anyway? the main thing is to find ways to make american and european scum weigh the facts-- who this idiot thinks "the jews" are, i cannot believe.
14. when both sides have lost everything
wendy ,   us   (09.22.07)
in answer to "what a joke" criticizing forgiveness-- here's a take on what you read in the tent in france--why are we alive, if not to learn to forgive and stop the retalliation? if we can find a way to get it across to them-- we can forgive the palestinians for killing our children, and we can forgive the palestinians for forcing us to kill their children!! both are "semites" that need to stop the idiocy of nationalism- wrong, insane, and forgiveness is the only way to see our children, and theirs, again in heaven! what else are we on this wretched earth for.
15. to 14
(09.22.07)
But they said we can NOT forgive them for forcing us to kill their children .... if they forgave the Palistinians for the killing of the Israelian children why they attacked them and killed back the Palistinian children , the one who forgive he doesn't reveng back ... this is the joke .
16. anti-semitism
david ,   kedumim, israel   (09.23.07)
I just found this amazing new free Jewish networking site. They have everything - including dating. But they also have a section 'called anti-Semitism' watch. Pretty heavy stuff they show.
17. anti-Semtism
david ,   kedumim, israel   (09.23.07)
almost forgot............the site is called the World of Jewish http://www.worldofjewish.com
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