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Friday, December 10, 2010

The 'Real Jew' Debate By ROGER COHEN

LONDON — Ira Stup was raised in Philadelphia attending Jewish day school and camps. He found his home in the Jewish community and was “intoxicated with Jewish democracy” as framed in the ideals of Israel’s foundation. Now he has returned deeply troubled from a one-year fellowship based in Tel Aviv.
The worst single incident occurred on Ben Yehuda Street in central Jerusalem. Stup, 24, a Columbia graduate, was returning from a rally with a couple of friends carrying a banner that said, “Zionists are not settlers.” A group of“About 20 people saw the whole thing and just watched. They were screaming, ‘You are not real Jews.’ Most of them were American. It was one of the most disappointing moments of my life — you can disagree as much as you want with a banner but to allow violence and not react is outrageous. For me it was a turning point. Nobody previously had said I was not a real Jew.” religious Jews wearing yarmulkes approached, spat on them and started punching.  Much more at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/opinion/10iht-edcohen.html?_r=1

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3 comments:

Aaron Agassi said...

http://www.foolquest.com/the_green_pro-space_agenda_text_body.htm#Israel

Anonymous said...

Aaron, definitely you have sharp and brilliant ideas that make sense all the way but they are disorderly and loaded. A more orderly and less loaded essay may have more impact and a longer one. cheers, Miriam Farhi-Rodrig

Aaron Agassi said...

And precisely for whom should I walk so softly? Who is there only waiting for just the right caress, in order to change sides? -and for whom truth alonAnd precisely for whom should I walk so softly? Who is there only waiting for just the right caress, in order to change sides? -and for whom truth alone cannot suffice...e does not sufice...