Interesting how the thread focused on the lone phrase equating Israel with Germany. I found three other phrases in the article that made me think:
"A Jewish State is explosive, it's dynamite"
- what does he mean by this? Is the 'idea' of a Jewish state explosive to other world states? Does it just give focus to anti-Jewish furvor around the world? Will one large group of Jews in one area have an infinate number of opinions and be dynamite?
He "calls on everyone who can to obtain a forgien passport"
- think about that of a minute. Imagine a former provinical premier, or someone of similar stature to Preston Maning or Brian Mulrouny, anouncing that Canada is going down the tubes and anyone who can should run to get a US, UK, French passport, or should hold on to their Alberta birth certificates tightly to be able to get back into Alberta when they finnaly cut the rest of Canada loose.
He is basically saying there is no hope!
Lastly - "They created a situation in which the goy can be my father and my mother and my son and my partner"
- Now he seems to be going from this Intelectual 'Israel is doomed" guy to a religious zelot berating the situation that allows inter-merriage.
What exactly is he upset with? Jews are not Jewish enough? Jews are falling by the wayside regardsless of the existance of Israel? We need an escape route from our safe haven?
Sounds to me like he is a bit bitter.
(though not as bitter as PsYcNeT - I don't know what Hebrew school did to you....I spent fifteen years at CHS, and though I wasn't the most popular or best student (geek is the offical term) I have to admit that most of the students I knew (who I run into every now and then when I return to CGY and here in TO) and I reminiss fondly of our experience - to the point where many of our kids are in Hebrew school (in my case to the tune of $12,000 per kid - noting that no one is turned away and subsidies are readily available; the whole charity issue is another thread altogether, but those schools mostly are obligated to the organizations from which they receive funds.- The Jewish community is no different than any other ethnic community, especially when money and pride is involved (I recall the bruhaha here over expatriot Italians running and voting in Italy's elections). Not sure what hatemongering your are refering to - my Hebrew teachers told stories about their experiences in the '67 & '73 wars, but always ended with a hope for peace and reconcilliation. The worst they may have done was teach us to draw the map of israel without the boarders of the West Bank & Gaza.) - you might want to see someone about post traumatic Hebrew school stress.
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