On the heels of this post, Joe Gandelman shows us more of the face of anti-semitism:
The infamous “blood ritual” which accuses Jews of murdering Christians for ritual purposes has made a high-profile comeback in a major Russian newspaper. It came in the form of an anti-semitic letter signed by 500 prominent people, including journalists and politicians.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has demanded Russian authorities to investigate the brutal anti-Semitic attack on a rabbi near the Maryina Roscha Chabad community center on January 14.
There’s lots more link-rich stuff there, so give it a read; as usual, Joe’s really done his homework.
That’s just fucked up.
English translation of the letter:
http://bneilevi.blogspot.com/2005/01/protocols-of-elders-of-moscow.html
I am surprised that any Jew would want to remain in Russia and that the last Russian Jews have not emigrated to Israel since the Soviet collapse. Rabid hatred for Jews in Russia is not quite the national pastime, but it permeates all levels of Russian life. There is simply no future for Jews in Russia and there has been none since the publication of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, forged by the Okhrana, or Imperial Secret Police, more than a hundred years ago.
The sad fact of the matter is that for the ten million or so Jews left on the planet, there are only two places of refuge where they can live in relative safety. One is the United States, which has benefited enormously from Jewish immigration, and the other of course is Israel. Much of the rest of the world has become a hostile place for Jews. The fact that in a modern nation, which has a well educated population and a high level of technological and scientific development, there are prominent leaders who believe that Jews murder Christian children in a blood ritual, is on par with Teddy Kennedy, the New York Times and Michael Moore making a claim that the world is flat. Well, that would at least be a benign myth to accept. The myth that Jews are murdering cultists ruling the world is one that provides an excuse for hate, violence and even genocide. The Jews of Russia are in the position of the Jews of Germany in the 1920s and 30s. The shadows are on the wall and the time to leave is now. Israel sure isn’t located in the world’s safest neighborhood and life can be tough there, but what can be worse than living in a land where you can feel the hatred of your neighbors. In the best of circumstances, the Jews of Russia will never be fully accepted as Russians and anti-semitism of the worst kind will always be a fact of life in that vast unhappy country.
I found the links to be very well researched and valuable sources. The widespread anti-semitism in the Arab world and Europe has given the ADL enough to keep it busy for some time to come. They have an impossible task just to document all the anti-semitic incidents that take place around the world. The really ominous thing is that much of this anti-semitism is acquiring an aura of respectability that is making it an acceptable point of view in some quarters. All you need to do is disguise it with certain code words, but believe me, behind the mask of every anti-Zionist and opponent of the U.S./Israeli special relationship is an anti-semite without the courage of his convictions. Do you hear me, Mr. Buchanan? At least that has been true of every one of them that I have had experience with.
It is impossible to oppose the existence of Israel without hating Jews. It is like saying that you love the French people, but you just want to destroy France. It can’t be done. And when a Jimmy Carter embraces a Yasser Arafat or a Jesse Jackson embraces a Hafez Assad or Saddam Hussein, they are effectively giving their blessings to it.