Actually, these days they�re calling me an atheist, an Israel hater and an anti-Semite. Not because I�m saying anything bad about God, Israel or Judaism, but merely because I�m asking that we be allowed to discuss these ideas, together.
We all know that there are some sticking points to being Jewish in America today�particularly with what�s going on in Israel. Luckily, Judaism has a wealth of built-in mechanisms for confronting the lure of fundamentalism, nationalism and tribalism. But in my effort to show Jews some of what is so very progressive and relevant about their dwindling religion, I have instead provoked their most paranoid, regressive wrath.
What I�m learning is that today�s Jewish institutions have more to fear from Judaism than they have to gain. That�s why they�re going out of their way to keep Judaism from actually happening.
Douglas Rushkofflink from randomwalks
New York Press Volume 16, Issue 25
{that there might be an historical connection between the recent cultural devastation in Iraq and Jewish Babylonian captivity seems almost too obvious, the presence of so many Semitic chauvinists at the wheel of current US 'policy'... I still have this holdover from school, that showing a crazy person evidence of their craziness somehow means they have to stop...}
