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Canards of The Children of Zion:

originally written, but not posted, 18.Oct.07

The Mearsheimer-Walt-Carter phenomenon comes at a time when conspiracy theories about Jews are resurging around the world. According to Gallup, millions believe that Jews or Israel, not Osama bin Laden, were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Holocaust denial in many parts of the Arab and Muslim world is finding its way with increasing frequency into articles and political statements. Most notable are statements by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who not only questioned the reality of the Holocaust, but then followed up by organizing a conference of Holocaust deniers who came to Tehran to give further legitimacy to this insidious lie.

Images right out of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the infamous anti-Semitic forgery, appear on television and in newspaper cartoons in a number of Arab states. And even in Western Europe, high percentages of the population believe that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the country in which they live and are citizens. They also believe that Jews have too much influence in politics and business.

Abraham H. Foxman
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Moran additionally drew sharp criticism from Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the majority leader. Moran "adopted a canard that is absolutely not true, that the Jewish community controls the press, media, government and other institutions," Hoyer said in an impromptu press conference. "It has been used by those who are anti-Semitic for a very long period of time. They are inaccurate, wrong and unfortunate."

JTA 20.Sep.07
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"One of the most widely distributed anti-Semitic tracts in history is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a book of canards authored in the nineteenth century that portrays Jews as conspiring to seek global dominance. Similarly, American-based racist groups in this last century have frequently leveled accusations against Jews for controlling both banks and public officials."

Sidney Schwarz
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In closing, writing in a strictly personal capacity, I am repelled by Lamb’s assertion that “70 percent of [Human Rights Watch’s] budget [is] estimated to be provided by Jewish contributors.” Make no mistake: this unsourced and factually untrue statement is anti-Semitic and not anti-Zionist. It perpetuates the time-worn canard that all Jews share a political agenda – Israel right or wrong – and that with their lucre they pull the strings behind the scenes.

Eric Goldstein
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Today, we have senators falling over themselves not only to signal their respect for Michael Mukasey, the president's pick for attorney general, but also to thank him for deigning to take the job. Pretty much all they need to make sure of today is that Mukasey is not Alberto Gonzales. Check.

Emily Bazelon
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Michael Bernard Mukasey is an American lawyer who, for 18 years, served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, six of those years as Chief Judge. On September 17, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Mukasey to serve as the 81st Attorney General of the United States, succeeding Alberto Gonzales.
Mukasey has received several awards, most notably the Learned Hand Medal of the Federal Bar Council.
Michael Mukasey's father was born near Baranavichy in the Russian Empire (modern-day Belarus) and emigrated to the US during the First World War.
Mukasey graduated in 1959 from the Ramaz School, a Modern Orthodox Jewish prep school in Manhattan.

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Chertoff was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of Rabbi Gershon Baruch Chertoff, the former leader of the B'nai Israel Congregation in Elizabeth, and El Al flight attendant Livia Chertoff (née Eisen). His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Paul Chertoff, emigrated from Russia. His grandfather was a noted Talmudic scholar.

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Bernanke was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up in Dillon, South Carolina as the eldest of three children, with a younger brother and sister. His father Philip was a pharmacist and part-time theater manager, and his mother Edna was originally a schoolteacher. They were one of the few Jewish families in the area, attending a local synagogue called Ohav Shalom; as a child, Bernanke learned Hebrew from his maternal grandfather Jonas, who was a professional Torah reader and Hebrew teacher.

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