Comments on: seven jewish children http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/2009/04/25/seven-jewish-children/ Sun, 09 May 2010 10:13:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: red http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/2009/04/25/seven-jewish-children/comment-page-1/#comment-56 red Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:13:27 +0000 http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/?p=399#comment-56 Yep, a whole 24 hours - and that's for a blog with very low traffic. I have had to get a nice new comment moderation thingie in a bit of a hurry. Did I say PALESTINE? Hello J - really nice to see you and thanks for your comment. You are right - it seems clear enough. Not everyone is keen on clarity though... Yep, a whole 24 hours – and that’s for a blog with very low traffic. I have had to get a nice new comment moderation thingie in a bit of a hurry. Did I say PALESTINE?

Hello J – really nice to see you and thanks for your comment. You are right – it seems clear enough. Not everyone is keen on clarity though…

]]> By: j. http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/2009/04/25/seven-jewish-children/comment-page-1/#comment-54 j. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/?p=399#comment-54 Red, wonderful to have you back. Beyond that, I'm perplexed by the first comment on here. I don't pretend to be an expert of any sort on Zionism, but it seems clear that anti-Zionism does not automatically qualify someone (or something) as anti-semitic. And the statement that anti-Zionism advocates for the destruction of the Jewish people is just...perplexing to say the least. Red, wonderful to have you back. Beyond that, I’m perplexed by the first comment on here. I don’t pretend to be an expert of any sort on Zionism, but it seems clear that anti-Zionism does not automatically qualify someone (or something) as anti-semitic. And the statement that anti-Zionism advocates for the destruction of the Jewish people is just…perplexing to say the least.

]]> By: Queenie http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/2009/04/25/seven-jewish-children/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Queenie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:34 +0000 http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/?p=399#comment-51 Crikey, a whole 24 hours of the post being live before the first anti-semitism accusation. Sigh. It'd be great if Mr Flatow could've pointed out the part in the play where the destruction of anyone was advocated. Must've gone right over my head. It's a great piece of work. I liked the careful allusions to cultural post-traumatic stress and the end was particularly powerful... I've forgotten the words already but the part about "Tell her I'm glad to see their dead babies... because it's not her" is especially arresting. Crikey, a whole 24 hours of the post being live before the first anti-semitism accusation. Sigh.

It’d be great if Mr Flatow could’ve pointed out the part in the play where the destruction of anyone was advocated. Must’ve gone right over my head.

It’s a great piece of work. I liked the careful allusions to cultural post-traumatic stress and the end was particularly powerful… I’ve forgotten the words already but the part about “Tell her I’m glad to see their dead babies… because it’s not her” is especially arresting.

]]> By: red http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/2009/04/25/seven-jewish-children/comment-page-1/#comment-43 red Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:14:52 +0000 http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/?p=399#comment-43 The text of the play is linked in my post. Where is the part that "advocate[s] for the destruction of the Jewish people"? No, anti-zionism is not the same as anti-semitism (anti-Jewish racism). Zionism is a political position, not an ethnicity, religion or race. Israel is a state. It does not represent all Jews, nor should all Jews be assumed to support it. Criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza is not anti-semitic. It is criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza. The play is not anti-semitic. It is, as I said in the original post, subtle and nuanced. It touches on many things. Readers might be interested to have a look at <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1239710762124&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" rel="nofollow">this piece</a> in the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post. The author's views and his take on the play are not the same as mine, but he makes some interesting points about the accusation of anti-semitism and the criticism of Israel. The text of the play is linked in my post. Where is the part that “advocate[s] for the destruction of the Jewish people”?

No, anti-zionism is not the same as anti-semitism (anti-Jewish racism). Zionism is a political position, not an ethnicity, religion or race. Israel is a state. It does not represent all Jews, nor should all Jews be assumed to support it.

Criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza is not anti-semitic. It is criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

The play is not anti-semitic. It is, as I said in the original post, subtle and nuanced. It touches on many things.

Readers might be interested to have a look at this piece in the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post. The author’s views and his take on the play are not the same as mine, but he makes some interesting points about the accusation of anti-semitism and the criticism of Israel.

]]> By: Stephen M. Flatow http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/2009/04/25/seven-jewish-children/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Stephen M. Flatow Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:13:04 +0000 http://www.runoverbythetruth.com/?p=399#comment-42 Seven Jewish Children is anti-Semitism masked as anti-Zionism. They are the same as they advocate for the destruction of the Jewish people. Seven Jewish Children is anti-Semitism masked as anti-Zionism. They are the same as they advocate for the destruction of the Jewish people.

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