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Witchcraft Not surprisingly, the interview with Tobsha Learner in Witchcraft #34, dealing with her novel, The Witch of Cologne, accepts the eternal victimhood of Jews without question. A bit of independent reflection away from Semitophilic clichés would I suppose be too much to expect from generations bombarded with leftovers from World War II propaganda designed to laud all things Jewish at the expense of the European. Ruth as a respected Jewish woman would indeed be an 'anomaly'. If you consult The Hole in the Sheet: A Modern Woman Looks at Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism, Evelyn Kaye states that the Orthodox Jewish male recites every morning, "Thank you Lord for not making me a non-Jew, for not making me a slave, for not making me a woman." Kaye, an eminent author and journalist, was brought up in an Orthodox community and relates the considerable effort in breaking free from repression and bigotry. The statement by Ms Learner that "anti-Semitism was almost entrenched in the DNA of Europe" is a simplistic response. Although Ms Learner does mention that Jews were welcomed by many nations only to have that benevolence turn to animosity several centuries hence, her reductionist approach assumes that Jews are at all times innocent. If every action has an opposite and equal reaction, perhaps we might wonder whether anti-Semitism is a reaction to a pervasive anti-Gentilism that is one of the foundations of Orthodox Judaism. As Evelyn Kaye states "The mark of a truly devout Hasidic or Orthodox Jew, as well as many other Jews, is an unquestioned hatred of non-Jews". As for the Kabbala, while there is no shortage of books especially written for naïve Gentiles lacking their own sense of self-worth, few mention that Kabbalism, which is the basis of the influential Hasidim, teaches that non-Jews are emanations from the 'Satanic sphere'. The late rebbe Schneerson, honoured by US presidents, Congress and Senate as a great humanitarian and educator, whom the Lubavitch Hasidim expect to return to rule the world, stated, "A non-Jew's entire reality is only vanity" The entire creation exists only for the sake of the Jews? Such sentiments are openly expressed on the websites of the Lubavitch Hasidim for anyone to confirm. As for the application of these teachings, Dr Baruch Goldstein, lauded as a ?saint? by many Orthodox Jews, killed 19 Arabs and wounded a hundred others at prayer in their Mosque, on 25 February 1994. Dr Baruch, as an army medic, had refused to treat non-Jews, even Druze serving in the Israeli Army, based on the Talmudic dictum against saving the lives of Gentiles. He chose the day of Purim to gain his 'sainthood' (sic), the Feast that celebrates the 'holocaust' of 75,000 Persians. I challenge ?Witchcraft? to publish this letter, and for anyone to contradict the facts. K R Bolton P. O. Box 1627 Paraparaumu Beach New Zealand 28 Aug 03 |
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