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I guess mass hatred of Jews is fashionable again: Set aside what it says about Hollywood that today even Disney thinks what the public needs is ever-more-graphic depictions of killing the innocent as cool amusement. Disney’s CEO, Michael Eisner, is Jewish; the chief of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, is Jewish. Yes, there are plenty of Christian … Continue reading Antisemitism from The New Republic Online
Just finished Why the Jews this afternoon — it’s one of the books that Mordechai has assigned me to read for my conversion lessons. He wants me to be prepared, I believe, to be a target. I’m not becoming a Jew to become a target; I’m becoming a Jew to be a Jew. However, the … Continue reading Why the Jews?
Yesterday, I was noting down a lot of Mircea Eliade’s ideas on the form of early Judaism in general, and the story of the binding of Isaac in particular. Deep and worthy ideas, but unengaged. Campbell discards all of Judaism out of hand, but he is personally engaged with it — as an antagonist, at … Continue reading readings
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