‘Good Jew’ Fatigue
By Ariadna Theokopoulos
http://richardedmondson.net/2014/08/16/good-jew-fatigue/
I have “good Jew” fatigue, exacerbated by overexposure to, ‘As a Jew, I condemn what Israel is doing in Gaza, etc…’ public statements being made by a larger than usual number of Good Jews. It is true that this massacre was on a grander scale than most, and its intent more openly articulated by Israel, and also that the global awareness of it has been greater.
In addition, the Good Jews were faced with an aggravated PR circumstance, namely the Elie Wiesel ad endorsed by many not-so-good Jews that blamed the Israeli massacre of Palestinian children on the victims themselves, accusing them of ‘child sacrifice.’ Wiesel’s ad was published by the NY Times, the Guardian and other MSM outlets and caused widespread outrage, including among Good Jews.
How to dispel the effect of the Wiesel ad? After all he is not ‘a’ but ‘the’ Holocaust Survivor. How about the hair of the dog that bit you? An open letter from Good Jews Holocaust Survivors!
So the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) was formed. The ‘Who We Are’ info on the IJAN site says,
‘IJAN is an international network of Jews who are uncompromisingly committed to struggles for human emancipation…’
They must not be aware of how unappealing the announcement of yet another ‘international network of Jews’ might be to non-Jews and how unappreciative they are of all the past gifts of ‘human emancipation’ brought to them by Jews.
That aside, IJAN has enlisted the support of ‘300 Survivors and Descendants of Survivors of Victims of the Nazi Genocide’ to condemn ‘Israel’s Assault on Gaza.’ They must not be well off since they are asking for donations to be able to buy space in the NY Times.
I assume the hopes for success in countervailing the Wiesel effect with this initiative are based on the following rationale:
Jews have unique and superior moral authority. They just do, before we even get to talk about their Unique Suffering. Something to do with the profound humanism of Judaism. For this reason, the impact of their voice should not be diminished by their joining the chorus of a bunch of non-Jews. The potency of their peremptory moral judgments is best preserved in Jews Only networks.
Jews in general and Holocaust Survivors in particular have the capacity to gauge human suffering in a way Goyim are incapable of understanding. They possess that exquisite sensitivity, known as ‘Jewish sensitivity.’ I trust them to know if the Palestinians are hurting, more than I trust the Palestinian themselves.
Jews naturally love Israel, the ancestral home they struggled and finally manage to regain after 3,000 years of — I have to repeat it — suffering, especially after the — it always bears repeating — the worst genocide ever, the Nazi genocide. So a Jew’s criticism of Israel is incomparably weightier than a Goy’s, for whom it’s no skin off his nose. A Jew’s criticism of Israel is a painful and noble act of high moral probity. It should be received as a precious offering of self-abnegation (especially by the Palestinians to whom it is dedicated), not looked in the mouth like a gift horse and quibbled about disrespectfully.
It is on this last point that this letter beats Wiesel’s ad. I hope IJAN manages to scrape together the money to publish their letter. I have laid a bet on it getting more publicity than Wiesel’s.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Persecuted
we’re persecuted by the neighborhood bully
the bully still occupies a touch of our land
they out number us about a million to one
we partially left 190 countries, some several times a year, so we got no place to run
we’re the neighborhood victims
we just want to live in peace
why cant we all just get along
condemned for redeeming what is ours by god
we’re supposed to just sit on hills and watch bombs bursting in air while caressing ringlets
we’re supposed to lay down and die after we kick doors in
the doors protect the bully but we are on trial
we are always on trial for just being born
we’re the neighborhood victim
bullying old women condemn us because we redeem some gold
we got no allies to really speak of
we gotta pay through the hooked nose for every little thing
the weapons we overpay for are obsolete
our cries are not heard
the neighborhood bully tramples and demands and controls.
we are forced to wear a crown of thorns, to bear many scars, to bleed
neighborhood victim standing alone on a hill looking to heaven waiting for justice
neighborhood victim all alone
By 5 Dancing Shlomos
“some acknowledgement to cousin shlomo dylan, a first class plagiarist
i couldnt create something this bad on my own”
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