tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602141549066899855.post3441083507515084587..comments2023-10-05T09:13:09.754-07:00Comments on The God Blog: Long Beach professor justifies anti-SemitismBrad A. Greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839334757237639415noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602141549066899855.post-90618998880354168682008-05-20T14:37:00.000-07:002008-05-20T14:37:00.000-07:00I think that is an accurate assessment, Rabbi Yona...I think that is an accurate assessment, Rabbi Yonah.<BR/><BR/>As for how MacDonald sees individual Jews, I'm not sure.<BR/><BR/>I didn't feel like he was sizing me up, or that he had judged me before I met him (though he <A HREF="http://www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/2008/05/zionist-bigots-like-you-mr-greenberg.html" REL="nofollow">later told me</A> he feared the article would be a hatchet job and was glad it wasn't). MacDonald told me his criticisms were of organizational Jewry, not of individual Jews. In fact, he said, he still had some Jewish friends, though increasingly less.<BR/><BR/>When I mentioned this to a gentile friend, he was skeptical:<BR/><BR/>"Seems like his critics tend to think his work just repackages long held prejudices toward Jews. Leads one to think he reached his conclusion long before he checked the results of his research -- i.e. he held beliefs about Jews and set out to find evidence to prove those beliefs correct, often (according to his critics) ignoring evidence to the contrary. Could he have held beliefs about Jewish establishment without having related beliefs about individual Jews? Possible, I suppose, but I tend to doubt it. That would take some serious compartmentalizing."Brad A. Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839334757237639415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602141549066899855.post-3566302803382611132008-05-20T13:47:00.000-07:002008-05-20T13:47:00.000-07:00It is so amazing the interviewer cannot deal with ...It is so amazing the interviewer cannot deal with the fact that McDonald views us as an ethnic group. He wants to compare Jews to Islam, Christianity and Boodyism - his words not mine.<BR/><BR/>So McD is not as good for Palestinian/Muslim antisemites as he is for white supremacists.<BR/><BR/>What is your take Brad?Rabbi Yonahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216799537761848288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602141549066899855.post-45646301775929007502008-05-12T14:15:00.000-07:002008-05-12T14:15:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Liebermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635668223847728295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602141549066899855.post-31514000785323559692008-05-12T14:14:00.000-07:002008-05-12T14:14:00.000-07:00Readers interested in a reasonably detailed assess...Readers interested in a reasonably detailed assessment of the fraudulent scholarship that informs MacDonald's research may be interested in this:<BR/><BR/>http://www.people.hbs.edu/dlieberman/lieberman.jewsRaceEmpire.pdf<BR/><BR/>David LiebermanDavid Liebermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635668223847728295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602141549066899855.post-37308003948371218912008-05-08T14:31:00.000-07:002008-05-08T14:31:00.000-07:00Nu, so where is Daphna Ziman when you need her? I ...Nu, so where is Daphna Ziman when you need her? I guess too busy cynically manipulating the emotions of the Jewish community for Hillary while getting her nails done and making appointments for more botox injections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com