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no_hypocrisy

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3. Decades ago, I argued with my father,

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2023, 03:03 PM

Aug 2023

contending Jews could be antisemitic. I don’t mean the stereotypical self-hating Jew. Dad disagreed.

But he was one of them. No Jewish identity, save for an errant visit to a kosher deli.

He was “allowed” to join the Mecca of WASP golf clubs that had previously excluded Jews. He aligned himself with their culture. He eschewed all vestiges of Jewish culture.

I found him to be an unbearable hypocrite.

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(Jewish Group) Kissinger at 100: 'If it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be antisemitic.' [View all] Behind the Aegis Aug 2023 OP

Sadly, there is no prohibition against internecine bigotry in religion getagrip_already Aug 2023 #1

IMO, I doubt your mother's experience was anti-Semitic from other Jews. Though it could have been. Behind the Aegis Aug 2023 #2

That's possible.. getagrip_already Aug 2023 #4

Decades ago, I argued with my father, no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 #3

There are a number of self-hating Jews, and it looks like Kissinger is one of them JohnSJ Aug 2023 #5

My Jewish mother mountain grammy Aug 2023 #6

Henry Kissinger is responsible for over 3 million civilian deaths... AlGorerhythm Aug 2023 #7