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Re: [Pen-l] who let the dogs out?

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> today I received a e-screed that blamed the Jews for the current
> financial mess, with special reference to Madoff.
>
> (Meanwhile, last year I heard what sounded like anti-Jewish bigotry
> from an old friend (a finance guy) while he was drunk. Maybe he felt
> left out because Madoff wouldn't let him in. If so, he's very lucky.)


I think that goes back to the age-old stereotype of Jews as
Shylock-type usurers and money-changers. (Like all stereotypes there
is a factual basis to it as in a disproportionate Jewish
representation on Wall St.) In any case, the financial crisis has
certainly fed into old-fashioned anti-Semitism:
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/lifestyles/spirituality/x1452247424/Madoff-scandal-stirs-old-fears-of-anti-Semitism

I wonder if this brand of anti-Semitism makes it harder for reasonable
people to criticize Israeli imperialism in Gaza..
-raghu.


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