----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: Re: Tragedy in Israel
> > > From where I am standing, Americans seem to have enormous difficulty > > making that distinction. > > There's a host of emotional baggage and political realities that make it > difficult to discuss here without tempers rising. I wish it were > different =8^/ > > > >As for the reason, you live in a country where, for the most part, Jewish > > >people are afraid to live. > > Could the original poster back this up with something? Thanks. > Well, its two fold. First, Jewish people voted with their feet. Most who remained left. You can see that by the small numbers remaining, compared to the pre-Holocaust numbers. Even if you factor in a 70% mortality rate during the Holocaust, you will find that most survivors left. (160,000 in 1935 vs. about 25,000 now). Second, I've talked with my Jewish friends about their feelings. I recall one conversation very vividly. IIRC, he also said that it wasn't just his opinion, but a common feeling. The arguement was made by Jerone that Israel was so attractive, that the numbers just went down. But, the numbers in the US increased from '35 to now, by about 30% or so. Jewish people do not get special treatment here. But, they are just as American as Christians. The clearest indication of that to me was Liberman's stint on Jay Leno where he offered the top 10 campaign slogans that were being considered. One of them was: Gore/Liberman, we'll work 24/6 for you. That kinda humor, which everyone got, indicates mainstreaming. I'm not saying that anti-Semitism does not remain in the US at all, but Jewish people are considered full fledged Americans. Dan M.
