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Let's hope this isn't a trend:


An advert for a graphic design job in France has been withdrawn after it said the candidate should "if possible not be a Jew".


Racial discrimination is illegal in France and anti-racism group SOS Racisme says it is taking legal action.


The ad was posted on Monday by Paris-based NSL Studio on jobs site Graphic-Jobs.com.


NSL Studio has apologised for the ad but offered various explanations as to why it contained the offending clause.


The company was quoted on Monday by French news website Les Inrocks as saying that the hours of work, particularly during busy periods, meant the candidate should not be someone with cultural or religious needs.


NSL Studio then tweeted that its advert had been hacked and thanked those who had brought the issue to its attention.

A statement on NSL Studio's website (in French) now says the company "distances itself totally from all racist or anti-Semitic acts or statements".


It says the person in charge of placing the advert will be questioned and appropriate measures taken if it does turn out that the ad originated with NSL Studio.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31110463
 
Let's hope this isn't a trend:


An advert for a graphic design job in France has been withdrawn after it said the candidate should "if possible not be a Jew".


Racial discrimination is illegal in France and anti-racism group SOS Racisme says it is taking legal action.


The ad was posted on Monday by Paris-based NSL Studio on jobs site Graphic-Jobs.com.


NSL Studio has apologised for the ad but offered various explanations as to why it contained the offending clause.


The company was quoted on Monday by French news website Les Inrocks as saying that the hours of work, particularly during busy periods, meant the candidate should not be someone with cultural or religious needs.


NSL Studio then tweeted that its advert had been hacked and thanked those who had brought the issue to its attention.

A statement on NSL Studio's website (in French) now says the company "distances itself totally from all racist or anti-Semitic acts or statements".


It says the person in charge of placing the advert will be questioned and appropriate measures taken if it does turn out that the ad originated with NSL Studio.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31110463


Anti Judea is nothing new - it has always been within every single civilization - always - it has nothing to do with religion but to do with usury and power - No, it is going no where - sadly as always those who will suffer are the little people but ---------<shrug> that is the Way of the World - always the cannon fodder which suffers the most casualties - The Judea or to be accurate the Asian Mongolian Khazars have been thrown out of 109 societies - they were banished from England in the 11th century bought back by Cromwell because they had been his backers -and voila the City of London.

In Americas beginnings men whom you still admire wanted 'Jews' banished ------- they were not banished and now they rule over you all and determine the affairs of the rest of the Planet. if you do not want to see a real holoco$t - then start to even up the powers that be in your own country ----------------

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, in Maxims of George Washington by A. A. Appleton & Co. "They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great cause we are engaged in... It is much to be lamented that each state, long ago, has not hunted them down as pest to society and the greatest enemies we have to the happiness of America."

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. 20th century British dramatist. "This is the real enemy, the invader from the East, the Druze, the ruffian, the oriental parasite; in a word: the Jew. (London Morning Post, December 3, 1925) This craving for bouquets by Jews is a symptom of racial degeneration. The Jews are worse than my own people. Those Jews who still want to be the chosen race (chosen by the late Lord Balfour) can go to Palestine and stew in their own juice. The rest had better stop being Jews and start being human beings. (Literary Digest, October 12, 1932)

VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet) 18th century French philosopher, writer. "Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race . . ." "The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous -- cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity." (Essai sur le Moeurs)

"You seem to me to be the maddest of the lot. The Kaffirs, the Hottentots, and the Negroes of Guinea are much more reasonable and more honest people than your ancestors, the Jews. You have surpassed all nations in impertinent fables in bad conduct and in barbarism. You deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny." (From a letter to a Jew who had written to him, complaining of his 'anti-Semitism.' Examen des Quelques Objections . . . dans L'Essai sur le Moeurs.)

"You will only find in the Jews an ignorant and barbarous people, who for a long time have joined the most sordid avarice to the most detestable superstition and to the most invincible hatred of all peoples which tolerate and enrich them." ("Juif," Dictionnaire Philosophique)

"I know that there are some Jews in the English colonies. These marranos go wherever there is money to be made . . . But whether these circumcised who sell old clothes claim that they are of the tribe of Naphtali or Issachar is not of the slightest importance. They are, simply, the biggest scoundrels who have ever dirtied the face of the earth." (Letter to Jean-Baptiste Nicolas de Lisle de Sales, December 15, 1773. Correspondence. 86:166)

"They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race." (Lettres de Memmius a Ciceron, 1771)

This prophecy, by Benjamin Franklin, was made in a "CHIT CHAT AROUND THE TABLE DURING INTERMISSION," at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787. This statement was recorded in the dairy of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a delegate from South Carolina. "I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young nation from an insidious influence and impenetration. The menace, gentlemen, is the Jews. In whatever country Jews have settled in any great number, they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have segregated themselves and have not been assimilated; have sneered at and tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation is founded, by objecting to its restrictions; have built up a state within the state; and when opposed have tried to strangle that country to death financially, as in the case of Spain and Portugal. For over 1,700 years, the Jews have been bewailing their sad fate in that they have been exiled from their homeland, as they call Palestine. But gentlemen, did the world give it to them in fee simple, they would at once find some reason for not returning. Why? Because they are vampires, and vampires do not live on vampires. They cannot live only among themselves. They must subsist on Christians and other people not of their race. If you do not exclude them from these United States, in their Constitution, in less than 200 years they will have swarmed here in such great numbers that they will dominate and devour the land and change our form of government, for which we Americans have shed our blood, given our lives our substance and jeopardized our liberty. If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them substance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, gentlemen, if you do not exclude Jews for all time, your children will curse you in your graves. Jews, gentlemen, are Asiatics, let them be born where they will nor how many generations they are away from Asia, they will never be otherwise. Their ideas do not conform to an American's, and will not even thou they live among us ten generations. A leopard cannot change its spots. Jews are Asiatics, are a menace to this country if permitted entrance, and should be excluded by this Constitutional Convention.
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/repute.htm
 
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Anti Judea is nothing new - it has always been within every single civilization - always - it has nothing to do with religion but to do with usury and power - No, it is going no where - sadly as always those who will suffer are the little people but ---------<shrug> that is the Way of the World - always the cannon fodder which suffers the most casualties - The Judea or to be accurate the Asian Mongolian Khazars have been thrown out of 109 societies - they were banished from England in the 11th century bought back by Cromwell because they had been his backers -and voila the City of London.

In Americas beginnings men whom you still admire wanted 'Jews' banished ------- they were not banished and now they rule over you all and determine the affairs of the rest of the Planet. if you do not want to see a real holoco$t - then start to even up the powers that be in your own country ----------------

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, in Maxims of George Washington by A. A. Appleton & Co. "They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great cause we are engaged in... It is much to be lamented that each state, long ago, has not hunted them down as pest to society and the greatest enemies we have to the happiness of America."

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. 20th century British dramatist. "This is the real enemy, the invader from the East, the Druze, the ruffian, the oriental parasite; in a word: the Jew. (London Morning Post, December 3, 1925) This craving for bouquets by Jews is a symptom of racial degeneration. The Jews are worse than my own people. Those Jews who still want to be the chosen race (chosen by the late Lord Balfour) can go to Palestine and stew in their own juice. The rest had better stop being Jews and start being human beings. (Literary Digest, October 12, 1932)

VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet) 18th century French philosopher, writer. "Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race . . ." "The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous -- cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity." (Essai sur le Moeurs)

"You seem to me to be the maddest of the lot. The Kaffirs, the Hottentots, and the Negroes of Guinea are much more reasonable and more honest people than your ancestors, the Jews. You have surpassed all nations in impertinent fables in bad conduct and in barbarism. You deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny." (From a letter to a Jew who had written to him, complaining of his 'anti-Semitism.' Examen des Quelques Objections . . . dans L'Essai sur le Moeurs.)

"You will only find in the Jews an ignorant and barbarous people, who for a long time have joined the most sordid avarice to the most detestable superstition and to the most invincible hatred of all peoples which tolerate and enrich them." ("Juif," Dictionnaire Philosophique)

"I know that there are some Jews in the English colonies. These marranos go wherever there is money to be made . . . But whether these circumcised who sell old clothes claim that they are of the tribe of Naphtali or Issachar is not of the slightest importance. They are, simply, the biggest scoundrels who have ever dirtied the face of the earth." (Letter to Jean-Baptiste Nicolas de Lisle de Sales, December 15, 1773. Correspondence. 86:166)

"They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race." (Lettres de Memmius a Ciceron, 1771)

This prophecy, by Benjamin Franklin, was made in a "CHIT CHAT AROUND THE TABLE DURING INTERMISSION," at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787. This statement was recorded in the dairy of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a delegate from South Carolina. "I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young nation from an insidious influence and impenetration. The menace, gentlemen, is the Jews. In whatever country Jews have settled in any great number, they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have segregated themselves and have not been assimilated; have sneered at and tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation is founded, by objecting to its restrictions; have built up a state within the state; and when opposed have tried to strangle that country to death financially, as in the case of Spain and Portugal. For over 1,700 years, the Jews have been bewailing their sad fate in that they have been exiled from their homeland, as they call Palestine. But gentlemen, did the world give it to them in fee simple, they would at once find some reason for not returning. Why? Because they are vampires, and vampires do not live on vampires. They cannot live only among themselves. They must subsist on Christians and other people not of their race. If you do not exclude them from these United States, in their Constitution, in less than 200 years they will have swarmed here in such great numbers that they will dominate and devour the land and change our form of government, for which we Americans have shed our blood, given our lives our substance and jeopardized our liberty. If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them substance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, gentlemen, if you do not exclude Jews for all time, your children will curse you in your graves. Jews, gentlemen, are Asiatics, let them be born where they will nor how many generations they are away from Asia, they will never be otherwise. Their ideas do not conform to an American's, and will not even thou they live among us ten generations. A leopard cannot change its spots. Jews are Asiatics, are a menace to this country if permitted entrance, and should be excluded by this Constitutional Convention.
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/repute.htm



I think everyone would concede it's nothing new.....The hope is that it would have become something extinct. Sadly, bigotry has not yet been eradicated.
 
paris has had a strong anti-semetic community for years.

and not just since the algerians invaded. there were vichy-collaborators with the Nazis during world war 2. And the "le pen" far right party is anti-semetic too.

"is paris burning?" - yes, with ethnic hatred and irrationality.
 
I think everyone would concede it's nothing new.....The hope is that it would have become something extinct. Sadly, bigotry has not yet been eradicated.
Everything is an invitation to Jew-assaulting screeds in this forum.

It's so incredibly tiresome.

Europe certainly has some anti-Semitism problems, but at least Europeans demonstrate some interests outside of Jew-hate. This forum has several posters who write about nothing else.
 
Let's hope this isn't a trend:


An advert for a graphic design job in France has been withdrawn after it said the candidate should "if possible not be a Jew".


Racial discrimination is illegal in France and anti-racism group SOS Racisme says it is taking legal action.


The ad was posted on Monday by Paris-based NSL Studio on jobs site Graphic-Jobs.com.


NSL Studio has apologised for the ad but offered various explanations as to why it contained the offending clause.


The company was quoted on Monday by French news website Les Inrocks as saying that the hours of work, particularly during busy periods, meant the candidate should not be someone with cultural or religious needs.


NSL Studio then tweeted that its advert had been hacked and thanked those who had brought the issue to its attention.

A statement on NSL Studio's website (in French) now says the company "distances itself totally from all racist or anti-Semitic acts or statements".


It says the person in charge of placing the advert will be questioned and appropriate measures taken if it does turn out that the ad originated with NSL Studio.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31110463
Ugly stuff. Hopefully it's pretty rare, just like in this country.
 
I think everyone would concede it's nothing new.....The hope is that it would have become something extinct. Sadly, bigotry has not yet been eradicated.

It is now bigotry to want the foreign 1%, who rule over us, out of power?

No, no they have unnaturally suppressed the dislike/distrust of the Khazar for 70 years now - I really don't think the lid will say firmly on he pot for much longer -
 
I think everyone would concede it's nothing new.....The hope is that it would have become something extinct. Sadly, bigotry has not yet been eradicated.

Bigotry might be eradicated, in France and elsewhere, if Jews would not insist on making criminality, and evil, and selfishness, and greed, and avarice, and arrogance, and hubris a part of Judaism. But they insist on making it so. It is not normal that people, practically everywhere, would have such feelings about Jews. Not normal at all. People, in general, do not care what God you worship. So, it is not about Judaism, or the religion you practice. Ergo: not anti-Semitism. So, what is it really about??

Jews have been thrown out of every country in Europe, sometimes twice. Let us put the fault where it really lies: at the feet of the Jews themselves. They do not make an effort to improve their behavior, no matter where they live, or what century they live in. They whine when things are not going well, and are arrogant and barbaric in prosperity. I have seen this barbaric behavior first-hand in the Mid-East. Here are some more observations of Jews by non-Jews in the modern era:

"I've never seen a President -- I don't care who he is -- stand up to them. It just boggles the mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what is going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what a grip these people have got on our government, they would RISE UP IN ARMS. Our citizens certainly don't have any idea what goes on."
---Thomas H. Moorer (1912 - 2004) Admiral, US Navy & Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

“Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.”
----Father John Sheehan, S.J.

"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as 'international bankers.' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
----John F. Hylan - Mayor of New York City (1918-1925)

We were lied to incessantly, in fact I am awed at the routineness and comfort in their ability to lie, it is remarkable really.
----Former US Marine Ken O'Keefe (and Freedom Flotilla participant) on the Israeli penchant for lying.
 
Bigotry might be eradicated, in France and elsewhere, if Jews would not insist on making criminality, and evil, and selfishness, and greed, and avarice, and arrogance, and hubris a part of Judaism. But they insist on making it so. It is not normal that people, practically everywhere, would have such feelings about Jews. Not normal at all. People, in general, do not care what God you worship. So, it is not about Judaism, or the religion you practice. Ergo: not anti-Semitism. So, what is it really about??

Jews have been thrown out of every country in Europe, sometimes twice. Let us put the fault where it really lies: at the feet of the Jews themselves. They do not make an effort to improve their behavior, no matter where they live, or what century they live in. They whine when things are not going well, and are arrogant and barbaric in prosperity. I have seen this barbaric behavior first-hand in the Mid-East. Here are some more observations of Jews by non-Jews in the modern era:

"I've never seen a President -- I don't care who he is -- stand up to them. It just boggles the mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what is going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what a grip these people have got on our government, they would RISE UP IN ARMS. Our citizens certainly don't have any idea what goes on."
---Thomas H. Moorer (1912 - 2004) Admiral, US Navy & Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

“Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.”
----Father John Sheehan, S.J.

"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as 'international bankers.' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
----John F. Hylan - Mayor of New York City (1918-1925)

We were lied to incessantly, in fact I am awed at the routineness and comfort in their ability to lie, it is remarkable really.
----Former US Marine Ken O'Keefe (and Freedom Flotilla participant) on the Israeli penchant for lying.



So you lay the blame for antisemitism at the feet of the Jews, is that right?

Not much different than the "rape-victim had it coming" argument, is it?
 
It is now bigotry to want the foreign 1%, who rule over us, out of power?

No, no they have unnaturally suppressed the dislike/distrust of the Khazar for 70 years now - I really don't think the lid will say firmly on he pot for much longer -


Antisemitism is bigotry. You can try to rationalize it, but it will still be bigotry.
 
Bigotry might be eradicated, in France and elsewhere, if Jews would not insist on making criminality, and evil, and selfishness, and greed, and avarice, and arrogance, and hubris a part of Judaism. But they insist on making it so. It is not normal that people, practically everywhere, would have such feelings about Jews. Not normal at all. People, in general, do not care what God you worship. So, it is not about Judaism, or the religion you practice. Ergo: not anti-Semitism. So, what is it really about??

Jews have been thrown out of every country in Europe, sometimes twice. Let us put the fault where it really lies: at the feet of the Jews themselves. They do not make an effort to improve their behavior, no matter where they live, or what century they live in. They whine when things are not going well, and are arrogant and barbaric in prosperity. I have seen this barbaric behavior first-hand in the Mid-East. Here are some more observations of Jews by non-Jews in the modern era:

"I've never seen a President -- I don't care who he is -- stand up to them. It just boggles the mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what is going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what a grip these people have got on our government, they would RISE UP IN ARMS. Our citizens certainly don't have any idea what goes on."
---Thomas H. Moorer (1912 - 2004) Admiral, US Navy & Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

“Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.”
----Father John Sheehan, S.J.

"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as 'international bankers.' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
----John F. Hylan - Mayor of New York City (1918-1925)

We were lied to incessantly, in fact I am awed at the routineness and comfort in their ability to lie, it is remarkable really.
----Former US Marine Ken O'Keefe (and Freedom Flotilla participant) on the Israeli penchant for lying.
Psycho stuff...as usual.

Another interesting characteristic of the pathological cadre of single-issue Jew-hating Internet nutcases is that they consistently admonish others to "stay the h*** off my threads" while they think nothing of polluting the threads of others with their stark-raving-mad projections.

Does profound parental abuse explain such abiding hatred and single-issue fixation? I can't say.

It is very ugly stuff.
 
Everything is an invitation to Jew-assaulting screeds in this forum.

It's so incredibly tiresome.

Europe certainly has some anti-Semitism problems, but at least Europeans demonstrate some interests outside of Jew-hate. This forum has several posters who write about nothing else.

It seems to be the one racial prejudice that some people are comfortable expousing. Odd, and sad.
 
So you lay the blame for antisemitism at the feet of the Jews, is that right?
Not much different than the "rape-victim had it coming" argument, is it?

This is rubbish; no one has raped the Jews. If anything, it is the other way round. There is something fundamentally wrong with your thinking process. Much of it has to do with a life-long lack of education regarding this subject matter. All of your schooling has revolved around the idea that Jews are a victim people--and it shows. Sorry, mate, but you have no idea what you are talking about. Nobody with any kind of accurate understanding of this subject will engage you in debate. [No wonder Americans lag behind all other industrialized nations in practically every category of school subjects].

The idea that this is all 'anti-Semitism' is a red herring, a false scent. Only Americans will buy this lie wholesale; nobody else will.
 
This is rubbish; no one has raped the Jews. If anything, it is the other way round. There is something fundamentally wrong with your thinking process. Much of it has to do with a life-long lack of education regarding this subject matter. All of your schooling has revolved around the idea that Jews are a victim people--and it shows. Sorry, mate, but you have no idea what you are talking about. Nobody with any kind of accurate understanding of this subject will engage you in debate. [No wonder Americans lag behind all other industrialized nations in practically every category of school subjects].


So, you'll stop hating Jews when Jews do what you think they should, is that it?

Blaming the Jews for people hating Jews is a horrible argument. That fault, as always, is with anyone who harbors hatred, and especially with those who try to justify such hatred.
 
Bigotry might be eradicated, in France and elsewhere, if Jews would not insist on making criminality, and evil, and selfishness, and greed, and avarice, and arrogance, and hubris a part of Judaism. But they insist on making it so. It is not normal that people, practically everywhere, would have such feelings about Jews. Not normal at all. People, in general, do not care what God you worship. So, it is not about Judaism, or the religion you practice. Ergo: not anti-Semitism. So, what is it really about??

Jews have been thrown out of every country in Europe, sometimes twice. Let us put the fault where it really lies: at the feet of the Jews themselves. They do not make an effort to improve their behavior, no matter where they live, or what century they live in. They whine when things are not going well, and are arrogant and barbaric in prosperity. I have seen this barbaric behavior first-hand in the Mid-East. Here are some more observations of Jews by non-Jews in the modern era:

"I've never seen a President -- I don't care who he is -- stand up to them. It just boggles the mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what is going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what a grip these people have got on our government, they would RISE UP IN ARMS. Our citizens certainly don't have any idea what goes on."
---Thomas H. Moorer (1912 - 2004) Admiral, US Navy & Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

“Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.”
----Father John Sheehan, S.J.

"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as 'international bankers.' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
----John F. Hylan - Mayor of New York City (1918-1925)

We were lied to incessantly, in fact I am awed at the routineness and comfort in their ability to lie, it is remarkable really.
----Former US Marine Ken O'Keefe (and Freedom Flotilla participant) on the Israeli penchant for lying.
Anti-semitism has lots of causes, none of which involve Jews being particularly evil or destructive. A key factor was that Jews were pushed into banking by laws barring them from other professions, and religious rules that once kept Christians from charging interest on loans. That tended to result in some Jews getting very rich, in positions where their debtors ended up feeling resentful.

For my part, though, I really can't understand the negative feelings so many have about Jews. I mean, as an atheist, I have no dog in that fight, theologically speaking. It's all just an assortment of flavors of nonsense, to me. And, at least on paper, the Old Testament strikes me as even more absurd and vile than your average religion, so I'm not particularly drawn to Judaism. But, in practice, nearly all the Jews I've gotten to know have been great people -- which is totally not something I could say about Christians... or atheists, for that matter. The Jews I know are mostly generous to a fault, rational, highly educated, sympathetic, and high-minded. I live in an area and work in a profession with a whole lot of Jews, so we're not talking about a small sample size here. I don't know what the reason for it is, since I don't think the cause is in the theology, but Jews just seem to be better people, on average. So, I don't get how anti-semitism is still a thing. I wonder if most people just don't get to know many Jews, so they're judging based on stereotypes rather than personal experience.

That said, I do distinguish between anti-semitism and anti-Zionism. I totally get why people would be resentful of Israel, which is a rogue nation that causes all manner of problems for the US.
 
That first article is pretty disingenuous. Cohen never really questioned Israel. He has a long history of writing articles confirming that. And he answers his question of the necessity of Israel with a "yes" without making any argument to support it. A few acts of violence against Jews in Europe doesn't mean a Jewish state is necessary. There are acts of violence all the time directed at blacks, gays, women, etc., but that doesn't mean we need special states dedicated to such groups. I agree with Cohen's idea that antisemitism can't be blamed on Israel, since it has existed when Israel has not. But neither does antisemitism create a justification for a state that discriminates on the basis of religion/ethnicity.
 
Let's hope this isn't a trend:


An advert for a graphic design job in France has been withdrawn after it said the candidate should "if possible not be a Jew".


Racial discrimination is illegal in France and anti-racism group SOS Racisme says it is taking legal action.


The ad was posted on Monday by Paris-based NSL Studio on jobs site Graphic-Jobs.com.


NSL Studio has apologised for the ad but offered various explanations as to why it contained the offending clause.


The company was quoted on Monday by French news website Les Inrocks as saying that the hours of work, particularly during busy periods, meant the candidate should not be someone with cultural or religious needs.


NSL Studio then tweeted that its advert had been hacked and thanked those who had brought the issue to its attention.

A statement on NSL Studio's website (in French) now says the company "distances itself totally from all racist or anti-Semitic acts or statements".


It says the person in charge of placing the advert will be questioned and appropriate measures taken if it does turn out that the ad originated with NSL Studio.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31110463
I would have to say "it's trending".....

Beyond Europe, the only country the British now dislike more than Israel is North Korea. That is the finding of a new survey by the foreign policy institute Chatham House. Even Iran is viewed more favorably than Israel. These findings come amidst a fraught debate over whether or not Britain is becoming more anti-Semitic. But because much of the British establishment and even significant sections of Britain’s Jewish community refuse to view anti-Israel feeling as synonymous with anti-Semitism, people are not taking this phenomenon nearly as seriously as they might one day wish they had.
In all, 35 percent said they viewed Israel unfavorably, as opposed to 33 percent who felt negatively toward Iran (down from 45 percent in the previous survey), 21 percent for Saudi Arabia, 9 percent for Egypt, and 2 percent for Indonesia. These other figures are an indication of just how warped attitudes toward the Jewish state have become.

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/02/02/anti-israel-feeling-britain-reaching-dangerous-levels/
 
That first article is pretty disingenuous. Cohen never really questioned Israel. He has a long history of writing articles confirming that. And he answers his question of the necessity of Israel with a "yes" without making any argument to support it. A few acts of violence against Jews in Europe doesn't mean a Jewish state is necessary. There are acts of violence all the time directed at blacks, gays, women, etc., but that doesn't mean we need special states dedicated to such groups. I agree with Cohen's idea that antisemitism can't be blamed on Israel, since it has existed when Israel has not. But neither does antisemitism create a justification for a state that discriminates on the basis of religion/ethnicity.


There's more:

The United Nations held its first-ever meeting on the rise of worldwide anti-Semitic violence Thursday in the wake of attacks in Paris that left 20 people dead, including four Jews in a targeted attack on a Kosher supermarket.


French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy told the General Assembly at the meeting the world has to confront "the renewed advance of this radical inhumanity, this total baseness that is anti-Semitism."


The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, driven by the devastating effects of anti-Semitism and genocide of 6 million Jews, one of the reasons the “plague” of anti-Semitism must be eradicated, Lévy said.


The meeting was planned in response to a wave of anti-Semitic violence in Europe over the past year, but the messages delivered Thursday had a sense of renewed urgency in the wake of attacks by radical Islamists in Paris on January 9.

In November, German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said a “hatred of Jews” was on the rise across his country and the rest of Europe, spurred by violence in the Middle East. Chants like “Gas the Jews” were hurled during protests against the six-week-long conflict between Gaza and Israel in July and August last year, Steinmeier said.



http://www.newsweek.com/anti-jewish-violence-rise-europe-un-hears-301415


 
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