Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00240)

So what then is the difference between a Hebrew and a Jew and an
Israeli/Israelite?


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-theos-talk@theosophy.com
> [mailto:owner-theos-talk@theosophy.com]On Behalf Of Bart Lidofsky
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 10:03 PM
> To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
> Subject: Theos-World Anti-Semitism
>
>
> Teos9@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 05/21/00 12:01:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > bartl@sprynet.com writes:
> >
> > <<    I would state that anti-semitism was originally coined as
> a euphenism
> > for
> >  "anti-Jew". The key on whether or not its pathological is
> whether the reasons
> >  are based on facts or lies. >>
> > ---
> > As a point of curiosity, I remember reading somewhere that both
> the Arabs and
> > the Jews were Semites. Through Abraham I think. How is it that
> the phrase
> > anti-Semite has come to mean only anti-Jewish and not anti Arab
> also? Do you
> > know who coined this term and when? Is it of Arabic, Jewish or
> non Semitic
> > origins. I appreciate any light you can shed on this matter.
>
>     Anti-Semite sounds fancier than "Jew Hater". In the Old
> Testament, Noah had
> three sons, Shem, Ham, and Yapheth (which translate, more or
> less, to "good
> reputation", "good mind", and "good looks"). The Middle Eastern
> people, Biblically
> speaking, were descendents of Shem, hence, "Semitic". I can look
> up the exact
> names and dates,. but essentially a German newspaper devoted to
> the anti-Jewish
> cause in the 19th Century called itself the "Anti-Semite", and
> the term took. The
> newspaper had nothing to do with Arabs, so that even though Arabs
> are technically
> Semites, the term "anti-semitism" refers only to Jews, although
> it has been used
> as a layer of confusion by Jew-hating Arab leaders (saying "I'm
> not anti-Semitic;
> I'm a Semite myself!" begs the real question, "Do you hate Jews?").
>
>     Bart Lidofsky
>
>
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