Money, hate and Jewish values
Fears of an anti-Semitic backlash from the global financial crisis continue to simmer, though evidence beyond the usual anti-Semitic hatemongers is scant.
JTA reported on the domestic fears a few weeks ago and now the ADL has issued a news release citing some worrying examples in the international press.
I often wonder whether giving publicity to these fringe voices does more harm than good.
While Jew-spotting can have its sinister side, it can also be a source of pride when it comes to noting Nobel laureates, as a Ha'aretz columnist points out in his recent piece.
And leave it to Shmuley Boteach to argue that the financial crisis should prompt Jews to re-evaluate our priorities – and our mark on the world in Up against a Wall (Street): The financial crisis and Jewish values.
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Syed Shahid Ali
10/21/08 12:52 PM
Every Jew is an entire universe inside himself/herself. That is why, we may find Jewish individual performances outstanding; but team-work or working collectively is lacking.
There is a need to prioratize the team-work or collective efforts among Jews. Individual performances serve nothing.
Moses had the ability to motivate Jews working as a team. We again need a motivational leader like Moses; who could integrate different components of a mechanism to let mechanism work; who could integrate different voices of Jews/Zionists as a well-knitted and united nation of Jews.