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  1. Pat
    Pat November 12, 2014 12:04 am

    Well, obviously your dreams haven’t started hermitting yet. 🙂

    I agree that “Jew-hatred” is a much more direct and honest term for anti-Semitism. However, some “anti-Semitism” today may occur from a disrespect for Israel and its actions/policies, and not just from those who dislike Jews. That distinction should be made, politically-correct or not.

  2. Claire
    Claire November 12, 2014 6:28 am

    LOL, yes. Dreams have minds of their own, don’t they? My nighttime brain grapples with what it believes my responsibilities are.

    Definitely agree that one can be pro-Jewish while not uncritically supporting Israel, but I don’t think the term anti-Semitism is a useful one for making that distinction. It always was sort of an odd-duck term (since Arabs are Semitic, too) at best. Now, knowing its origins, I see how little sense it makes.

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