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Behind the Aegis

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Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:58 PM Apr 2020

(Jewish Group) Sacramento daily apologizes for running Easter ad it says was anti-Semitic

The Sacramento Bee apologized for running a two-page ad that the Californian daily said contained anti-Semitic language.

The ad appeared on April 10 and 12, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and featured a poem signed by a person named Robert Forest, the Jewish News of Northern California reported.

“The ‘religious’ folks who ran the show, didn’t like him [Jesus] stealing their thunder (and putting the ‘sheep’ in the know), so they watched and waited hatching evil schemes unabated, looking to kill the man who brought God’s love, planning to slaughter the holy man they hated,” the poem read. It prompted many complaints from Jews and others, the Jewish paper reported.

On April 14, the Bee’s editor and president, Lauren Gustus, wrote “An apology: Ad with anti-Semitic language is unacceptable.”

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I have tried to find the entire poem. I have only see a snapshot picture, which doesn't include the entire piece. It appears it may have been sent to multiple papers and included wording such as "sin-o-gogues".

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(Jewish Group) Sacramento daily apologizes for running Easter ad it says was anti-Semitic (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Apr 2020 OP
"Sin-o-gogues" is unacceptable, of course, if it really existed in the piece. But... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #1
You decide Behind the Aegis Apr 2020 #2
Nothing to decide-- the descriptions in the gospels are of a Hebrew leadership that had... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #3
Look at what you said: "Hebrew leadership". Behind the Aegis Apr 2020 #4
Okay-- just what would you call them? Jews had been accepted in the Roman Empire since Julius... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #5

TreasonousBastard

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1. "Sin-o-gogues" is unacceptable, of course, if it really existed in the piece. But...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 01:11 PM
Apr 2020

if it did, one would think that would be mentioned in the article, not what's just historically accurate.

Like it or not, Jesus and the Pharisees were pretty much at war. Or, at least that's what the Gospels say.

Behind the Aegis

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2. You decide
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:25 PM
Apr 2020


There isn't much there (that's why I am looking for the whole piece), but using a work of fiction/pseudohistory to attack another group, especially in this day and time is beyond the pale. This is the age-old bullshit of blaming the Jews, which led to blood libels, and so on, up until the modern day expressions of anti-Semitism. This is nothing more than a "sins of the father visited on his children" type of crap.

TreasonousBastard

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3. Nothing to decide-- the descriptions in the gospels are of a Hebrew leadership that had...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 07:00 PM
Apr 2020

no use for Jesus. The idea of a "King of the Jews" being accepted would destroy the society they were leading.

Taking a bullwhip into the temple and throwing out the moneychangers didn't endear him to them either. Nor did his constant jibes at the leadership.

I'm well aware that all this, and more, was used for thousands of years as an excuse to attack Jews, but the fact seems to be that they did have him killed, and Christians have seen the crucifixion as the fulfillment of dozens of OT prophecies.

Now, I'm also well aware that there is more than enough controversy over those alleged prophecies, and the events described in the NT. The OT prophecies are often vague enough to make Nostradamus look legitimate and the NT was written years after Jesus took off, with many revisions over the years as the dominant church kept trying to quell heresies.

So, this guy might be an anti-semite or other type of bigot, but if he is he hides it well in this excerpt. He's just an unquestioning believer here.

Not exactly Milton, though.

Behind the Aegis

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4. Look at what you said: "Hebrew leadership".
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 08:46 PM
Apr 2020

His implication is THE JEWS, as a people, are responsible; that is anti-Semitic. Blaming the entirety of group for something is the definition of bigotry. So, you may feel he hides it well, I don't see it that way. While this pales in the face of things currently happening in the way of anti-Semitism, here and the world over, it is still important to call bullshit bigotry like this out for what it is.

TreasonousBastard

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5. Okay-- just what would you call them? Jews had been accepted in the Roman Empire since Julius...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:39 PM
Apr 2020

beat Pompey; and Herod was called "King of the Jews" by the Senate. There was even the Roman province of Iudea.

Jews were a significant part of the empire. although they didn't always get along that well. And they had leadership.

And it wasn't Jews as a people, it was specifically a certain Jewish leadership who saw Jesus as a threat. Or at least a serious inconvenience. Jews were also his followers, believing him to be the Messiah.

Anyway, the parts of the poem still just repeat the orthodox Easter story. If worse stuff is in the missing verses, that can be dealt with if they ever show up.

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