[Peace] Fwd: Anti-Semitism

[jamendoz]

I, too, would like to see this difficult/essential conversation continued, but 
can't recall how to use peace-discuss. Would some patient soul please 
re-post that information?

Jean M.

>===== Original Message From Carol Inskeep 
<inskeep at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> =====
>hi,
>
>i'm very glad to see this discussion going on (althought perhaps we 
should
>move over to peace-discuss).  just last night i got in a very
>disconcerting conversation when i was checking in on the status of the
>Public Service Announcement for the Palestinian Truth Tour.  the 
airshifter
>was saying that he was reluctant to read it because he felt that it would
>just be "palestinian truth" and would fall on the continuum of "anti-israel,
>anti-zionist, anti-jewish" ideas.
>
>maybe we do need to address this issue explicitly more often.  i know 
that
>i have been reluctant to speak out at times for fear of being
>called anti-semitic or of offending good friends of mine who are jewish
>and very pro-israel.  i think that we should do whatever we can to create
>a climate that repeatedly asserts that critiquing the occupation is not
>anti-semitic; and that criticizing US policy is not anti-american.  many
>people are afraid to speak out because of these accusations, and 
perhaps
>we need to address them more frequently/explicitly.
>
>i especially like the ideas already expressed - bringing progressive
>jewish/israeli speakers, addressing the issue of anti-semitism in our
>literature, and continuing to emphasize our role as american citizens in
>changing US policy.
>
>thanks very much to all for speaking up on this.
>
>carol
>
>
>
>
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Jean Mendoza
Doctoral Student, Curriculum and Instruction
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
jamendoz at uiuc.edu
217/333-1386