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To: Fred Levine who wrote (68866)	3/19/2003 9:30:36 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 70976

If we take a step back and take a look at the larger picture, this is what I said to Cary: My understanding was that you were especially concerned about anti-Semitism of European Christians. I have been living in Europe for several years, in predominantly Christian environments, with Jewish minorities. I never heard anti-Semite comments in Christian communities. I never heard Jewish people say Christians were all anti-Semites. This is why I am surprised at your assessment of anti-Semitism being "fundamental to Christianity". I did hear some ear-blistering comments on non-Jews in synagogues, though. (Fred would agree) I have a lot of Jewish friends, one of whom is visiting this week, and much as I love them individually, I must say that their contempt for non-Jews when in groups is rather strange. Fred - I assume you missed the starting point above, and reacted to the sentence below: >>I guess it must be if you have never heard of any anti-semitism among "non-Jews."<< I have. Still, it did not prepare me for the contempt Jews feel for non-Jews, based not on others discriminating against them, but on a very strange concept of their racial superiority. I realize that from the sentence above, you may have felt that I was generalizing to all Jewish people, everywhere on this planet, which of course cannot be true. I apologize if it was offensive to you, although that was certainly not the intention, and that I was honestly telling of an impression I have from various groups of Jews I grew up with or later on got to know. Also, I am far from understanding how a discussion on anti-Semitism being fundamental to Christianity is not inflammatory to Christians, but a discussion of Jews having a prejudice towards and feeling superior to non-Jews is inflammatory to Jews. If one day you feel more comfortable talking on this subject, I would be happy to share my numerous experiences with you from which the impression I have told above is formed. For now, I will take note of your sensitivities and more on to other subjects.