Comments on: UPDATED: Weiner Worm Poster Boy for Anti-Semitism

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:47:31 +0000

The only thing about this entire situation that truly bothers me is that AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THIS GUY LIED TO ALL OF US!

So, whom do we trust when it comes to having the finger on the button…declaring war…spending our money? Are all politicians pathological liars, thieves, and immoral bastards?

AND HOW STUPID ARE WE TO LISTEN TO THEM?

By: Abelard Lindsey

Abelard Lindsey — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:32:57 +0000

I have made comments on Spengler’s forums about how the future of Israel depends on ability to transform itself into a technology-based export oriented economy similar to that of Singapore and other East Asian nations and city-states.

My understanding is that Israel is finally ditching the socialism it used to be based on, liberalizing its economy, and creating a positive environment for venture capital and start-ups. The Ashkenazim have a reputation for smarts and make up a disproportionate number of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs in the West. I don’t know anything about the “Sephardic” people at all. But if they share the same intellectual capabilities as the Ashkenazim, it seems to me that Israel ought to become the Singapore or Hong Kong of the Middle-east.

What I don’t understand is why it took them so long to embrace the technology-based, free-market export economy model, even though this model had proven itself in the Pacific Asian region by the early 80’s, nearly 30 years ago.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:59:13 +0000

I’m a little confused, I have a friend who moved with his family to Tel Aviv a few years ago, he’s of Polish-Jewish origin and he uses the term “Sephardic” in reference to Yemenite Jews. He’s far from Left-wing though, he’s almost as astute politically as I am.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:56:35 +0000

In my trips to Israel, I cannot envision the effeminate little Weiner man there at all:)

By: David Papell

David Papell — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:37:53 +0000

Weiner doesn’t do middle aged Jewish men any good. I get that look from my female colleagues. It’s like I have to lie low for a while. But I take it with a sense of humor. But between Spitzer and Weiner, doesn’t help our image. About the liberal Jewish mentality, and the need to be liked. please…I need to take a Tums.

By: John McNeill

John McNeill — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:51:49 +0000

The exception to the Ashkenazim stereotype is Russian Jews living in Israel. I’ve spoken with a few and I’ve never met more fierce nationalists and traditionalists. They’ve told me how their experiences in the Soviet Union and the persecution they faced under Stalin and his successors shaped them to be a very conservative people, and hence stalwart defenders of Israel once they were able to escape the USSR. It’s a shame that American Ashkenazim aren’t more like their Russian cousins.

By: Nebojsa Malic

Nebojsa Malic — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:40:40 +0000

So Ilana, would you say the self-hating Israelis come primarily from Ashkenazi ranks, as they are more susceptible to the “progressive” politics of guilt?