"Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel said: On three things does the world endure: justice, truth and peace, as the verse states, 'Truth and peace judge in your gates'" (Zechariah 8:16).
People should be very careful using the term Anti-Semite, not because of timidity, but because if used too much, and for the wrong reason, the charge loses its impact. I feel the same way about calling someone a racist, a Nazi and the terms Holocaust and Apartheid. Those are all horrible terms and the more they are used they become a little less horrible. As a Jew I feel that one thing that Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel meant by the quote above is that it is my job to defend a non-Jew when he/she is falsely accused of being of Jew-hatred.
When I drifted by Media Matters today (yes its important to see what the other side is doing), I spotted a most disgusting headline.
Beck revives anti-Semitic Soros conspiracy theory
Furthering his long history of smearing George Soros, Glenn Beck advanced former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's anti-Semitic claim that Soros was "helped trigger the economic meltdown" of Southeast Asian currencies in 1997, which Mahathir had reportedly suggested was part of a Jewish "agenda." In fact, Soros and other hedge funds were found not to be primarily responsible for the currency crisis, and Mahathir later retracted the claim.
Mahathir a serial anti-Semite did sort of make that claim. In an interview with the BBC in October 1997 he said:
- We do not want to say that this is a plot by the Jews, but in reality it is a Jew who triggered the currency plunge, and coincidentally Soros is a Jew. It is also a coincidence that Malaysians are mostly Moslem. Indeed, the Jews are not happy to see Moslems progress. If it were Palestine, the Jews would rob Palestinians. Thus this is what they are doing to our country.
Now watch the Beck video Media Matters says is an Anti-Semitic rant and tell me what word is missing.
If you answered the word Jews you win the prize. Glenn Beck's speech was all about George Soros destroying currencies after first warning people via a newspaper oped. The word Jews weren't mentioned, nor was the word Jews even hinted out. And if pinning the title of currency speculation on George Soros makes one an anti-Semite I am going to get a lot of dirty looks when I go to synagogue on Saturday, because I have made similar accusations about Soros that Beck has made.
Here's some of the truth that Media Matters isn't telling you they work for Soros, or at least Soros is a major sugar-daddy of the Organization.. This is how it works, Three different Soros Charitable Foundations, individual members of the Soros family and the Geosor Corporation gives hundreds of millions of dollars money to The Open Society Institute (see page 18 of the Institute's non profit tax return posted here). Open Society give money to the Center for American Progress who gives money to Media Matters. Another Soros funded group that helps Media Matters is the Democracy Alliance. Also keep in mind that Media Matters is not required to list its donors, this information comes from the tax returns of the foundations that give it money.
The Media Matters attack on Glenn Beck, is simply a matter of Soros making false charges against Beck to deflect attention away from the currency argument of Mr. Beck
Regarding the charges made by the then Malaysian Prime Minister about the currency speculator, here is something else Media Matters is not telling you. The two had a major feud going on. As reported by Lee Han Shih the founder, publisher and editor of asia! Magazine
Like a pair of bad tempered boys, Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, and George Soros, the US billionaire speculator and philanthropist, had been feuding for a decade, using all sorts of platforms including a World Bank meeting for their fight.Then they kissed and made up in December 2006 when Soros took up an invitation by the London School of Economics Society to visit Kuala Lumpur.
After that December meeting, the two reversed all charges they made about each other.
Mahathir as Prime Minister"
- "Dr. Mahathir is a menace to his own country."- Soros, World Bank Meeting in Hong Kong, September 20, 1997
- "I think Mahathir has made a great contribution to Malaysia's material development but like all great men, he has made some great mistakes."- Soros, in an interview, 2006
- '"There is definite evidence that we cannot disclose. There is no doubt he did it."- Mahathir, Kuala Lumpur, 1997, on Soros' role in the currency speculation that triggered the Asian Crisis of 1997/98
- "Mr Soros said he is not involved. I accept that.- Mahathir, Kuala Lumpur, December 2006
Mahathir the Jewish Hater:
- "Soros is part of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy."- Mahathir, Kuala Lumpur, 1997 "Somehow or other, I have been labeled anti-Semitic.
- I would like to say that I am not anti-Semitic, not anti-Jew."- Mahathir, Kuala Lumpur, December 2006
- "I accept that Dr Mahathir is not anti-Semitic."- Soros, Kuala Lumpur, December 2006.
In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I am a Beck fan, an extreme subscriber to his radio show and regular viewer of his TV show. On most days for the past 18 months I have had "two doses" of Beck five days a week. Not once, has he ever said anything that could be remotely called Antisemitism. Let me say that again not once has he ever said anything that could be remotely called Antisemitism.
Media Matters charge of Antisemitism is not only a lie, but it takes an ugly term and cheapens it. And what makes it worse it breaks Jewish laws against "Loshen Hora" disparaging speech. The harm done by speech is even worse than the harm done by stealing or by cheating someone financially, because amends can be made for monetary harms, but the harm done by speech can never be repaired.
An old Chasidic tale explains, A man once went around town telling malicious lies about the rabbi. Eventually he realized the wrong he had done, and began to feel remorse. He went to the rabbi and begged his forgiveness, saying he would do anything he could to make amends. The rabbi told the man, "Take a feather pillow, cut it open, and scatter the feathers to the winds." The man thought this was a strange request, but he did it gladly. When he returned to tell the rabbi that he had done it, the rabbi said, "Now, go and gather the feathers. Because you can no more make amends for the damage your words have done than you can recollect the feathers."
Media Matters has no right to make malicious charges of Antisemitism against Glenn Beck or anybody else. Not only do their progressive goals run totally contra to Jewish law, but telling lies about people are not tolerated by the Torah, as it is said
Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer among thy people (Lev. 19:16)
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