mlh@houxl.UUCP (M.HARRISON) (03/26/85)
I'm somewhat concerned about the postings of Don Black and the report by M. Fingerhut regarding the cable-TV appearance of Felderer and Hoffman in Ithaca (N.Y.). I too have noticed a significant increase in what appears to be well- organized Anti-Semitism recently. In particular, I've heard two strikingly similar incidents on New York radio. First, I was listening to a call-in show on WABC where the guest was Liz Holtzman, District Attorney of Brooklyn. By way of background material, Ms. Holtzman sacrificed her Thanksgiving holiday last year to travel to Paraguay (along with others) to exert pressure on the government in an effort to obtain information as to the whereabouts of Josef Mengele, the notorious Angel of Death of Auschwitz (the trip was made at no expense to taxpayers). Well, a ways into this call-in show some nut called in and started ranting and raving about her travel to Paraguay to find an "old man" who probably didn't do anything anyway. He went on to get a few words in about how the Holocaust never took place ... Ms. Holtzman maintained her cool and made the guy look like the jerk he was. I thought to myself, one incident, one jerk, no big deal. Well, the other day I was listening to another call-in show where the guest was Tom Kean, Governer of New Jersey. This time the caller wanted to know why taxpayers' money was being "wasted" teaching about the Holocaust in public schools, since "it never took place". Gov. Kean responded well and hung-up on this jerk. Now I hear on net-news about another incident in Ithaca and we witness first-hand Don Black. WHAT'S GOING ON? It occurs to me that we've got a real powerful medium here to gather data on this. Does anyone else have an experience to relate? If so, POST THEM, let everyone know what's going on! Let's collectively open our eyes. In addition, I'm going to archive all reports and forward them to the ADL and Simon Weisental Center, to give the professionals the data they needed to keep up their most effective job. Marc Harrison AT&T Bell Labs Holmdel, N.J. 07733