[net.religion.jewish] ANTI-SEMITISM

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