Jewish Power + Influence

How influential are Jewish pressure groups and individuals in the world, in western nations, and specifically in the U.S.? Is this influence too great or too small? Is it beneficial or detrimental? Far from providing a ready answer, CODOH offers the views of others for contemplation.

The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics

Copyright 1996 – All rights reserved. Contents Introduction Part I: Theological Myths The Myth of the “Promise”: Promised Land or Conquered Land? In Contemporary Christian Exegesis In the Prophetic Jewish Exegesis The Myth of the “Chosen People” The Myth of Joshua: Ethnic Purification Part II: The Myths of the 20th Century The Myth of Zionist…

Labels and Libels

An important libel suit is under way in London. David Irving, the controversial British historian of World War II, is suing an American scholar, Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University, for calling him “one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.” Since she wrote this in a 1993 book Denying The Holocaust, Irving says, his…

God Bless the Hillel Rabbis

Dream that I’m shot in the head, then the heart. The hit to the head is accompanied by a tremendous blast of hot air. I see everything blowing apart. The shot to the heart is a little high and to my left. It’s an unnecessary follow up. The dream half wakens me and I lie…

Jewish Involvement in Shaping American Immigration Policy, 1881-1965

Department of Psychology, California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840-0901 [We apologize for this maimed paper (Notes 1-4 not included in text, apparently missing passages, etc.). We strive to complete it; Codoh ed.] Population and Environment, Abstract This paper discusses Jewish involvement in shaping United States immigration policy. In addition to a periodic interest…

How preoccupied is the American Congress with Israel and the Holocaust?

This list of search returns from the Congressional Record and Legislative Status data bases maintained by the United States government for the Congress do not answer that question, but they give a slight clue. Only two words were used in the searches, with results as follows: “Holocaust“: 152 items in the Congressional Record; 11 legislative…

Not facing history

In the recent flap over the Holocaust curriculum “Facing History and Ourselves,” it was easy enough to demolish the criticisms offered of the program. Christina Jeffrey, Newt Gingrich's nominee for House historian, had, it turned out, recommended that the program be denied a Department of Education grant because it did not present the Nazi “point…

Operation Shylock: A Confession

Introduction Following are a number of quotations taken from Philip Roth's “Operation Shylock: A Confession,” Simon and Schuster, New York, 1993. The page numbers refer to the hardcover edition. Mr. Roth's frequent use of italics have not been reproduced. These quotations are the words or thoughts of characters in a novel by Philip Roth, and…

Montreal lawyer says Jewish leaders are trying to manipulate the community

As far as Mountreal's Jewish community is concerned, Julius Grey's timing and statements could not have been more outrageous. Hundreds of community members called radio talk shows, rabbis, friends and communal organizations last week in response to the renowned lawyer's public comments that anti-Semitism and the Holocaust were being manipulated by Jewish leaders in an…

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