Who writes this shit?
From Jewsweek (NOT Jewcy anymore - I can't believe I made that mistake!):
"10/16/05 09:30
New German chancellor has an "excellent" track record on Jewish issues
The first woman and former East German to be elected chancellor in Germany's history, Angela Merkel, brings a hopeful time for Germany's Jews and relations between Israel and Germany. The Chairman of the World Jewish Congress and president of the Claims Conference, Rabbi Israel Singer, spoke confidently of ties to the new German chancellor saying, "There's no 'getting to know you,' no breaking-in period needed." He added that Merkel, "frequently finished a sentence that I began when we talked about Jewish issues." Michael Wolffsohn, a history professor at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich said, "Jewish-Israeli matters are close to her heart," as well as her party in general. Looks like the woman filling Hitler's shoes is spinning Germany's policy on its head!"
I have been wincing at Jewsweek's (Non-Jewcy!) turn towards the more reactionary for some time now, but this is bad even for them. Filling Hitler's shoes? Either they are equating Gerhard Schroeder to Hitler, or they are wiping the most dynamic 60 years of Germany's history off the slate. I didn't live through the Holocaust. I can only imagine that it would be difficult to forgive a country whose government and people have done such horrible things. But it's been 60 Yom Kippurs since the end of WWII and Germany has made an honest and efficacious attempt at repentance for its grave sins. It's time for us to stop holding these horrible events against a country that has changed governments several times since that time, and whose population grew up in a place that embraces multiculturalism.
The people of Germany deserve more respect than to be called by the names of the ghosts of their past.
"10/16/05 09:30
New German chancellor has an "excellent" track record on Jewish issues
The first woman and former East German to be elected chancellor in Germany's history, Angela Merkel, brings a hopeful time for Germany's Jews and relations between Israel and Germany. The Chairman of the World Jewish Congress and president of the Claims Conference, Rabbi Israel Singer, spoke confidently of ties to the new German chancellor saying, "There's no 'getting to know you,' no breaking-in period needed." He added that Merkel, "frequently finished a sentence that I began when we talked about Jewish issues." Michael Wolffsohn, a history professor at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich said, "Jewish-Israeli matters are close to her heart," as well as her party in general. Looks like the woman filling Hitler's shoes is spinning Germany's policy on its head!"
I have been wincing at Jewsweek's (Non-Jewcy!) turn towards the more reactionary for some time now, but this is bad even for them. Filling Hitler's shoes? Either they are equating Gerhard Schroeder to Hitler, or they are wiping the most dynamic 60 years of Germany's history off the slate. I didn't live through the Holocaust. I can only imagine that it would be difficult to forgive a country whose government and people have done such horrible things. But it's been 60 Yom Kippurs since the end of WWII and Germany has made an honest and efficacious attempt at repentance for its grave sins. It's time for us to stop holding these horrible events against a country that has changed governments several times since that time, and whose population grew up in a place that embraces multiculturalism.
The people of Germany deserve more respect than to be called by the names of the ghosts of their past.
posted by pesematology at 4:04 AM
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