Letty Cottin Pogrebin Denounces Moran In The 12/22/03 Edition Of The Nation

Ms. Pogrebin's article deals primarily with her reasons for supporting Israel's Law of Return. However, she denounces current anti-Semitic trends, of which James Moran's statements about Jews are an example. Here is what she says:

"On some American campuses, anti-Israel rhetoric has been conflated with flagrantly anti-Semitic slogans, like 'Hitler should have finished the job.' Such verbal abuse, often accompanied by physical harassment, can be so traumatizing as to make Jews wonder if they should leave the country before it's déjà vu all over again. (For the left to ignore attacks on Jews as Jews is as morally execrable as criticism of Sharon's government is morally obligatory.) Recently the specter of 'dual loyalties,' long a trigger of anti-Semitic bigotry, was raised when Patrick Buchanan, the ultra-right commentator and former presidential candidate, cast aspersions on those who 'harbor a passionate attachment to a nation not our own.' Representative James Moran of Virginia stirred up another incendiary canard-Jewish influence-by attributing America's war with Iraq to 'the strong support of the Jewish community,' though polls showed Jewish attitudes toward military action precisely matched the national sentiment."

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