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Pourquoi Je Suis Juif (Serie Grecque,)
Je suis juif, parce qu'en tous lieux ou pleure une souffrance, le juif pleure. Je suis juif, parce qu'en tous temps ou crie une desesperance, le juif espere. Je suis juif, parce que la promesse d'Israel est la promesse universelle. Je suis juif, parce que, pour Israel, l'Homme n'est pas cree: les hommes le creent. Dans Pourquoi je suis juif, Edmond Fleg, romancier, poete, essayiste et historien, decrit ce qu'est a la fois l'universalite du message juif et l'urgence qu'il y a pour les generations a venir de ne jamais s'eloigner des preceptes qui font la force et la perennite du peuple juif.
104 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1943
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November 28, 2018
Not an easy text to read. It was published in 1929
Recently, my Jewish friend asked me a poignant question: Why the Jews are so hated? I said the world hates the God that the Jews represent and the fact that this God had anointed them as the chosen people. (Never mind that so many Jews these days are secular or even buy into the notion that they are the chosen people). I knew my answer was less than satisfactory even to my own conscience. The truth is, I don't really know why the Jews are so hated by the world and I know this is happening, because I don't know how to entertain such hatred. But really though why do we singled out the Jews of all people the way we do? They got the blamed for everything under the sun. The fact is, the Jews as people did so many good deeds (and no signs of stopping even now, in spite of) for the benefits of humanity as a whole. We aren't supposed to behave like this to our fellow human beings, but history proved that we did. We did a lot of horrendous things to each other particular to the Jews. We aren't supposed to be enemies with each other; we can blamed our forefathers for being misguided and ignorant; sadly we don't do much better either. These days which I find it alarming is that antisemitism and anti-Israel is one and the same; that's really food for thought is it not?
While I disagree with several of the author's arguments on Christianity, I agree with him on the following quote and sadly it's still relevant today: "If Christians have persecuted Jews (and they have hideously done so, and still do) it is because they neither possess Christian virtues nor Christian beliefs; they are still pagans, for one cannot be anti-Jewish without being anti-Christian." (pg. 76).
* For further reading: The Anti-Israel Agenda by Alex Ryvchin (Chapter 9: Israel and the Church - Allies or Enemies?
I believe one of the ways to combat antisemitism is for the non-Jews to stop sitting on the fence or remain indifferent by the antisemitism activities around us. Take action, nip it in the but before it has chance to blossom.
It must be strange for a non-Jew to read this book, but I am a curious reader (it's take me places), and it had been an educational and sobering read. Say, you're a Jew whom lost your way or don't know anymore what it meant to be a Jew, my friend, this book is for you.
Recently, my Jewish friend asked me a poignant question: Why the Jews are so hated? I said the world hates the God that the Jews represent and the fact that this God had anointed them as the chosen people. (Never mind that so many Jews these days are secular or even buy into the notion that they are the chosen people). I knew my answer was less than satisfactory even to my own conscience. The truth is, I don't really know why the Jews are so hated by the world and I know this is happening, because I don't know how to entertain such hatred. But really though why do we singled out the Jews of all people the way we do? They got the blamed for everything under the sun. The fact is, the Jews as people did so many good deeds (and no signs of stopping even now, in spite of) for the benefits of humanity as a whole. We aren't supposed to behave like this to our fellow human beings, but history proved that we did. We did a lot of horrendous things to each other particular to the Jews. We aren't supposed to be enemies with each other; we can blamed our forefathers for being misguided and ignorant; sadly we don't do much better either. These days which I find it alarming is that antisemitism and anti-Israel is one and the same; that's really food for thought is it not?
While I disagree with several of the author's arguments on Christianity, I agree with him on the following quote and sadly it's still relevant today: "If Christians have persecuted Jews (and they have hideously done so, and still do) it is because they neither possess Christian virtues nor Christian beliefs; they are still pagans, for one cannot be anti-Jewish without being anti-Christian." (pg. 76).
* For further reading: The Anti-Israel Agenda by Alex Ryvchin (Chapter 9: Israel and the Church - Allies or Enemies?
I believe one of the ways to combat antisemitism is for the non-Jews to stop sitting on the fence or remain indifferent by the antisemitism activities around us. Take action, nip it in the but before it has chance to blossom.
It must be strange for a non-Jew to read this book, but I am a curious reader (it's take me places), and it had been an educational and sobering read. Say, you're a Jew whom lost your way or don't know anymore what it meant to be a Jew, my friend, this book is for you.
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