[ April 20, 2024 ]
Caroline Glick's column today concerns the Great Neck synagogue's cancellation of my speech and a litany of the failures of the American Jewish community. Read her stunning indictment of the American diaspora:
Moral relativism and jihad Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post, April 11, 2013
The day that Carter was embraced by the Orthodox Jewish
establishment, Jewish author and activist Pamela Geller was silenced. Geller is
the nightmare of the liberal Jewish establishment.Story continues below advertisementShe is a beautiful and
articulate speaker and writer who has risen to prominence in the US for her
steadfast commitment to exposing the deadly pathologies of Jew hatred, misogyny
and other prejudices inherent to jihadist ideology.Geller’s website,
Atlas Shrugs, is a clearinghouse for information on Islamic persecution of
women, Christians and apostates and hatred of Jews. She also showcases the
documented ties between mainstream American Islamic groups and the Muslim
Brotherhood.An indefatigable defender of Israel, Geller recently ran a
highly controversial, and successful ad campaign in the New York and San
Francisco public transportation systems in response to an anti-Israel ad
campaign. Her billboards read, “In any war between the civilized man and the
savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel, Defeat Jihad.”Geller
was scheduled to speak on April 13 at the Great Neck Synagogue in Great Neck,
New York. The topic of her talk was “The Imposition of Shari’a in
America.”Last month, after learning of her talk, a consortium of Islamic
and leftist activists in Nassau County led by Habeed Ahmed from the Islamic
Center of Long Island launched a pressure campaign to coerce the synagogue into
cancelling her speech. Members of the group telephoned the synagogue and
castigated Geller as a bigot, and likened her to the Nazis in the
1930s.In short order liberal rabbis Michael White and Jerome Davidson
took over the opposition to Geller and launched a media campaign attacking her
as a bigot and demanding that the Great Neck Synagogue cancel her
speech.Rejecting the distinction Geller makes between jihadists and
their victims – Muslim and non- Muslim alike, White and Davidson claimed that
she opposes all Muslims and so her speech must be canceled. By hosting her, they
intoned, the Great Neck Synagogue would be guilty of propagating hate speech.
Liberal Christian and Jewish activists and their Muslim associates threatened to
protest the speech.On Wednesday the synagogue caved in to their massive
pressure. Citing “security concerns” the synagogue board released a statement
saying that while “these important issues must be discussed, the synagogue is
unable to bear the burden” of the pressure campaign surrounding Geller’s planned
speech. Her event was canceled.Surveys of the American Jewish community
taken in recent years by the American Jewish Committee demonstrate that the vast
majority of American Jews are deeply supportive of Israel, and their views tend
toward the Right side of the political spectrum in issues related to Israel, the
Palestinians and the wider Islamic conflict with the Jewish state.On the
other hand, the AJC’s surveys show that for the vast majority of American Jews,
Israel is not a voting issue. This state of affairs was reflected by a comment
that Yeshiva University student Ben Winter made to the media regarding the
absence of student protest against Carter on Wednesday. In Winter’s words,
“While many students at YU feel strongly about their Zionism, few have the
courage to publicly express their opinions.”The danger exposed by the
cancellation of Geller’s speech and the conferral of honors on the likes of
Carter and Waters by mainstream Jewish institutions is daunting. If moral
relativism remains the dominant dogma of the American Jewish establishment, the
already weakly defended, but still strongly rooted, support for Israel among the
rank and file of the American Jewish community will
dissipate
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20 Comments
11 years ago
I feel like crying. Pam you are so special.
11 years ago
The hate speach laws are causing this. They are contrary to the first Amendment. Because they exist people are afraid to take a stand. CAIR was surely in there threatening law suites.
11 years ago
What a great, moving article! Pamela, you are being persecuted by the enemies because you are right and they are wrong! Keep your head up high and know that you have many friends who support and love you!
11 years ago
Appeasement.
Capitulation.
Sharia Law.
11 years ago
So after all this what’s been missing so far?
– Any suggestion of police or FBI investigation of the threats issued by the violent thugs.
Anyone else not surprised one bit?
11 years ago
Many of these dhimmi Jews support Israel – as long as they don’t have to lift one finger to physically be seen standing in opposition to the enemies of Israel. In other words, let the Israelis fight for Western Civilization, we’ll sit and order from Zabar’s in Manhattan.
11 years ago
Pamela, as I’ve repeated a million times, THANK YOU for all you do. Words just are not adequate. You are in my thoughts and prayers daily. I also thank all the shruggers who keep the flame of Freedom and Liberty lit. Can’t wait to hear about these events at the other 2 shuls.
11 years ago
Pamela, awesome you are. How Islam hates being exposed, which means you are perfect.
Jack
11 years ago
How I wish there were more Jews with the chutzpah, brains and strength of these two articulate, staunch women: Pamela Geller and Caroline Glick. Baruch Hashem.
11 years ago
Maybe I missed something…. when and where was Carter embraced by ‘Orthodox Jewry’??
11 years ago
Pam Geller you have guts!…keep it up!…..the men shold be ashamed that you have to fill the gap they leave open…..fight the good fight!….stop the religion of pieces!!…
11 years ago
as a non Jew, I don’t understand a war on someone, that needs protection or opposition. as a small group that have been at war on its presence in the past, I support you. However, you have internal struggles to deal with in your community that continue to support your emeries by weakness. Did all not learn from the holocaust?
11 years ago
something’s I think that kind of speech should come from a warrior, but not some female housewife trying to protect her family. We have warriors who will protect you, they just need to unleash their masters.
11 years ago
I don’t understand liberal Jews. I’m completely mystified, though not being a Jew myself, that might have something to do with it.
We have liberal Jews over here in England that do the damndest things.
At our last London mayoral elections the Jewish liberal left actually, “after much thought,” decided to recommend the previous mayor standing for re-election, a noted antisemite, Marxist and wheeler dealer Ken Livingstone, against the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson, a pretty decent guy. I couldn’t believe they could do that, Livingstone HATES Jews and has a history of entertaining Islamic radicals at the London Assembly (City Hall).
If it’s their way of appeasing their enemies hoping not to make waves, then they deserve nothing but contempt.
…………………
By the way, the other week in a committee room at the House of Lords here in Westminster there was a book launch presided over by Baroness Deech, for ‘Dear Gary, Why You’re Wrong About Israel’ by Denis MacEoin. I see it has finally made it to Amazon and should soon be on sale. I can’t recommend it too highly (see here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dear-Youre-Wrong-About-Israel/dp/0957482507/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1365769562&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=dear+gary%2C+why+you%27re+wrong+about+Israel
11 years ago
I wonder how many of this variety of Jews voted for Hitler?
11 years ago
I luv Glick
11 years ago
That’s exactly how it’s gone down in Canada and the UK. I’m sure the corrupt scumbags in the federal government would love to pass hate speech laws outlawing all criticism of pisslam, but they’re probably afraid it would cause a civil war.
11 years ago
As a Jew I know that unfortunately as we use to say “2 Jews always have 3 opinions”. These “liberal” Jews – just one more group of useful idiots. Though there is a 4000-year experience teaching us that it’s no use of pacifying the aggressor, we see again and again idiots who are doing it. They will understand theur mistake when muslims cut their throats like rams’ ones. But then it will be too late.
11 years ago
Hitler was appointed chancellor by Hindenburg.
11 years ago
Zabar’s is that kinda like Canter’s Deli in L.A.? Or more upscale?
