Fascinating! I had to put the interview "on pause" while I visited Amazon to put the book in my Kindle library. I am older than Bernie (if you can believe THAT!) and though active in the Episcopal Church growing up, I had a lot of friends who were Jews. Two girls I would "walk home (carrying their books as we used to do)" were Jews. We didn't date because, as my friend Sandy Fried explained to me, the girls would be cutting themselves out of the Jewish dating community. I understood, but I'm probably still a bit in love with Janice Memel and Andrea Rosenstien. Anyway, all that just to say that I was not raised by my parents or my church to be anti-semitic.
As an adult, I read (and was horrified by) The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. One of the most terrible things I learned reading those books was that my country, a country which I had served as a U.S. Marine, refused to allow Jews who had fled Germany, many seeking safety in Italy or Spain only to discover that safety had eluded them even there -- my country had refused to allow those families assylum. Most of those families died as a result and we say to the world, "Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" There were times when I had to put the book down because I was so overcome with grief over the tragic losses.
Now, I do recognize those were works of fiction -- but the reader knew that the truth lay very close to the story.
All that to say that the current reaction of some of our people to the ongoing conflict in Israel is distressing. Robert Kennedy was killed by a "Palestinian" who was undoubtedly practicing the "religion of peace" when he fired five bullets into RFK's head. And he wasn't even a Jew! This has become a ramble which was meant to be just a "Thanks, I enjoyed hearing your interview with Doug."
How has anti-Semitism become so pervasive in our American culture?
John - I completely enjoyed your interview of Douglas Wellman. You actually let him speak freely without interruption to weave in global warming or some other crazy liberal thread. Thank you. I just subscribed recently to hear Bernie's semi-liberal threads. But, my hat is off to you and your interview style. Completely enjoyable, Bravo! BR
PS - I added Mr. Wellman's book to my To Do list. I will look for the book at my next library visit.
Fascinating! I had to put the interview "on pause" while I visited Amazon to put the book in my Kindle library. I am older than Bernie (if you can believe THAT!) and though active in the Episcopal Church growing up, I had a lot of friends who were Jews. Two girls I would "walk home (carrying their books as we used to do)" were Jews. We didn't date because, as my friend Sandy Fried explained to me, the girls would be cutting themselves out of the Jewish dating community. I understood, but I'm probably still a bit in love with Janice Memel and Andrea Rosenstien. Anyway, all that just to say that I was not raised by my parents or my church to be anti-semitic.
As an adult, I read (and was horrified by) The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. One of the most terrible things I learned reading those books was that my country, a country which I had served as a U.S. Marine, refused to allow Jews who had fled Germany, many seeking safety in Italy or Spain only to discover that safety had eluded them even there -- my country had refused to allow those families assylum. Most of those families died as a result and we say to the world, "Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" There were times when I had to put the book down because I was so overcome with grief over the tragic losses.
Now, I do recognize those were works of fiction -- but the reader knew that the truth lay very close to the story.
All that to say that the current reaction of some of our people to the ongoing conflict in Israel is distressing. Robert Kennedy was killed by a "Palestinian" who was undoubtedly practicing the "religion of peace" when he fired five bullets into RFK's head. And he wasn't even a Jew! This has become a ramble which was meant to be just a "Thanks, I enjoyed hearing your interview with Doug."
How has anti-Semitism become so pervasive in our American culture?
Glad you enjoyed the interview, and thanks for the story. Interesting stuff.
Wow! This is a history all to easily forgotten but is absolutely a wake up call to how evil, evil can be.
John - I completely enjoyed your interview of Douglas Wellman. You actually let him speak freely without interruption to weave in global warming or some other crazy liberal thread. Thank you. I just subscribed recently to hear Bernie's semi-liberal threads. But, my hat is off to you and your interview style. Completely enjoyable, Bravo! BR
PS - I added Mr. Wellman's book to my To Do list. I will look for the book at my next library visit.
Bob Ricketts
Aliso Viejo CA
>>John - I completely enjoyed your interview of Douglas Wellman.
Thanks!
>>You actually let him speak freely without interruption to weave in global warming or some other crazy liberal thread.
Uh, why would I have done that? I'm a conservative, I don't think I've ever even written about global warming, and Doug's books aren't political.
>>I just subscribed recently to hear Bernie's semi-liberal threads.
Semi-liberal? Not sure what you mean.
>>But, my hat is off to you and your interview style. Completely enjoyable, Bravo! BR
Thanks.
>>PS - I added Mr. Wellman's book to my To Do list. I will look for the book at my next library visit.
Cool. Hope you enjoy it.