zionism (again)

[Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema]

It's not unimportant to keep in mind that the concept of "anti-semitism" is a
relic of nineteenth-century racial theorizing.

Justin Schwartz wrote:


>
> But second, the notion of race became extremely widespread in the second
> half of the 19th century, and there is no reason to think that Herzl,
> Weitzmann, etc, were immune to this,

Actually, it began, as I recall, as a euphemism invented by an enemy of jews.
Using the term is probably a bad idea, just like using "caucasian," for the same
reason.

Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema