Comments on: Justifying Murder http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:28:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: anon http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-87 anon Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:35:12 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-87 Mazel tov Shick pere et fils. Mazel tov Shick pere et fils.

]]> By: Joe Schick http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-85 Joe Schick Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:38:06 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-85 I posted my thoughts on the Jewish Action piece on my blog a couple of weeks ago. I speak only for myself here, but my criticism of Jewish Action is less that Ms. Klein Greenwald was given the opportunity to defend Goldstein, but mainly that (i) her response was extraordinarily long - longer, indeed, that most op-ed articles, and (ii) that the magazine did not publish a disclaimer stating that it does not necessarily agree with her views. I doubt Jewish Action's practice is to allow all writers to write a several thousand word response to letters criticizing something they wrote. Simcha's blog generated quite a few comments on the matter, and it was disappointing to see so much equivocation (and at times even outright support) with respect to Goldstein. As someone who is hardly a leftist (I oppose the Sharon unilateral withdrawal plan, for example), I find it shocking that so many observant Jews would in any justify a heinous act like Goldstein's. I posted my thoughts on the Jewish Action piece on my blog a couple of weeks ago. I speak only for myself here, but my criticism of Jewish Action is less that Ms. Klein Greenwald was given the opportunity to defend Goldstein, but mainly that (i) her response was extraordinarily long - longer, indeed, that most op-ed articles, and (ii) that the magazine did not publish a disclaimer stating that it does not necessarily agree with her views. I doubt Jewish Action’s practice is to allow all writers to write a several thousand word response to letters criticizing something they wrote.

Simcha’s blog generated quite a few comments on the matter, and it was disappointing to see so much equivocation (and at times even outright support) with respect to Goldstein. As someone who is hardly a leftist (I oppose the Sharon unilateral withdrawal plan, for example), I find it shocking that so many observant Jews would in any justify a heinous act like Goldstein’s.

]]> By: Nachum http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-84 Nachum Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:26:08 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-84 The defense of Dr. Goldstein was, it should be noted, only published under challenge. The original article made no reference to a defense. Thus, I'd give it the status of a letter. Are you proposing that Jewish Action supress all comment that doesn't meet your criteria? They did, after all, choose to publish the challenge attacking Dr. Goldstein. Should there be a standard of Correctness beyond which should now be aired? The defense of Dr. Goldstein was, it should be noted, only published under challenge. The original article made no reference to a defense. Thus, I’d give it the status of a letter. Are you proposing that Jewish Action supress all comment that doesn’t meet your criteria? They did, after all, choose to publish the challenge attacking Dr. Goldstein. Should there be a standard of Correctness beyond which should now be aired?

]]> By: Simcha http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-83 Simcha Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:53:04 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2004/12/22/justifying-murder/#comment-83 I apologize for self-referring, but let me state that I whole-heartedly support Dr. Schick on this matter and had blogged about it when I saw the despicable letter in Jewish Action. http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2004/12/goldstein-revisionism.html http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2004/12/goldstein-revisionism-ii.html I apologize for self-referring, but let me state that I whole-heartedly support Dr. Schick on this matter and had blogged about it when I saw the despicable letter in Jewish Action.
http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2004/12/goldstein-revisionism.html
http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2004/12/goldstein-revisionism-ii.html

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