tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post1751209170364154872..comments2024-02-04T20:44:05.770-08:00Comments on Jewish Facts From Portland: Campus Antisemitism: Quaker OrganizersNadene Goldfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-90383996854569867002017-03-27T20:57:07.736-07:002017-03-27T20:57:07.736-07:00I am appalled at any source that would impugn or ...I am appalled at any source that would impugn or denigrate others with no way to validate nor to refute the printed material presented. Quakers have NEVER BEFORE THIS been accused of being anti-Semitic.....to do so would immediately identify them as non-Quaker. The belief structure of those who embrace the Religious Society of Friends simply does not allow for discrimination against the beliefs of ANY religious (or non-religious, for that matter) group. Some of the information presented by Nadene Goldfoot was accurate, whilst her opinions contained in this blog are obviously politically motivated - which has absolutely nothing to do with religious belief or, for that matter, with any feelings or beliefs about Jews. And to interpolate any differently is clearly misleading at the very least and downright vicious biased at worst, which can only be describes as anti-Quaker. Shame on you, Ms. Goldfoot, for your misguided attempt to disparage probably the only religious group in world to NEVER, ever cast negative aspersions on Jews over the past 365 years of Quaker testimony on the equality of all persons. And whilst you are about it, check out the roles of Rufus Jones, George Walton and D. Robert Yarnall and their mission to Germany to try to find a peaceful way of dealing with the Nazis - which resulted in hundreds of Jewish children being saved just in advance of the Nazi invasion of Poland. and yes, some of our most distinguished Quaker leadership has led to several peace- oriented effors in our own time, including secret QUNO meetings between Palestinian and Israeli leaders that led to the original agreements of the 1990s. And as for Ramallah and Brumallah Schools, they have been just about the ONLY source of moderate leadership over thae past five or six generations in the Arab world, because of the superior Quaker educational principles and philosophy that promote tolerance, acceptance and the rejection of violence as a legitimate method of deling with disputes.<br />And for the record, I have had three Jewish sons-in-law, and now proudly have four Jewish-heritage grandchildren, two of whom are third-generation from holocaust survivors. Oh, and BTW, even though I agree wholeheartedly with the statement attributed to Pope Francis, as one of the many non-Cristocentric Quakers, I find your definition of what and who Quakers are to be sadly out of date and certainly not in keeping with modern Quaker thought or practice.Rational Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295072160546285928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-48585955089445772632013-06-24T18:47:11.134-07:002013-06-24T18:47:11.134-07:00Pope Francis just said that a true Christian canno...Pope Francis just said that a true Christian cannot be anti-Semitic. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/pope-condemns-anti-semitism-at-vatican-summit-with-jewish-leaders/2013/06/24/Nadene Goldfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.com