When Miley Cyrus and Kanye West let anti-Semitic comments slip, plenty of people actually believe them.
By Yael Miller / Jewish World blogger for Haaretz
It
hasn’t been a great couple of months for the Jews. First Miley Cyrus
freaks out about old Jewish men being out of touch with teens, a U.S.
councilwoman-elect implies that Jewish people might have reason for
being randomly punched, and of course, Kanye West’s tirade. Just a few
weeks ago, he went on record saying:"Man, let me tell you something about George Bush and oil money and Obama and no money. People want to say Obama can't make these moves or he's not executing. That's because he ain't got those connections ... Black people don't have the same level of connections as Jewish people. Black people don't have the same connections as oil people."
Pardon me, Kanye, but I didn’t realize all Jewish people have such insane connections, more than — wait for it — the president of the United States of America. Excuse me a moment while I make a few phone calls and work my way to the CEO of Cisco Systems, or better yet, Apple.
West has been getting a lot of media attention, being derided for his “classic anti-Semitism,” and, on the other end of the spectrum, urged not to apologize.
It’s unclear as to whether all this hype is good or bad for the Jews. In a Daily Beast article last week, one woman implored fellow Jews to “stop trying to make people shut up” - particularly when it comes to debates on Israel. But is she right? Would we be better off trying to keep everyone quiet or let them rant and rave so as not to quell public debate?
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