Abraham Foxman Quotes
Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak, and hasn't learned from his past mistakes. It seems every time he has a problem in his life, he blames it on Jews.
Foxman, Abraham. "ADL Condemns Michael Jackson's Anti-Semitic Outburst." Anti-Defamation League, 23 Nov. 2005.
Although only a minority of Americans advocated legalization of Marijuana at the time, Nixon brought his notorious anti-Semitic point of view to bear on a situation where the overwhelming majority of Marijuana legalizers were Christian. There were Jews as well – in particular some prominent Jews such as Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman who recommended against marijuana use, but argued against government making it illegal. This was a position held by most Libertarians, many liberals, and many conservatives like Friedman.
The irony was that Breen was in charge of the Motion Picture censorship at a time when he personally could block any motion picture from being exhibited by withholding the Hollywood Production Seal of Approval. He was not only a virulent anti-Semitic but prohibited things like scenes with a double bed rather than twin beds for married couples.
Ford was a notorious anti-Semite.
The Turks had massacred the vast majority of their Armenian population, and treated the Greeks badly killing and them many of them from territories the Ottoman Turks had conquered. Jews fared better but were 2nd class citizens. Bristol was the American State Department’s senior official and was very “understanding” of the murders and ethnic cleansing despite the fact that President Wilson and most American politicians were very opposed to the Turkish massacres. See {620614} and {620599} . Two factors makes this quotation very significant. First, at the time the State Department was not really under the control of either the President or the Congress. It was not rare for the Department to have its own policies and implement them. This began to change in WWII and FDR exercised much more control than previous presidents since Theodore Roosevelt. The second factor is that there were many racists throughout the State Department—Bristol was only one. There was little concern for minorities’ welfare and the emphasis was on commerce. See {620600} Even in Truman’s administration, the President had massive opposition from the State Department for his policy of recognizing the State of Israel. Today, this kind of racism in the State Department is very rare, and human rights has been one of their major concerns. There were many changes in 75 years.
He was referring to British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, who then really did control the conference which ended up with the outcome Disraeli wanted. Disraeli at the time was 75 far older than most national leaders and diplomats. He was born to a Jewish Family and although he described himself as having Jewish origins, he was not an orthodox or observant Jew.
Abraham Henry Foxman is an American lawyer and activist. He served as the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, and is currently the League's National Director Emeritus. In March 2016, he became Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City in order to lead its efforts on antisemitism.
