Comments on: What’s in a Name? http://blog.z-word.com/2009/09/whats-in-a-name/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Wed, 23 May 2012 19:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: What’s in a Name? | JewPI http://blog.z-word.com/2009/09/whats-in-a-name/#comment-7654 What’s in a Name? | JewPI Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:54:50 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1418#comment-7654 [...] and rightist varieties will vilify a person not because of what they say, but because of what they Read More » Share and Enjoy:Tags: blog, dave rich, piece, racists, rightistZ-Word Blog »Related PostsMy [...] […] and rightist varieties will vilify a person not because of what they say, but because of what they Read More » Share and Enjoy:Tags: blog, dave rich, piece, racists, rightistZ-Word Blog »Related PostsMy […]

]]> By: vildechaye http://blog.z-word.com/2009/09/whats-in-a-name/#comment-7147 vildechaye Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:04:12 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1418#comment-7147 I am quite familiar with Woody Allen's "moose" sketch, but on record, not TV. The recorded version is funnier, because, after he accidentally puts "the berkowitzes" on his fender, he repeats his previous line that "there's a law in New York state," and then goes on to say "Tuesday, Thursday and ESPECIALLY Saturdays....." Hilarious. I am quite familiar with Woody Allen’s “moose” sketch, but on record, not TV. The recorded version is funnier, because, after he accidentally puts “the berkowitzes” on his fender, he repeats his previous line that “there’s a law in New York state,” and then goes on to say “Tuesday, Thursday and ESPECIALLY Saturdays…..”

Hilarious.

]]> By: Noga http://blog.z-word.com/2009/09/whats-in-a-name/#comment-7109 Noga Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:12:38 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1418#comment-7109 Esther Delisle, who wrote a book about the legacy of Lionel-Groulx and antisemitism in Quebec, talked about how the idea of the invisibility of the Jew was a source of national paranoia during the thirties and forties. A Jew named Goldberg could change his name to Godbout and there would be no way of telling him apart from non-Jews. Mordechai Richler had an ironic twist on this paranoia when he discussed Jews as being designated "an invisible minority". "My people", he used to say with some acerbity, "are anything but invisible". Esther Delisle, who wrote a book about the legacy of Lionel-Groulx and antisemitism in Quebec, talked about how the idea of the invisibility of the Jew was a source of national paranoia during the thirties and forties. A Jew named Goldberg could change his name to Godbout and there would be no way of telling him apart from non-Jews.

Mordechai Richler had an ironic twist on this paranoia when he discussed Jews as being designated “an invisible minority”. “My people”, he used to say with some acerbity, “are anything but invisible”.

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