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    Darin Strauss
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    Seth Greenland
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    Rabbi David Wolpe
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    Tania Grossinger

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When I Think About Borat, I Hate Myself

Beth Gottfried
Filmmaker Andrew Goldberg's latest documentary, "Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century," which airs tonight, was reviewed by The Boston Globe today and while it seems a bit like replayed narrative:
Out in the world, as filmmaker Andrew Goldberg shows, there are still people who believe in an almost mystical set of falsehoods. A young woman in Cairo says there were no Jews in the World Trade Center on 9/11; she knows this for a fact since she was in America at the time.

A young boy, perhaps 3 years old, is asked what he thinks of Jews. "They are apes and pigs," he says.

"Who said they are so?" says an off-camera female voice.

"Our God

Nonetheless, however rehashed a theory and unoriginal in insight, it might be worth a cursory watch. As Globe critic Joanna Weiss poignantly points out thru a number of Borat comparisons, "We'd like to think that "Borat" is a powerful way to combat hateful ideas. 'Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century' reminds us that the power of fiction can be used to spread hatred, as well."
Beth Gottfried

Beth Gottfried Lisogorsky is a professional blogger whose work has appeared on numerous sites from Rotten Tomatoes to PopMatters. She loves film, TV (yes "the boob tube"), and music and has critiqued on all three. In 2004, she published a book


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Anonymous


Anti-Semitism don't need a reason, it can be anything.





Anonymous


the correct data is NO Israeli nationals. They were all warned to leave.





François Blumenfeld-Kouchner

François Blumen...


Conspiracy theories can be fun, but not when they're defacing the memories of the dead.

http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jan/14-260933.html





JewcyCraig

JewcyCraig


I can't personally rationalize deleting the comment, especially when it is so clearly and easily refuted by your stellar link. Thanks, Francois!