Two days ago I had just read Professor Ollman his 1986 letter of resignation from the Jewish people, because of the Zionists' treatment of the Palestinians. A brilliant treatise ending with a Lenny Bruce piece.
An hour of reading.
The last lines.
"As far as I’m concerned, the comedian, Lenny Bruce, provided the only good answer to this question when he said, "Dig, I'm Jewish. Count Bassie’s Jewish. Ray Charles is Jewish. Eddie Cantor is goyish… Marine Corps – heavy goyish… If you live in New York or any other big city, you’re Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you’re going to be goyish even if you’re Jewish… Kool-Aid is goyish. Evaporated milk is goyish even if Jews invented it… Pumpernickel is Jewish and, as you know, white bread is very goyish.… Negroes are all Jews… Irishmen who have rejected their religion are Jewish… Baton twirling is very goyish”.
"To this I would only add, “Noam Chomsky, Mordechai Vanunu and Edward Said are Jewish. Elie Wiesel is goyish. So, too, all ‘Jewish’ neo-cons. Socialism and communism are Jewish. Sharon and Zionism are very goyish”. And, who knows, if this reading of Judaism were to take hold, I may one day apply for readmission to the Jewish people."A brilliant piece evoking the memory of the Jewish Dispora. Professor Ollman didn't agree with me and I replied, "This is you. Not me." A smile "I knew that " Crafty old commie.
We are both exhausted.
Click on this URL to read Professor Ollman's resignation letter.
Https://facpub.stjohns.edu/~ganterg/sjureview/vol3-1/07Resignation-Ollman.htm
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