The origin of this volume rests simply in a question posed about the state of Israel: "How can such an anti-democratic, ethnocentric, racist, and morally bankrupt socio-political system (Zionism) be so grossly misrepresented as a noble endeavor throughout modern America?" Originally conceived as a traditional book, and a scholarly one, it was soon clear that no publisher would ever be willing to produce so frank an investigation, analyzing traditional religious -- and secular Zionist --Jewish identities, illustrates why this should be of serious concern to all Americans, including Jews. Continued denial of the facts of history by the Jewish community serves no one's best interest -- in the LONG term, least of all their own. The facts of history cannot be denied, and dissimulated, forever. (Note: Israel Shahak, Israel Shamir, Alfred Lilienthal, John Sack, Norman Finkelstein, and a few others of Jewish heritage are among the scholarly inspirations for this project. These men's courageously honest works are trailblazers away from institutionalized Jewish hypocrisy. If they represented the norm in the Jewish community, there would be no reason to write this book).
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The origin of this volume rests simply in a question posed about the state of Israel: "How can such an anti-democratic, ethnocentric, racist, and morally bankrupt socio-political system (Zionism) be so grossly misrepresented as a noble endeavor throughout modern America?" Originally conceived as a traditional book, and a scholarly one, it was soon clear that no publisher would ever be willing to produce so frank an investigation, analyzing traditional religious -- and secular Zionist --Jewish identities, illustrates why this should be of serious concern to all Americans, including Jews. Continued denial of the facts of history by the Jewish community serves no one's best interest -- in the LONG term, least of all their own. The facts of history cannot be denied, and dissimulated, forever. (Note: Israel Shahak, Israel Shamir, Alfred Lilienthal, John Sack, Norman Finkelstein, and a few others of Jewish heritage are among the scholarly inspirations for this project. These men's courageously honest works are trailblazers away from institutionalized Jewish hypocrisy. If they represented the norm in the Jewish community, there would be no reason to write this book).