Quote of the Day
Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, says…
“There is no doubt that Kaminski is a strong friend of the State of Israel. He himself has spoken out against anti-Semitism on several occasions during the past decade. It is a grotesque distortion that people are quoting me to prove that Kaminski is an anti-Semite. Portraying Kaminski as a neo Nazi plays into the painful and false stereotype that all Poles are anti-Semitic. I would also like to clarify that the headline of James Macintyre article of July 29, 2009 entitled: “Jewish Leaders Turn on Cameron’s Tories: Poland’s chief rabbi and others call on Cameron to sever ties with Polish MEP” does not represent what I said to the author. I made no political statement and this headline is misleading and untrue.”
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No no no you are wrong, Milliblinks is right, he is the missing son of Hitler and has a swastika shaped cock.
If this was not a political statement, then I am a Mili-banana
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I do not comment on political decisions. However, it is clear that Mr Kaminski was a member of NOP, a group that is openly far right and neo-nazi. Anyone who would want to align himself with a person who was an active member of NOP and the Committee to Defend the Good Name of Jedwabne (which was established to deny historical facts of the massacre at Jedwabne) needs to understand with what and by whom he is being represented.
Michael Schudrich
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… Chief Rabbi may be have changed his mind – though doesn’t retract the content, and now putting emphasis on Kaminski post-2001 – but the New Statesman attributed to this the only meaning that can possibly have been intended.
… Kaminski may well have changed his views, and I imagine he probably has; his earlier use of anti-semitism (in the 1995 presidential campaign; and in the Jewadbne campaign) may simply have been political opportunism; but he does consistently and habitually lie about his past (for example, claiming this July that he always supported the Jewadbne commemoration; and saying he had never called for a ‘Jewish apology’, which he then repeated to the Jewish Chronicle 3 weeks ago).
It pains me to say it, but while Macintyre might have over-egged this a little, the full email makes it pretty clear Schudrich was suggesting their was something a bit off about aligning with Kaminski:
“I do not comment on political decisions. However, it is clear that Mr Kaminski was a member of NOP, a group that is openly far right and neo-nazi. Anyone who would want to align himself with a person who was an active member of NOP and the Committee to Defend the Good Name of Jedwabne (which was established to deny historical facts of the massacre at Jedwabne) needs to understand with what and by whom he is being represented.”
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/public-accounts/2009/10/kaminski-160-rabbi-jewish-tory
If anyone’s being dishonest on this issue it is Schudrich.
Happy New Year. Get it up you.
Me thinks Milimolimandy is going to be the gnu Labour leader when Brown loses next election.
The current Chancellor of the Exchequer was a militant Trotskyite in his 20s, wasn’t he? And several other current cabinet members were active Communists in their youth, seeking the overthrow of the UK’s democracy?
That rather puts Kaminski’s teenage exploits (taken under a repressive communist dictatorship) into perspective.
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