1. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #166179 by Mr.Peabody1 on April 23, 2008 at 1:13 am

I haven't read all the comments here - so maybe this is a repeat - but doesn't this letter to Michael Shermer strike anyone as bogus? Frankly, I'm not even sure why we should believe that Mr. J is even Jewish, let alone someone who has had his mind changed by this movie, or the children of Holocaust survivors. The movie is clearly pernicious, but being a Jew myself, the phrase "brother Jew" sounds utterly contrived. I've never heard it - and never known any Jew to use it. There are various phrases he might have used - "fellow Jew" would seem natural, or "landsmann" if he ventured into yiddishkeit - but "brother Jew?" Not in my experience. If the letter is real, it's obscene - but if we're going to be scientific in our approach - shouldn't we at least try to gauge if the self-proclaimed origin of these sentiments are legitimate - or just the slanderous pose of some true believer?