tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post370644700630486555..comments2024-03-29T06:38:52.164+03:00Comments on A Soldier's Mother: Jew on GoogleA Soldier's Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-26507452566555472222012-08-20T17:23:39.950+03:002012-08-20T17:23:39.950+03:00Paula, this is right on. It is sad that "Jew...Paula, this is right on. It is sad that "Jew" is considered an adjective rather than a noun (as in "Jew lawyer," which is quite different in connotation from the correct "Jewish lawyer"). The anti-Semites know what they are doing when they use "Jew" as an adjective.<br /><br />This reminds me of Leo Rosten's comment about "Jewish" as a noun, as in "Do you speak Jewish?" (meaning Hebrew or Yiddish). He pointed out that "Jewish" is an adjective, not a noun, but also added, "We may as well accept reality" in regard to using "Jewish" to refer to (especially) Yiddish (since one of the translations of the word Yiddish is "Jewish"). Indeed, we should reclaim "Jew" as a title of honor and make the anti-Semites' use of it as unacceptable as other things that have been relegated to that status.sheldannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-24746894133395057632012-08-20T06:09:09.408+03:002012-08-20T06:09:09.408+03:00Grandpa, I suggest you missed Rav Kahane's poi...Grandpa, I suggest you missed Rav Kahane's point. Oh, and his English was excellent as borne out by his varied writing and editing career.<br /><br />If a person is 'Jewish', then he is simply claiming a characteristic or quality among others that he possesses. If a person is a 'Jew', that is his essential identity. It can't be confused with an 'add on' quality.<br /><br />As for Blacks, I believe Rav Kahane was right there. When a Negro says 'I am Black', he is not merely referring to a skin color or adjective. He is making a statement of racial identity; the same as if he had said 'I am a Black'.<br /><br />A Jew should learn to say 'I am a Jew', and identify with it.Mordechai Y. Scherhttp://www.kolberamah.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-52092889444780560602012-08-17T13:19:02.427+03:002012-08-17T13:19:02.427+03:00Meir Kahana was not a crack at english language.
...Meir Kahana was not a crack at english language.<br /><br />Black is an adjective as it stands. Jew is not an adjective, but a noun. "I am jew" is not english. So you have to add -ish in oder to make an adjective.grandpanoreply@blogger.com