MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'anti semitism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233187&cid=t_289042_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-diplomacy-and-a-night-at-the-white-house%2F2010.12.06 It’s not often you get invited to the White House. I had my chance this week, when I was a guest at the White House’s Hanukkah party. Now, when I say “guest,” I mean I was a guest of the president — of Hadassah, that is. My mother, Nancy Falchuk, is the president of one of the largest Jewish charitable organizations in the world, Hadassah. Her organization sponsors many different charitable activities, particularly related to healthcare (here she is in Jerusalem speaking at the ceremony lighting the walls of the Old City pink in honor of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.) One of the terms she uses a lot is “healthcare diplomacy” — the idea that part of the solution to intractable problems of war and peace is building bridges through something that we all share –... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233187 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:00:14 +0100 4233187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3776453&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F07%2Fantisemitism-as-thought-disorder.html During my Residency training in Psychiatry at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital I treated a great many patients suffering from Schizophrenia during acute psychotic episodes.  The most restrictive diagnostic criteria for Schizophrenia (in order to differentiate the episode from other psychotic disorders) involved the concept of a Thought Disorder, also referred to as Loosening of Associations. A patient exhibited such a thought disorder when the connections between their thoughts were based on idiosyncratic use of language; in other words their language served not to communicate but to express their own distorted, misperception of the world.  When the patient had a Paranoid Delusional System, which  defined their weltanschauung, it informed every thought that they had.&#... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3776453 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:01:35 +0100 3776453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750114&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F07%2Fthe-ancient-scourge-revived-part-v.html In Part I of this series I quoted Edward Rothstein's article, A Hatred That Resists Exorcism, and empathized two points which supported the idea that anti-Semitism is the quintessential paranoid structure.. … traditional reliance on conspiracy: the hidden plot. Anti-Semitism never sees itself as a hatred; it views itself as a revelation. An attack on the Jew is never offensive; it is always defensive. In Part II and Part III I told the story of Mr. A, an 18 year old who suffered his first psychotic episode shortly after graduating from high school. In Part IV I introduced the idea that the development of a paranoid psychological structure is an emergency reaction to a severe threat to the integrity of the psyche.  It allows the paranoid person to deny extremely frighten... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750114 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:53:00 +0100 3750114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746821&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F07%2Fthe-ancient-scourge-revived-part-iv.html In Part I of this series I quoted Edward Rothstein's article, A Hatred That Resists Exorcism, and empathized two points which supported the idea that anti-Semitism is the quintessential paranoid structure.. … traditional reliance on conspiracy: the hidden plot. Anti-Semitism never sees itself as a hatred; it views itself as a revelation. An attack on the Jew is never offensive; it is always defensive. In Part II and Part III I told the story of Mr. A, an 18 year old who suffered his first psychotic episode shortly after graduating from high school. During the prodrome to his overt delusional psychosis and eventual hospitalization Mr. A had suffered from an increasingly dysfunctional cognitive apparatus.  In other words, his illness had attacked his ability to reason, remember... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746821 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:35:47 +0100 3746821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729938&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F07%2Fthe-ancient-scourge-revived-part-i.html As the demonization and delegitimization of Israel continues apace, it is worth wondering Why now?  Why is antisemitism approaching and surpassing the evil of the Nazi era at this particular point in time?  After all, the Jews have their own state, have effectively been erased from most of their traditional homes in Europe and throughout the Middle East, and despite being surrounded by hostile neighbors has offered tremendous benefits to the world while behaving in a manner that is almost unique in their realitons with thier foes.  No one expects the Russians to grant rights to the Chechens, or the Chinese to be especially solicitous of the well being of the Uighars; to suggest that the Persians offer full rights to non-Persians and non-Muslims, or that Saudi Arabia toler... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729938 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:31:11 +0100 3729938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625602&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F06%2Fusing-a-scalpel.html Over the last few years we have learned that the best way to protect ourselves against terrorism is to target the leaders of the terrorist groups.  Generally the leaders of such groups desire martyrdom, but primarily for their followers.  The leaders of such groups typically cry (to paraphrase St. Augustine) "Dear Allah, let me become a martyr... but not yet."  Even when the leaders do desire martyrdom, removing the leaders means that they are replaced by terrorists with less knowledge, sophistication, and ability.  Killing Imad Mughniyah did not destroy Hezbollah, but has eroded their ability to commit terrorist acts out of the area.  (That Hezbollah has become a powerful paramilitary force is another matter entirely.) It is incontestabl... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625602 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:33:43 +0100 3625602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287802&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhat-are-you-willing-to-die-for.html [Update at end] In post-religious, secularized Western countries, the answer to the title question tends to devolve to "nothing" beyond the self and its interests.  Western elites are fond of instructing their inferiors to sacrifice for their Utopian ideal of the moment but sacrificing one's life for the "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" for others is typically seen as the province of less well educated, less sophisticated, non-members of the elite.  America still has enough young people who value what this country has to offer that they are willing to put their lives on the line for us, but Europe has long since surrendered to the progressive forces of history and eschews self-defence of their ideals.   For Western elites, people who... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287802 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:47:28 +0100 3287802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2824171&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2Fisrael-existential-threats-and-the-future-of-war.html If aliens from Alpha Centauri were monitoring our airwaves over the last 40 years they would have concluded that Israel is the center of the world.  The disproportionate attention to Israel stems from a large confluence of themes, including the historical contribution of the Jews to civilization (Jews will never be forgiven for bringing guilt into the world), the genocidal hatred of their neighbors (who control the oil upon which the world's economy depends), the Middle East as a fulcrum during the Cold War, and a host of other issues too numerous to mention (and impossible to completely convey.)  The UN, where totalitarian despots get together to berate democracies for their imperfections, focuses on Israel to the exclusion of almost all other conflicts around ... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2824171 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:34:35 +0100 2824171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796496&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2Fapes-and-angels.html In January I offered my take on The 10,000 Year Explosion and called it a most A Most Dangerous Book.  I suggested that Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending had fired an early salvo in a battle that is going to reshape or destroy our culture, and probably our world, in the next 20-30 years (the time frame is mine.)   The book does not aim to solve the "Nature vs Nurture" conundrum but presents evidence from the field of population genetics to support their theory that, contrary to conventional wisdom in evolution and sociology, evolution has been speeding up in the last 10,000 years rather than remaining static.  As more and more evidence accrues elucidating the influence of genetics on behavior and pop... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796496 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:27:54 +0100 2796496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730097&cid=t_289042_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ffish-organs-for-sale.html I suppose a Swedish fish libel would be preferable. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730097 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:59:00 +0100 2730097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287205&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fthe-roots-of-antisemitism.html In Anti-Semitism and the Paranoid Dynamic I focused on the compensatory and adaptive uses to which anti-Semitism has traditionally been directed.  Although in the long run anti-Semitism, like the paranoid delusions which are a model for the pathology, always fails.  It drains energy and attention away from productive pursuits and introduces a confounding variable that interferes with an accurate assessment of reality.  When one's sense of reality is impaired, function and adaptation suffer.  This raises the question of what fuels anti-Semitism?  As Bernard-Henri Lévy noted, in the quote I posted yesterday, anti-Semitism has protean expression, shifting its shape to fit the needs of the anti-Semite: As always. Anti-Semitism has no fixed pattern; it ... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287205 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:38:19 +0100 2287205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2077747&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F499194674%2Fwhat_does_an_antisemite_look_like.php ...who needs a lot of practice still? I would say he might look like this. I still have to figure out what Zionist juice is, though. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2077747 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:15:06 +0100 2077747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433727&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F287275568%2Ftony_zirkle_you_are_dumb.php ...or so sayeth, well...YOU ARE DUMB. Bryan may be a little late in piling on, but better late than never. Zirkle, as you may recall, was the hapless candidate for the Republican nomination to run for a Congressional seat in northwest Indiana who accepted an invitation to speak at a celebration of Hitler's 119th birthday by the American Nazi Party--excuse me, the American National Socialist Workers' Party--as I joked about a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, though, I didn't give Zirkle all the credit he is due. I just made fun of his cluelessness about giving a speech on Hitler's birthday about how the Jewish-black porn dragon is conducting a "genocide" of the white race, all while framed by a large picture of Hitler and speaking to a bunch of guys wearing Swastika armbands or T shirts wi... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433727 Sat, 10 May 2008 05:00:01 +0100 1433727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399124&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F277771531%2Fstupid_is_as_stupid_does.php Ed happened to beat me to this one, which I saw on Orcinus. If you want a lesson on what not to do to get elected, here it is, courtesy of Tony Zirkle, candidate for the Republican nomination to run for a seat in his House district in northwest Indiana: Don't show up at a white supremacist commemoration of Hitler's birthday. Don't give a speech about white women being taken into sexual slavery in Israel to a white supremacist commemoration of Hitler's birthday while standing under a large portrait of Adolf Hitler. Don't talk about sexually transmitted diseases supposedly being encouraged by pornography (or, as Zirkle likes to call it, the "porn dragon," which, it is implied, is due to Jewish-owned adult bookstores) as "genocide" of the white race to a bunch of white power rangers wearing ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399124 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:00:00 +0100 1399124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385395&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F273555471%2Fholocaust_denial_and_911_truth_two_crapp.php I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I am somewhat. As loony as the President of Iran Ahmoud Ahmadinejad is, as much of an Energizer Bunny of Holocaust denial and host of a conference for Holocaust denial as he is, even I didn't think he would go this far. But, thanks to Mark Hoofnagle and Screw Loose Change, I learn that he has. I should have seen it coming: WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it was "speechless" after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. "I am not sure what you say about a statement like that. It leaves one speechless," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. "It is just misguided, misinformed rhetoric," McCormack said. "I cannot tell wh... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385395 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:08:25 +0100 1385395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1286181&cid=t_289042_109_f&fid=34817&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrinkwrapped.blogs.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F03%2Fpity-the-poor-a.html I have read many angry articles and posts this morning regarding yesterday's atrocity in Jerusalem where 8 young men were murdered while studying the Torah.  I would suggest that pity is a more appropriate response for the Palestinians.  They are a  pathetic people, made more so by the fact that their pathos is self-imposed.  Hating the Palestinians, while a natural reaction to an atrocity, is no more useful than hating a rabid dog for his venom; the rabid dog must be put down but he is to be pitied rather than hated.  The Palestinians thought they were simply following through on a long, storied progression of successful anti-Semites, but the rules have changed and they don't appreciate that they are victims of a bait-and-switch. Throughout history Jews have been... ShrinkWrapped blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1286181 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:05:09 +0100 1286181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1220822&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F232654130%2Fdoes_liking_some_of_these_make_me_a_raci.php Nooooo! Why do I do it? Why? It only raises my blood pressure and probably contributes to atherosclerosis, stress, and all sorts of other things likely to shorten my lifespan. But I do it anyway. In my interest in Holocaust denial, I keep an eye on a fair number of Holocaust denial and white nationalist (or, as I like to call them, white power rangers) sites. It's usually the vile stuff that you'd expect, replete nasty and vicious attacks on Jews, blacks, or any other race that is "destroying our nation" or race or worse, diluting it out with all sorts of horrific multicultural miscegenation. Occasionally, though, I find something that's just weird. So it was when I came across a list of "Aryan movies." The introduction states: Remember, none of these films except Birth of a Nation and ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1220822 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:00:29 +0100 1220822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1028245&cid=t_289042_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F185251181%2F Golly, who would have thought? The Left is anti-semitic. Not only that, their anti-semitism has had an impact. Via Dissent Magazine Anti-Semitism and the Left that Doesn’t Learn By Mitchell Cohen (online) A DETERMINED offensive is underway. Its target is in the Middle East, and it is an old target: the legitimacy of Israel. Hezbollah or Hamas are not the protagonists, the contested terrains are not the Galilee and southern Lebanon or southern Israel and Gaza. The means are not military. The offensive comes from within parts of the liberal and left intelligentsia in the United States and Europe. ShareThis (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1028245 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:49:56 +0100 1028245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=939735&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F167765657%2Fits_nice_to_be_loved.php I love it when my efforts are noticed by those at whom they are directed. It's all the reward I need. (Warning: Depending on your place of employment, link may not be work-safe.) Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=939735 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:39:23 +0100 939735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=903291&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F161146600%2Fmahmoud_ahmadinejad_at_columbia_part_ii.php Andrew Mathis gives his perspective. And an excellent analysis it is, too. One brief excerpt: ...I have to wonder exactly where a man who runs a police state gets off asking a question like this. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran does not allow religious freedoms outside those recognized by the Qur'an. People are thrown in jail -- routinely -- for opposing the government. When government opponents visit the country, they are jailed. I say this without qualification: Every single country that has a law against Holocaust denial is a more free country that Iran. EVERY LAST ONE. Now, none of us here at HC Blog believe in having laws against Holocaust denial, but one must wonder why Ahmadinejad has taken this issue up as his cause célèbre. Indeed. As much as I hate laws out... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=903291 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:31:15 +0100 903291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611647&cid=t_289042_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F116657802%2Fhow_to_destroy_wikipedia.php While trolling the deepest, darkest, most vile racist parts of the Internet, as I am wont to do looking around for new Holocaust denial idiocy to take down, I came across something unexpected, so unexpected that it made me curious. Basically, Bill White, Commander of the American National Socialist Workers' Party, apparently annoyed that he can't edit Wikipedia pages to conform to his racist views, proposed a strategy for "destroying" Wikipedia. Apparently, according to white racists, Wikipedia is full of "Jewish bias," whatever that means. I'm sure there must be Wikipedians out there. (Heck, I've thought of starting to help out editing Wikipedia pages on cancer and alternative medicine myself, although I admit that, in the case of alternative medicine, keeping the neutral voice might be ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611647 Mon, 14 May 2007 19:41:58 +0100 611647