'Sick fascination': Online antisemitism is the 'new pornography,' author warns

[Michie]

WASHINGTON — Online antisemitism is "the new pornography," author Mary Eberstadt warned at a 60th anniversary celebration of "Nostra Aetate," where Catholic and Jewish leaders reflected on the declaration's lasting impact on interfaith reconciliation and the need to confront Jew hatred.

On Tuesday, The Philos Project and the Saint John Paul II National Shrine organized an event marking the Second Vatican Council's "Nostra Aetate" declaration, promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1965 and serves as a "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-christian religions."


The declaration condemned antisemitism, repudiating the charge of collective Jewish guilt for the death of Christ, and it affirmed the spiritual connection between Christianity and Judaism, as well as God's enduring covenant with the Jewish people.

Eberstadt, author of Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics and senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute, addressed the impact of the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. She stated that the attack, followed by Israel launching military operations in Gaza, has "unleashed antisemitic warfare in critical corners of the West," including on college campuses and on social media.

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'Sick fascination': Online antisemitism is the 'new pornography,' author warns

Online antisemitism is the new pornography, author Mary Eberstadt warned at a 60th anniversary celebration of Nostra Aetate, where Catholic and Jewish leaders reflected on the declaration s lasting

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[chevyontheriver]

WASHINGTON — Online antisemitism is "the new pornography," author Mary Eberstadt warned at a 60th anniversary celebration of "Nostra Aetate," where Catholic and Jewish leaders reflected on the declaration's lasting impact on interfaith reconciliation and the need to confront Jew hatred.

On Tuesday, The Philos Project and the Saint John Paul II National Shrine organized an event marking the Second Vatican Council's "Nostra Aetate" declaration, promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1965 and serves as a "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-christian religions."


The declaration condemned antisemitism, repudiating the charge of collective Jewish guilt for the death of Christ, and it affirmed the spiritual connection between Christianity and Judaism, as well as God's enduring covenant with the Jewish people.

Eberstadt, author of Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics and senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute, addressed the impact of the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. She stated that the attack, followed by Israel launching military operations in Gaza, has "unleashed antisemitic warfare in critical corners of the West," including on college campuses and on social media.

Continued below.

'Sick fascination': Online antisemitism is the 'new pornography,' author warns

Online antisemitism is the new pornography, author Mary Eberstadt warned at a 60th anniversary celebration of Nostra Aetate, where Catholic and Jewish leaders reflected on the declaration s lasting

www.christianpost.com

I'm rather trusting of Mary Eberstadt. And shocked at how anti-Semitism has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years. We all used to say "Never Again" but now it's strangely OK to think of doing away with Jewish people. It's sick. Beyond sick. It's evil. Catholics have to be taught lest we forget that we cannot accept that kind of thing. Spiritually we are Semites. At least according to a good old fashioned pope.

 

[Michie]

I'm rather trusting of Mary Eberstadt. And shocked at how anti-Semitism has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years. We all used to say "Never Again" but now it's strangely OK to think of doing away with Jewish people. It's sick. Beyond sick. It's evil. Catholics have to be taught lest we forget that we cannot accept that kind of thing. Spiritually we are Semites. At least according to a good old fashioned pope.

And you know what? It really took off after October 7, 2023.

Reminded me of 9-11 in a lot of ways when a lot of people became pro-Islam. All actions became excused because they were seen as oppressed.

It’s odd when you see brutal attacks and there are large groups of people that defend it. The victims become the villains.