tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5196447065691555971.post1418921984447261291..comments2023-10-31T09:17:16.502-07:00Comments on Philosemitism: It's Time To Acknowledge Philosemitism, by Hilary RubinsteinPhilosemitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738171878498147967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5196447065691555971.post-22570741549899404772011-07-16T06:40:47.235-07:002011-07-16T06:40:47.235-07:00Annwyl Dr. Rubinstein
I would be interested to kn...Annwyl Dr. Rubinstein<br /><br />I would be interested to know your perspectives on <b>Welsh</b> philosemitism. (See for example The Chosen People: Wales and the Jews by Grahame Davies.) Welsh theologians in the 1700s promulgated the idea that the Welsh were descended from the ancient Hebrews and modern Jews are cousins of the Welsh, an idea with major political consequences with the election of the Welshman David Lloyd George as British Prime Minister. Lloyd George led the British campaign to free Palestine from the Turks and establish a Jewish homeland there; might this have been motivated by his roots in a philosemitic culture?<br /><br />Being raised in a Methodist church founded by Welsh immigrants in Washington State, I experienced philosemitism first hand in our Sunday school class, as we made Sukkoth booths and mezuzot and learned to recite the Shema.<br /><br />Yr eiddoch yn gywir,<br />Eric Bowen<br />ericjbowen(at)comcast(dot)netEric Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278048306335837639noreply@blogger.com