Is a Jew obligated to rescue a non-Jew?

"...OUR RELATION WITH A GENTILE IS NOT BASED ON LOVE"

  This letter to the editor is from The Jewish Week newspaper of New York.

The author, Mr. Jacob Mendlovic, errs when he unfairly insinuates blame for some of Judaism's evil view of gentiles on the Old Testament (Leviticus 19:16 and Deuteronomy 7:2), when in fact the evil stems from the Talmudic and rabbinic distortion of the Bible. He nevertheless offers a generally truthful and refreshing exposé of the relentless media and academic Big Lie that Judaism is a tolerant humanist religion consisting of love for all.

The lie in recent times has been given its greatest impetus by Steven Spielberg's falsification in his famous "Holocaust" movie, "Schindler's List," of a Talmud passage in Sanhedrin 37a about saving lives as a means for saving the entire world (cf. Judaism Discovered, pp. 526-528). In "Schindler's List" the Talmud passage is made to read, "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world." In actuality, as Mr. Mendlovic notes in his letter, the uncensored Sanhedrin 37a states, "He who saves a Jewish life, it is as if he saved the entire world."

Mr. Mendlovic then proceeds to note the reality of Judaism's bigoted exclusivity, citing Maimonides, who University of Chicago Prof. Joel L. Kraemer calls "one of civilization's greatest minds." Maimonides limits the followers of Orthodox Judaism to the rescue only of "fellow Jews.”

In his last paragraph Mendlovic makes the tactical point that where the rescue of non-Jews is recommended it is done only from a fear of inciting hostility (among gentiles). The objective of maintaining power, prestige and reputation within gentile-dominated society is sometimes grouped under the general heading of Kiddush Hashem (sanctifying God's name); the "god" in this case being the Judaic people themselves. 

Where Judaic Talmudists are supreme however, such as in occupied Palestine (counterfeit "Israel"), the demands of Judaism's savvy public relations do not require saving the life of a "non-Jew." (Cf. Judaism's Strange Gods, pp. 269-272).

Mr. Mendlovic's other error is to qualify his correct statement concerning the adherents of Orthodox Judaism, “our relation with a gentile is not based on love," by attributing it only to "some interpretations of Orthodox Judaism." Perhaps he chose to err on the side of caution by offering this qualification. The truth however is that contempt for the gentile is a root dogma of Orthodox Judaism and forms the core teachings of Chazal ("Chachameinu Zichronam Livrocho": the authoritative "sages" of the Talmud who are superior to God; cf. Judaism's Strange Gods, pp. 112-116).

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The New York Times retails a Talmud hoax - again

Updated January 4, 2017

The Hoax Begins: poignant scene from "Schindler's List" as grateful survivors of "The Holocaust" present Oskar Schindler with a brass ring containing a phony Talmud inscription.

By Michael Hoffman
www.RevisionistHistory.org

We found the latest installment of this perennial (see here) media hoax— published on the website of the New York Times, despite the fact that it is marked "International Herald Tribune" (which is owned by the New York Times Company):

This hoax was first fueled by Steven Spielberg in his movie "Schindler’s List," where it was given credibility, both as dialogue in the movie itself and as the film’s motto, reproduced on countless posters that probably still adorn schoolrooms to this day.

As readers of our textbook, Judaism Discovered (pp. 526-528) know, this is supposed to be a quote from Talmud tractate Sanhedrin 37a, but the Talmud contains no such humanistic, universalist statement. 

The uncensored Babylonian Talmud is concerned only with the welfare of fully human beings, i.e. those described in its text as “Jews.” 

The actual Talmud text reads: “Whoever saves a single life in Israel, Scripture regards him as if he had saved the entire world” (emphasis supplied).

What is most instructive about this faking is the extent to which the corporate media are sublimely indifferent to correcting the fraud they peddle. 

This writer has sent numerous letters of correction to editors, including of the New York Times, alerting them to the truth. 

But since the falsified quotation fosters the enhanced positive image which the corporate media seek to propagate concerning Orthodox Judaism’s Talmud, they obstinately refuse to let something as insignificant as mere facts get in the way of their Talmudic PR campaign.

Another contributing factor: no influential person has stood up to offer a challenge to this hoax. We think it’s safe to say that any reasonably literate person who reads the section in Judaism Discovered debunking this deception and then performs a corroborative search in the Steinsaltz Talmud (Random House), can fail to appreciate that the phrase ascribed to the Talmud in the letter reproduced above (and a thousand other iterations published and showcased in media around the world since 1993), is a big lie, which functions as an effective advertising gimmick for the Talmud — depicting it as a warm, fuzzy book of universal love and concern for all. 

Will anything ever be done about this? Or will the macabre joke continue to roll merrily along in the media, unchallenged, as it has for nearly a quarter century, since “Schindler’s List” premiered?

What kind of comment is it on human nature, worthy of the bitterest satire of Mark Twain, that the people mindlessly believe and endlessly parrot a statement from a Hollywood movie without any form of corroboration except for publication in the fake news gazette known as the New York Times, and do so with the kind of insufferable self-righteousness that is the mark of this brand of "Holocaust" hype?

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"Gold-plated brass ring with Hebrew inscription from Schindler’s List, presented to Liam Neeson as 'Oskar Schindler' (Universal, 1993) Brass ring with Hebrew inscription in the inside edge, taken from the Talmud, which translated reads 'He who saves one life, saves the whole world.' This ring was presented to Liam Neeson’s character at the end of the film by all of the grateful Jewish workers he had saved from certain death at the hands of the Nazis. 

Fashioned from gold taken from one of his worker’s teeth, it’s after Schindler receives this ring that he breaks down, remorseful that he did not sell every one of his worldly possessions to save more Jews. An important and highly symbolic piece from the most poignant moment of the film. From the personal collection of Batia Grafka, the film’s prop master...”

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