From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Ellen K. wrote:
> Tell us again how you're not anti-Semitic.
>

Excuse me? I was making the point that despite the commonly held perception
of the US being the most jewish friendly place (outside of Israel
obviously) that the UK holds that position & has for a long time.

The point came out in this article that despite all the various jewish
legislators voted in recently in the US, the US trails the UK by some way
in spite of the vociferous lies of the neo-zionist right.

The point wrt the "Disraeli effect" is that we've had a very well
regarded Jewish PM in the shape of disraeli & lots & lots of very
well regraded parlimentarians/ministers (e.g. Malcom Rifkind et al) whereas
how many Jewish US presidents have there been?

But like most of the Jewish right you continue to overlook that as it
doesn't fit with the "anyone who doesn't support Israel even when
she's wrong must be anti-semitic" silliness.

Adam


> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:06:53 +0000, Adam
> <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote in
> message :
>
>> Looks like the UK is number 2 after Israel. Must be the Disraeli effect.
>>
>> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/785642.html
>>
>>
>> "Tuesday's U.S. elections brought the number of Jewish parliamentarians
>> worldwide to an all-time high, according to the International Council of
>> Jewish Parliamentarians.
>>
>> Following yesterday's results, the number of Jews in the Senate rose
>>from 11 to 13 and in the House of Representatives from 26 to 30.
>> However, the United States is still only in third place worldwide for
>> the number of Jewish legislators, after Israel and Britain.
>>
>> Britain, despite having a Jewish community 20 times smaller than that of
>> the United States, has 59 Jewish members of parliament, including 18 in
>> the House of Commons and 41 in the House of Lords. The latter number
>> includes seven barons whose seats in the house were hereditary until
>> recently. However, the umbrella organization of British Jewry said that
>> in fact, the number of Jews in the House of Lords is even higher,
>> totaling at least 46. "
>>
>> Adam
>

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