We got hoaxed last week, a fake announcement from the leading British Jewish org saying it was cancelling a rally for Israel because only a political solution could resolve the problems over there, not violence. Today we got an email from "Jewdas," a group taking responsibility for the hoax. What follows is pretty great:
Those who believed it, even for a moment, were being given a gift, a vision of the Jewish leadership who stood up for peace and justice, rather than standing for mindless
ethnic solidarity. These people should not be considered gullible,
rather they showed the imagination to see an inspiring, alternative
vision. We offered a Midrash on Anglo-Jewish life, a dvar aher (another path), an aggadah for the Talmud
of the present. In this 'temporary imaginary zone' the Jewish
Establishment opened up, listening to the voices it usually shuts out,
thought outside the box, and took a brave decision on principle rather
in accordance with political expediency. And many Jews agreed with this
bold (imaginary) decision, as you can see in some of the responses
received at the bottom of this email. Further, we have reports of a
person believing the email for a whole shabbat, and describing that day as 'the best day of her life'. A shabbat in accord with the best of Judaism then, in sad contrast to the shabbat on which this war was launched.
ethnic solidarity. These people should not be considered gullible,
rather they showed the imagination to see an inspiring, alternative
vision. We offered a Midrash on Anglo-Jewish life, a dvar aher (another path), an aggadah for the Talmud
of the present. In this 'temporary imaginary zone' the Jewish
Establishment opened up, listening to the voices it usually shuts out,
thought outside the box, and took a brave decision on principle rather
in accordance with political expediency. And many Jews agreed with this
bold (imaginary) decision, as you can see in some of the responses
received at the bottom of this email. Further, we have reports of a
person believing the email for a whole shabbat, and describing that day as 'the best day of her life'. A shabbat in accord with the best of Judaism then, in sad contrast to the shabbat on which this war was launched.
