Old article, by one of the few Orthodox Rabbis with some common sense left re Jewish racism.
jewishaction.com
"In Netzach Yisrael (Chapter 2) the Maharal posits that in pre-Messianic days all nations are deserving of independence because, “God created them all separately; therefore, none should rule over the other.” Thus, all nations by virtue of a process which “inheres in creation” should have their own existence. It is easy to view self-determination favorably when we as a people are not effected by it. (Tibet should be free of the Communist Chinese or Kurdistan from Iraq.) What is more difficult is when self-determination is asked for by those whom Big Brother despises (the Afrikaner and Zulu in South Africa, the Scots-Presbyterians of Ulster or Quebecois in Canada). It is most difficult when nations among whom we dwell seek to preserve their peoplehood.
The inevitable, vexing question then: Is it moral to publicly promote pluralist models for the Other? May we zealously guard our group loyalty (and in the case of Israel, see our Jewish identity as the nation’s core) while stripping Gentiles of their identities in the name of global capitalism, open immigration, multiculturalism, egalitarianism and the like?
Until we attempt to deal with this question honestly, Jewish social activism is doomed to be merely Machiavellian maneuvering for our own good, masquerading as social concern."
Rabbi Mayer Schiller - Jewish Action
Judaism teaches that spirituality is pursued in public as well as private realms. The “future of American Orthodoxy” will, thus, be played out on three stages: that of America and the world at large which we share with non-Jews, that of the Jewish people as a whole, both Orthodox and...
jewishaction.com
"In Netzach Yisrael (Chapter 2) the Maharal posits that in pre-Messianic days all nations are deserving of independence because, “God created them all separately; therefore, none should rule over the other.” Thus, all nations by virtue of a process which “inheres in creation” should have their own existence. It is easy to view self-determination favorably when we as a people are not effected by it. (Tibet should be free of the Communist Chinese or Kurdistan from Iraq.) What is more difficult is when self-determination is asked for by those whom Big Brother despises (the Afrikaner and Zulu in South Africa, the Scots-Presbyterians of Ulster or Quebecois in Canada). It is most difficult when nations among whom we dwell seek to preserve their peoplehood.
The inevitable, vexing question then: Is it moral to publicly promote pluralist models for the Other? May we zealously guard our group loyalty (and in the case of Israel, see our Jewish identity as the nation’s core) while stripping Gentiles of their identities in the name of global capitalism, open immigration, multiculturalism, egalitarianism and the like?
Until we attempt to deal with this question honestly, Jewish social activism is doomed to be merely Machiavellian maneuvering for our own good, masquerading as social concern."
