Anti-Jewish commentary is flooding the Internet in the wake of Bernard Madoff’s arrest on charges of masterminding one of the biggest Wall Street frauds in history, campaigners said Friday. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said there had been “an outpouring of anti-Semitic comments on mainstream and extremist Web sites.”
Madoff, 70, is Jewish and a prominent member of the powerful US Jewish community. He is alleged to have defrauded investors, including a number of Jewish-related charities, of some 50 billion dollars.
“Site users have posted comments ranging from deeply offensive stereotypical statements about Jews and money — with some suggesting that only Jews could perpetrate a fraud on such a scale — to conspiracy theories about Jews stealing money to benefit Israel,” the ADL said in a statement.
“Jews are always a convenient scapegoat in times of crisis, but the Madoff scandal and the fact that so many of the defrauded investors are Jewish has created a perfect storm for the anti-Semites,” said Abraham Foxman, ADL national director.
“Nowadays, the first place Jew-haters will go is to the Internet, where they can give voice to their hateful ideas without fear of repercussions.”
Does it count when you cheat your own “people”, or is that OK?
#19 That and the fact that you have two Madoff stories already asking if it would be OK to be antisemitic now.
So, since you called it first…
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What are you talking about???? That is some kind of ramble.
Hey, if it wasn’t for the Jews, we wouldn’t have show business and bagels… and there would be one hell of a lot less doctors.
14,
You know, I don’t think you can call white people who practice Judaism a “minority.” In fact, without a name (sometimes that doesn’t help, e.g. Stein) or affiliation you would be hard pressed to place any Ashkenazi outside the realm of traditional WASPS. In fact, they ARE white people.
Similar to the Albanians. They are Muslim, but would you consider them a visible minority? They are as European looking as a German.
Actually it is a little known fact that the Jews invented copper wire, from stretching pennies.
This anti-semitism stuff is cr@p. I get the same thing from the Mexicans who bust into our country and bellyache about racism… whaaaa… whaaa… whaaaa… hey Madoff is a Jew… he ripped people off… get used to it.
#26 – Karla, I suspect you have big nose??
You know, the picture above made me think about the fact that until about year 2000 the Israeli identification card specified your prior nationality including whether you were a jew or an arab.
So, after all that the Jewish State decided that knowing who was a Jew and who was not was actually important.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said there had been “an outpouring of anti-Semitic comments on mainstream and extremist Web sites.”
Then they saw how much they lost….
This makes for great troll bait.
Its fun to watch the foolish and ignorant bigots of the world foam at the mouth while spewing their self loathing hate.
Where is David Duke when you need him? That guy is totally bonkers and should have some coverage of this.
Speaking of David Duke, still waiting for him to link global warming to the Jews somehow.
Where would the world be without these complete nutjobs?
#30 Please, don’t insult. It’s called Climate Change now.
When was there a consensus vote on this name change again? Did a Mexican-African illegal gay Jew dream this up or did this come exclusively from CNN.
#32 All that reported by CNN International. That’s why you missed it.
Who cares? only guys like boobs (bobo) care when it comes to Jews.
#34–Zorkor==good morning, or is it evening in your world???
When a muslim blows up a cafeteria killing 14 other muslims, is he being anti-muslim or something else?
All I have to say is that it serves the investor’s right for their losses. As I have heard on the radio Madoff was referred to new investor’s from clients who happened to be pretty close friends with Madoff. Maybe they should have done more due diligence before they hand off large sums of money to someone.
He’s 70 years old and clearly doesn’t have anything to lose at this point… other than his reputation and a good deal of friends, which he won’t need after he kicks it in a year or two anyway.
It still hasn’t even been PROVEN that these Jewish charities (by Jews and strictly FOR Jews)have actually lost any money.
Jews look out for Jews. they may toss a few bucks for a playground in the Bronx or jot off a check to a gentile foodbank somewhere, but at the end of the day?
Jews look out for Jews and look down upon all others.
ZORKOR===QUIT POSTING UNDER FAKE NAMES. Shamefull you post your twisted idiotic lies using Western Names. No real American named Carcarius or William would ever be so stupid and low brow.
Easy to catch these terrorists if you just use the right profile!!!
Note: Carcarius is harder to spot until you recognize “car” is used twice==car idiot==American for sure). Clever, Zorkor, but not clever enough.
I once went to meet a Jewish girl I encountered online. She was a nice girl, her brother was funny and intelligent and we had a good time. But over and over again she emphasized that she was “Jewish”. She wanted me to know that. As the meeting progressed I felt a growing sort of panic or discomfort; I don’t know a better way to express it. I ended the date knowing I didn’t want to know her better. What some people call Anti-Semitism I call the concerned outpouring from the hearts of non-Jews. Slapping an unpleasant name like “Anti-Semitism” on expressions like ours is like making illegal a yelp of pain or a cry of fear. It’s natural and protective.
Whats your point Rick????
It has something to do with Jews or dating or making noises, but its not clear.
Why not just man up and admit she wasn’t worth becoming jewish over????