Sandy Wold apologizes
May 9, 2005 22:06 by ManagingTeam
In response to HR’s communique yesterday, Ithaca Journal contributor Sandy Wold sends a sincere letter of remorse:
‘As you probably know, I have received dozens of emails from members of your organization from all over the country and the U.K. in the past few days. I was truly surprised by your response. My goal was to write a column that would be noninflammatory, and clearly I was not.
‘Having read your emails and having spoken with many Jewish friends of mine, who have lived in Israel, were born in Israel, and/or know a lot more about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict than I do, I have learned much and better understand why you all are so upset with me.
‘I sincerely apologize for my lack of sensitivity to and inclusiveness of your group’s perspective and experience in my article.
Sandy Wold’
Wold’s apology is welcome, and to her credit.
But Wold’s admission that she was previously uninformed on the realities of the conflict underscores our central point from this communique — that the demonization of Israel has seeped into entire communities that would otherwise have no particular interest in this corner of the world. Israel has become an accepted symbol of human evil, to be drawn from one’s pocket as an apparent enemy of human progress and transcendent spiritual goodness.
That’s the larger issue that, unfortunately, remains very much with us.
florence
11:52 am
May 16, 2005
Joe, don’t forget to mention the utter neglect that their own leader Arafat caused them. His pocketing of monies (Billions upon billions of dollars were found in foreign bank accounts belonging to him, now his wife gets the monies) which should have been used to give his people hospitals and proper housing. He was a thief and his collegues know this.He used Israel as an excuse to cover up his own bad deeds…His people are so wrapped up and brainwashed with hatred for Israel that they forget that he stole and used them.
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Anonymous
7:53 pm
May 16, 2005
I don’t think I’ve seen such a post joe. very true, very moving. Very depressing.
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Ruvy in J-lem
3:12 pm
May 17, 2005
My dear Ms. Wold,
I realize that you posted an article in the Ithaca Journal, on 8 May, got flooded with e-mails criticizing you for its content, and being the intelligent businesswoman that you are, posted an apology to honestreporting.com the next day.
After having brought yourself up to speed, you saw that your comments on Zionist Israelis were not quite on the mark.
I won’t criticize you further, tempted though I might be. Having carefully read the content of you web-site and your resume, I will raise this point with you.
In essence you seem to present yourself as a sort of pagan priestess, who gives a respectful nod to Hindu philosophy, from which the concepts of “yoni” that concentrate on female sexuality arise. You talk a great deal about how women can learn to celibrate their sexuality and thus improve their health by cleaning up patterns of “victimhood.” I simplify for brevity – I do not mean to distort what you have learned or seek to teach. That is not my intent at all.
I ask you now to consider the women who are the mothers, sisters, wives and daughters of the Arab terrorists who seek to destroy those of us who live in our land. Those of them who are Moslem (about 98% of terrorists, and 80% of the resident Arab population) never get a chance to improve their lives in the fashion you talk about in your website. Their female genital organs are generally mutilated to some degree to prevent them from enjoying sex with other than an approved partner. That they will not fully enjoy sex with an approved partner either seems to be of little consequence.
Oftimes, if they get involved with the wrong person and particularly if they become pregnant in the process, they are killed to preserve the “honor” of the family. Every week or so there is another “honor” killing reported in the Jordanian press and other Arab news media.
In short, these women are treated as chattel.
Laying aside entirely the politics of who owns what sliver of real estate here in Eretz Yisrael, if any group of women need your help, these women most assuredly do. By any urbane measure, these women do not fall into a “pattern of victimhood”. They ARE victims of their culture. Do you thnk you are up to the task of helping them??
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Jane YIS
11:36 pm
May 17, 2005
The complete removal of their sexual organs for the purpose of chastity and fidelity do not prevent them from being murdered if they are “found” (rumored, thought, no evidence necessary) to be impure. The methods of murder are diverse, one can be placed in chains and drowned, strangled, stabbed, stoned, or, if mercy is involved, shot.
By turning a blind eye to this very real victimhood, in favor of the socially constructed one based in fable, you do your committment to your beliefs a grave injustice.
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penny
1:51 am
May 18, 2005
Ruvy, your post takes my breath away on so many levels.
Perhaps Sandy and other tuition charging goddesses of the healing type could start a scholarship fund for physically/psychologically abused victims of Islamic macho men and ant-female religious dogmas?
Marlene could help raising funds too. (Maybe we can even hit up Arafat’s very rich fat-assed of the Swiss bank account’s wife in exile for a donation?)
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florence
10:37 am
May 18, 2005
Our neighbours (Saudi Arabia,such a civilized country)are still cutting off the right hand of a thief!!!!!! decapitations,stoning to death etc etc.
Where are those so called ‘human rights’ do gooders ? Where are the voices of the Western world and UN….tell me about it…They are all focused on this little tiny country in the middle east called Israel.
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MrsEener
5:38 pm
May 18, 2005
Reminds me of a “pro-Palestinian rallies” where gay activists trying to show their support for Palestinians are attacked by the Muslims.
http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/05/051604ukDemo.htm
http://www.outrage.org.uk/pressrelease.asp?ID=189
But they still “support” them.
Strange, huh?
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Hidden Jew
1:15 am
May 24, 2005
I am more concerned the Editor’s published Sandy Wold’s inflammatory article.
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Julia McLain
5:59 am
May 28, 2005
I would love to encourage any person to seek out the prophecies of the King James Bible. Upon sincere and deep study one will begin to see that many prophecies have been fulfilled to the exact detail. One of the final prophecies is that “they will cry Peace but there is no peace.” It becomes very clear in many instances that the true peace will not come untill the Messiah returns. We are not going to find peace through the Oslo Accord ( ie: “Roadmap for Peace” and originally the “London Agreement.”). If you believe the bible (old or new testament) you must accept this. It is also said that Jerusalem will be a trembling cup and that all the nations will be reeling from it. This is prophecy fulfillment before our eyes. God told the children of Isreal to NEVER make a covenant to give away HIS land. I am an american and many scriptures in Zachariah, Joel, Amos, Daniel, Exekial, etc. (books of the prophets) tell us concerning Israe l”Behold I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. ” I would not under any circumstances want to be on any side other than with the children of Israel who have held and been given this land from the time of Abraham extending through the seed of Isaac. Prophetically God tells of a time that the country of America will be destroyed in one day. It is the very day that Damascus is destroyed. We are so close to that. I just urge all of you to seek not your own understanding but go to the depths of your heart and cry out to God for understanding. Then SEEK the word of God with all your hearts for the time is truly short. God loves us all and wants us all to understand him through the pure love of his son Jesus Christ who not only died FOR us a shameful and horrific death but defeated death through his resurection. He is comming again in power and great glory but those who do not know him will be destroyed. The time is truly at hand!
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Julia McLain
5:59 am
May 28, 2005
I would love to encourage any person to seek out the prophecies of the King James Bible. Upon sincere and deep study one will begin to see that many prophecies have been fulfilled to the exact detail. One of the final prophecies is that “they will cry Peace but there is no peace.” It becomes very clear in many instances that the true peace will not come untill the Messiah returns. We are not going to find peace through the Oslo Accord ( ie: “Roadmap for Peace” and originally the “London Agreement.”). If you believe the bible (old or new testament) you must accept this. It is also said that Jerusalem will be a trembling cup and that all the nations will be reeling from it. This is prophecy fulfillment before our eyes. God told the children of Isreal to NEVER make a covenant to give away HIS land. I am an american and many scriptures in Zachariah, Joel, Amos, Daniel, Exekial, etc. (books of the prophets) tell us concerning Israe l”Behold I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. ” I would not under any circumstances want to be on any side other than with the children of Israel who have held and been given this land from the time of Abraham extending through the seed of Isaac. Prophetically God tells of a time that the country of America will be destroyed in one day. It is the very day that Damascus is destroyed. We are so close to that. I just urge all of you to seek not your own understanding but go to the depths of your heart and cry out to God for understanding. Then SEEK the word of God with all your hearts for the time is truly short. God loves us all and wants us all to understand him through the pure love of his son Jesus Christ who not only died FOR us a shameful and horrific death but defeated death through his resurection. He is comming again in power and great glory but those who do not know him will be destroyed. The time is truly at hand!
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PHILIP R. SCHEIER
11:46 pm
Jun 20, 2005
ATT: SANDY WOLD
I have arrived late in this discussion re your hallucinatory meanderings as a ‘columnist’ in The Ithaca Journal where you so enthusiastically swallowed hook, line and sinker, the Palestinian ‘anti-Jewish’ propaganda line.Sort of like a ready and willing believer. Hardly the stuff of solid journalism, or even shaky journalism.
You issued an ‘apology,’ which has little meaning unless your publication runs that ‘apology’ where it will be seen. I’m sure as a sign of your sincerity, you will insist on that as the right and decent thing to do.
Even more curious is how The JOurnal, which certainly must have some responsible editors who read beforehand what goes into their paper, allowed this libel to be published.
Also, you must forgive my skeptism re y our apology blamed on your “lack of sensitivity.”
Sensitivity? Does that mean you believe what was spoon-fed you by supporters of terrorists, but perhaps you should have used softer words?
Sensitivity has nothing to do with honestry, or plain common sense and decency, something in very short supply in this case.
Philip R. Scheier
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Jonathan Marlow
9:43 pm
Jun 28, 2005
My feeling is that the modern world has forgotten how the “Holy Land” was labled such in the first place. It is the Holy Land due to G-d, Moses and the Jews who had faith enough to follow Moses to what is now Israel back in the times of ancient egypt. If Moses and the Jews had not migrated to ancient Israel, it would likely not be considered the holy land today. Further when Moses and the Jews showed up in ancient Israel there were certainly no other occupiers of the land, certainly no Muslims or Christians. It was later when foreign pirates and murders plundered Israel and forced them off of their ancient lands that people like the Palestinians came to occupy the holy land. It is my impression that the crimes of the palestinians and the like who ran the Jews off their ancient Holy land never have paid for their crimes. And the lies perpetuated by some against Jews only confuse the issue.
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