This is an opinion of the Jew.
I earned it. I was born with the " Jewish' definiiton in the former Soviet Union. I had a 'Jewish' label in my internal passport. I passed the Baby Yar massacre place hundreds of times in my childhood. I was told numerous times that 'you should be lying there dead'. I left my own home only to be told that 'we are not killing you yet'. I am a Jew, a 100%- educated, knowledgeable, in search of wisdom as it is taught in our Holy books although I am an atheist by choice. And as a Jew and a human being I state explicitly that those people of Jewish origin from under whatever stone they crawled (neocons, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, some female journalists, etc, etc, including Israelis) who promote, 'discuss', induce or even mention torture in any way other than totally negative, they are not the Jews. I deny them the Jewishness, I deny them the place in our great nation. I deny them the right, the sacred right of being a part of the greatest Jewish tradition of all- our Humanism. Our Humanism is the best in us, it is the child of our suffering and our idenitity, it is the greatest gift of our God to us, the one as much a part of our culture as the Great Temple. And that humanism not only denies torture- it rejects such behavior as the behavior of the beast. Since the shameful slow deaths on the numerous crucifictions, the ones our ancestors considered barbarian and inhumane, we, the Jews reject the torture in any form. I don't care who does it, even if it is practiced by Mossad or whoever. They are not the Jews in my eyes and I am pretty sure they would not be the Jews or even humans in the eyes of Albert Einstein, Heinrich Heine, Heinrich Goldshmidt or Lyon Feichtwanger if they could only open their eyes, those great Jews. I deny those monsters any right to call themselves Jewish. Let them burn in all Hells of all religions and I sincerely hope that the Jewish God's punishment will be the most severe. I deny them the Passover and Hannukah and the spirit of all the Holy Holidays, may they be cursed for Eternity. I am the Jew and I have spoken and this is my right as a Jew, as an American ( the freedom of which I defend), as a father and as a son. Let no God have mercy on their souls.
