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Published on 16.04.14 in Vol 16, No 4 (2014): April
Works citing "Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions in Somatic Diseases: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses"
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Strickland Gibson
Strickland Gibson (27 January 1877 – 18 February 1958) was an English librarian and bibliographer, who also served as Keeper of the Archives at the University of Oxford from 1927 to 1945.
Gibson was born on 27 January 1877. He was educated at New College School in Oxford, and then obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of St Catherine's Society, Oxford (a non-collegiate body that later became St Catherine's College).[1] He held various posts at the Bodleian Library: Assistant (1895–1912); Secretary to Bodley's Librarian (1912–1931); and Sub-Librarian (1931–1945).[2] He became a lecturer in bibliography in the university's Faculty of English in 1923, and was honorary secretary and general editor of the Oxford Bibliographical Society (of which he was a co-founder) from 1922 onwards.[1][3] He was appointed Keeper of the Archives of the university in June 1927.[4] He retired from his various posts in 1945.[1]
His main area of study was book binding, becoming "a master in that field" in the words of The Times.[3] His main work, written with John Johnson (Printer to the University of Oxford), was Print and Privilege at Oxford to the year 1700, which drew on his knowledge of bibliography and university history.[3] His publications included works on book binding, Oxford libraries, an edition of the ancient statutes of the university, and Oxford's ceremonies; he was also contributor to the Victoria County History volume on the university.[1] He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Bibliographical Society in 1947 in recognition of his work as a bibliographer.[5] He died at his home in Oxford on 18 February 1958.[1][3]
- ^ a b c d e "Gibson, Strickland". Who Was Who, 1920–2008. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ "University News" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times (London). Saturday, 21 November 1931. (45986), col A, p. 14.
- ^ a b c d "Mr. Strickland Gibson Librarian And Bibliographer" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Thursday, 20 February 1958. (54080), col D, p. 10.
- ^ "University News" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times (London). Thursday, 23 June 1927. (44615), col G, p. 20.
- ^ "Medal for bibliography" (News in Brief). The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 March 1948. (51021), col F, p. 6.


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"This condo was absolutely perfect. It is conveniently located in South Kihei. The complex is clean and well maintained. It's a very quiet building. This is the second time I have stayed at the Alii Kai and it's been great both time. Diane's condo is so well equipped. There was nothing missing. I was traveling by myself this time and felt completely safe. The condo is renovated beautifully, the furniture on the Lanai is excellent and very comfortable. I rarely turned the tv on and spent most of my time either eating meals on the Lanai or sitting in the comfy chairs reading a book. It was an excellent vacation and I will book this suite again in the future."Guest: sgarrett Date of Stay: April 2015 Review Submitted: May 19, 2015View listing
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I don't know how they did it but they took everything that is wrong with a COD campaign, ignored everything that makes it a fun roller-coaster ride and replaced it with shooting ants in a field. All the scripted moments were broken and looked weird. The only set piece that worked really well was the jet scene which was fantastic. A shame it is surrounded by such a turd of a game, albeit a beautiful turd. A very beautiful turd.
The story, well if you can call it a story, is completely divided into flash backs by people yelling at you and telling you to go over the events that led up to this moment. Its like Black Ops but worse ( to be honest I thought the story in Black Ops was decent). There is a scene towards the end where you ''act out" the event that they are so angry at you about and if you don't you die for no apparent reason. Then you have to watch the scene play out all over again. I did this scene 4-5 times because the first few times I had no idea what it wanted me to do. Then when I finally got it right, the scripting got stuck and I had to reload my checkpoint and once again watch the scene play out.
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Family & Child Science – Our program is fairly small compared to most programs at FSU. We tend to have the same professor for multiple classes which is great. We have very few advisors though which can get a little tricky, but most of them do a good job. The workload isn't terrible which is why a lot of people use it as a backup so you have to have a lot of patience because there will be people in your major courses that just want to get by without any effort which can get aggravating. The job opportunities with a degree in this program are unlimited. It serves as a great basis for anyone interested in studying Social Work, Education, Criminology, Psychology, and many other paths in graduate school.
They Are Great – There is bus transportation, taxis and other free ways to travel
It Is Ok. THe wireless is sometimes unreliable. Can be slow.
The proffesors are very nice, the curriculum is well rounded, the registration process is a little hard, the workload is hard, and there is great special study options.
Overall Experience:
Amazing Atmosphere – The Florida State University is an amazing place to call your home. The people on campus are amazing and nice, the campus itself is gorgeous to look at and the quality of the education you receive is outstanding. An amazing school for people from all walks of life.
Psychology Major – Being a psychology major the classes aren't the most challenging but they are extremely interesting. For somebody like myself who is dedicated to a career in psychology and criminal justice there is nothing more fascinating.
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A Party School, With Smart Students – Though FSU is known as a party school, the students who attend FSU are smart and have worked hard to be where they are. Though students have lots of fun outside of their academic schedules, the students do take their school work seriously for the most part and have a genuine drive to do well in life and be sucessful in the workforce.
Campus Food:
Wide Variety of Choices – When it comes to food at FSU, there are many choices. There are two very good dining halls on campus, however after eating at them for a semester they tend to get very old. They do offer very healthy options which is not typical for a dining hall. There are a few restaurants on campus such as Quiznos, Chili's, Papa Johns, and Pollo Tropical if you ever get tired of the dining halls. There's also Mom and Pop's hot dog stand which is pretty good! Students often hand ou these coupon books for free, make sure to grab one because they are filled with food specials for local restaurants!
FSU offers a wide variety of majors and has many wonderful professors, however I will say that it does not have a lot of graduate programs. FSU offers a wide variety of classes, class times, and types of classes. It is possible to take all online classes, hybrid classes, and in-class classes. I think that the workload at FSU is average for college classes at a university.
Rain or Shine – Take your pick, it is either pouring or raining cats and dogs. One great investment would be a pair of rain boots, an umbrella is too much hassle in the wind. When it is sunny it is extremely hot, so it is great weather for getting your tan on. The best month of weather is fall, it is absolutely beautiful around campus.
Sports Are Not MY Thing – The area of sports is not really something that I have became involved in, but there are lots of opportunity to join the scene. The football games are madness, yet fun for those who enjoy sports. The entire campus joins together to support the football team...even when they lose. It is a great way to join all different types of individuals together in one place to root for the same thing!
Retail Merchandising – In the college of human sciences, retail merchandising has really started to make a name for itself. We are getting new classrooms and new offices for our advisors. The coursework is interesting, yet understandable and enjoyable. The college offers lots of help with job matching, and helps to steer students in paths for success. I am very pleased with my major and the college of human sciences.
Campus Quality:
Has 1 of 2 College Circuses in Existance, 24 Hr. Starbucks – FSU has the one of only 2 college circuses in existance. They're AMAZING, they perform at Callaway Gardens in GA during the summer and hold performances during the school year. Our 24/6 library contains what I believe is the only 24 hr. Starbucks in the country. It's great for all-nighters or even late-nighters!
I don't have a car and I'm almost glad. Everyone tries to carpool on trips to Wal-Mart (since cars are the only way to get there) because no one wants to move their car. There are no fines for parking, but it's almost always impossible to find a spot. It's a walking campus with campus buses so a car isn't necessary, but it's hard to get certain places and do certain things without one.
Great Everything – The registration process is so easy, and the workload depends on how many hours you take. There are tons of independent study options and the professors are all awesome!
Campus Housing:
Some Dorms Great, Some Awful, Pricing Ok – Some dorms are nice-very clean and roomy. Most have very old buildings so things break down all the time. Needs a ton of renovations inside, but they keep doing roadwork instead where it's not needed. Social atmosphere is great! Each dorm is conveniently located near something-and usually near other dorms. One dorm area is near restaurants and science side of campus, one area is near the stadiums, circus, practice fields, etc. The cost is OK, it could be lower.The housing process needs work. Random roommates needs some sort of quiz, I got the WORST ever and was bullied until I moved.
The computers in libraries are almost always full, and gets even worse during finals and midterms week. The internet on campus can get really slow, sometimes it doesn't even work and that makes doing homework difficult. Half the campus needs an ethernet cable to access the internet and that makes doing projects uncomfortable and limits where you can be in the room.
Great Opportunities – There are tons of experiments to take part in, whether you run the experiment or are the experimentee. There's a lot of study abroad and research opportunities as well.
Greek Life:
If you are a person, you are in a frat or sorty. Wow, I can't even imagine someone not doing this. What is this I don't even! Everyone is drinking and getting their sexual energy on all the time. Wow.
Health & Safety:
Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe – Safe safe safe. What more can I say? There have only been a few rapes, muggings, shootings, and car jackings on and around campus. Its so perfect here. Its like Dulac from that movie, you know the one, Shrek.
Everything is wonderful. I love everything. Everyone is so helpful, too! Everybody wants to see you succeed. Everything is within ones reach, one must only apply themselves. Everything is really great here - everything and everyone.
Local Area:
Tallahassee Time – Tallahassee is a small town but with lots to do. Its neighboring schools are Florida AM university and Tallahassee Community College. The students interact with each other through parties that often happen all the time.
Help at Your Doorstep – I just finished my freshman year this past spring and I am so pleased with how it went. I went into college not knowing what I wanted my career to be and was open to all sorts of possibilities. FSU offers so many different majors and you can find help anywhere you look. I started in the Exploratory major and tried a variety of classes ranging from Pre-Med all the way to Broadcast Journalism. My advisor was always there to help and offer assistance in any way that I needed. He always responded to my emails, phone calls, or walk-in appointments. Florida State's Career Center is by far one of the most helpful places on campus. Esteemed faculty work one-on-one with students helping them find internships, job interviews, and even help with your resume. The faculty were tremendous and the advice was exactly what I needed to help me declare my double major in Professional Sales and Marketing.
Many Different Cultures – Florida State University offers a wide range of clubs, organizations, greek life, intended majors, etc. I have participated in many different things on campus and I must say that you will meet people ranging from various sexual orientations to religious beliefs all the way to the color of an individual's skin. Yet among all these differences, I have never had a bad experience with another culture or diverse group. I have gotten the chance to meet so many different amazing people that I otherwise would have never met if I hadn't attended Florida State University.
Just Like Any Other Process – The process of getting financial aid is pretty generic no matter what school yo attend. There's always gonna be a wait time, there's always gonna be a line but for the most part whatever you need done will get done.
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Although it bears the reputation of a party school, FSU also has a growing reputation for turning out some of the best and brightest graduates in the entire nation. The school is now turning its focus on research, which should appeal to those interested in science and mathematics. But never fear, FSU also emphasizes the arts through their award-winning film and theater departments. From math and science, to the arts, FSU offers a vast array of eclectic degrees, which will be nothing but helpful later in your life. Choosing which college to attend is not an easy decision, but if you're looking for the perfect combination of a good education and a good time, you can't do much better than Florida State University.
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SEC Football: Week Five Game Balls
Man, the season is just flying by, and I just hate the fact that January is right around the corner.
I hope and pray each and every one of you appreciate what we get each Saturday.
For me, that's my sanctuary, a place to go and relax, get inside the television.
No polls, no BCS projections, no bull, just 100 percent college football. I'm a real fan, a student, someone who genuinely loves the game. I always call it like it is, never letting my love for a player or team get in the way of the truth. My dream is for everyone to be like that, for everyone to call it like it is. Leave your fandom at home. Call it like you see it.
Now, that's about it for my soapbox, let's get to our SEC Football: Week Five Game Balls.
Offense: Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
I hope if you're a college football fan, you have seen the show that Manziel has put on during the first month of the season. He has been a monster, leading the Aggies to a 3-1 record to start the season. Manziel has made Kyle Field the canvas while he delivers a picture that you can't possibly put into words.
Versus Arkansas, Manziel set an SEC and Aggie record with 557 total yards, as Texas A&M smashed Arkansas 58-10. He had 453 yards passing as he finished the day 29-38, with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Manziel also carried the ball 14 times for 104 yards and a score.
Defense: Sanders Commings, Georgia
So much for playing defense in the SEC, at least on Saturday in Athens, huh? Georgia and Tennessee lit up the scoreboard to the tune of 95 points and more than 1000 yards total offense. Defense was definitely not the word of the day. One player did shine, though, and helped the Bulldogs seal the deal late in the game.
Sanders Commings finished the day with five tackles, four of those being of the solo variety. More importantly, he had two fourth quarter interceptions that helped the Bulldogs hold on and dispose of the Volunteers 51-44.
Special Teams: Christion Jones, Alabama
Ole Miss had just put together a 13 play drive that ended with a Jeff Scott touchdown. This touchdown gave the Rebels a 7-6 lead over Alabama. Then, Ole Miss kicked off and Christion Jones housed the return, giving the Tide the momentum and basically sealing the game, as it was all downhill from that point for Hugh Freeze and his Rebels.
Jones' kickoff return was 99 yards, which was the eighth longest in school history. He finished the night with 162 all purpose yards, 142 on kickoff returns and 19 yards on two receptions.
Newcomer: Amari Cooper, Alabama
Alabama lost wide receiver DeAndrew White in the first quarter of Saturday nights game versus Ole Miss. That was a big blow for sure, but true freshman Amari Cooper stepped up and made his presence known. Cooper finished the night with eight catches for 84 yards and two touchdowns versus the Rebels.
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HSN, Inc. has reported results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013, for its two operating segments, HSN and Cornerstone. Overall, HSNi's net sales grew 4% over the prior year to $1.0 billion. For the full 2013 fiscal year, the company reported that annual net sales grew 4% to $3.4 billion.
Contributing the the Q4 growth was HSN's net sales which increased 2% to $697.4 million, including 7% growth in digital sales, and Cornerstone's net sales which increased 8% to $322.4 million, including 9% growth in digital sales. For the full fiscal year, HSN's net sales increased 2% to $2.3 billion, including 7% growth in digital sales. Cornerstone's net sales increased 9% to $1.1 billion, including 11% growth in digital sales.
Additionally, HSNi announced a 39% increase in its quarterly dividend in November from $0.18 to $0.25 per share and repurchased a total of 2.7 million shares during 2013 at a cost of $146.9 million, or an average cost of $53.67 per share. Since initiation of the capital return plan in September 2011 through February 19, 2014, HSNi has returned more than $478 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.
"Throughout 2013, we successfully managed the Company to position us for long-term growth. We kept our focus on the customer, emphasized our unique content and proprietary products, strengthened our digital platform, further leveraged opportunities and synergies across the HSN and Cornerstone brands and returned value to our shareholders by delivering nearly $200M through share repurchases and cash dividends," said Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN, Inc. "During the fourth quarter, we achieved 4% sales growth and a digital sales increase of 8%, including mobile growth of 59%. Adjusted EPS growth for the quarter and year were 11% and 19%, respectively. We also ended 2013 with record customer levels at both HSN and Cornerstone."
For HSN, sales grew in health, beauty and apparel & accessories, offset by lower sales in jewelry, culinary and electronics. Net sales were favorably impacted by lower than historical returns in many product categories. The average price point increased 1% while the units shipped remained unchanged.
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At The Spy's Pleasure
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After years of marriage to a selfish man who preferred gambling to his young bride, Jane, the widowed countess of Stanwell, now seeks what she was long denied—a satisfying lover. Naturally, a lady needs a list of eligible candidates, which doesn't include the dangerously handsome (if far too arrogant) Gareth Ramsey…until he steals a sinful kiss from Jane's all-too-willing lips.
Reputed as an arrogant barrister, Gareth's real occupation is as a spy in the service of His Majesty, and his suspect is on Jane's list of possible lovers. With her life in danger, there's no safer place for Jane than with him—and in his bed. But Jane is as distracting as she is infuriating, and keeping her by his side while he pursues his mission might just endanger them both…
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The works of García Lorca, internationally recognized as Spain's most prominent lyric poet and dramatist of the twentieth century, are filled with thinly veiled homosexual motifs and themes.
There has always been homosexual involvement in American musical theatre and a homosexual sensibility even in straight musicals, and recently the Broadway musical has welcomed openly homosexual themes and situations.
Best known for his genius in art and architecture, Michelangelo was also an accomplished author of homoerotic poetry.
The African-American gay male literary tradition consists of a substantial body of texts and includes some of the most gifted writers of the twentieth century.
Combining elements of incongruity, theatricality, and exaggeration, camp is a form of humor that helps homosexuals cope with a hostile environment.
Langston Hughes, whose literary legacy is enormous and varied, was closeted, but homosexuality was an important influence on his literary imagination, and many of his poems may be read as gay texts.
James Baldwin, a pioneering figure in twentieth-century literature, wrote sustained and articulate challenges to American racism and mandatory heterosexuality.
Oscar Wilde is important both as an accomplished writer and as a symbolic figure who exemplified a way of being homosexual at a pivotal moment in the emergence of gay consciousness.
On October 25, 2012, President Obama endorsed Referendum 74 in Washington, Question 1 in Maine, and Question 6 in Maryland, all of which would grant equal marriage rights to same-sex couples. He had previously indicated his opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment in Minnesota that would ban same-sex marriage.
In Washington, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Obama for America spokesman Paul Bell released the following statement: "While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the president believes in treating everyone fairly and equally, with dignity and respect. Washington's same-sex marriage law would treat all Washington couples equally, and that is why the President supports a vote to approve Referendum 74."
Similar statements were released in regard to the Maine and Maryland campaigns.
In April, the Obama campaign released a statement opposing the Minnesota amendment: ""[T]he Minnesota ballot initiative . . . would single out and discriminate against committed gay and lesbian couples--and that's why the President does not support it."
Of President Obama's announcement on October 25, Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson issued the following comment: "Today President Obama added a strong and personal 'I do' to voters still making up their minds on whether to support the freedom to marry in Maine, Maryland, and Washington this election, and Freedom to Marry applauds the president's moral leadership in standing up for families, fairness, and freedom."
He added, "As the president said in May, 'Same-sex couples should be able to get married . . . when we think about our faith, it's also the golden rule.' The right thing to do on these ballot-measures is to vote to treat others just as you would want to be treated--and let loving and committed couples share in the freedom to marry."
Meanwhile, President Obama figures prominently in a radio ad receiving saturation play in Maryland. The ad, targeted to African-American voters, may be heard below.
Finally, in an interview with MTV on October 26, 2012, President Obama predicted that the Defense of Marriage Act will be overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States.
He also said that "the evolution that's taking place in this country will get us to a place where we are going to be recognizing everybody fairly and I'm very proud of that fact that as president I've got a track record of not just talking the talk on this, but walking the walk: ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell, making sure that federal employees are treated equally when it comes to their partners, and I'm going to keep pushing as hard as I can."
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Just received the beautiful Typism book that showcases some fantastic black and white typography from all around the world. This was one of my submissions that made it in - an unused vodka label concept using a ruling pen. Nice to see lots of familiar designers from here that made it in.
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Most American Jews are orthodox. No, that's not a misprint, nor is it a sign that I've taken leave of my senses. In fact, the bulk of American Jewry is very orthodox. The problem is, they're very orthodox in their liberalism, not their Judaism — and therein lies the answer to all the costly studies, surveys and polls commissioned by Jewish organizations in their never-ending quest to understand why Jews are assimilating themselves out of existence.
Diaspora Jews have long suffered from serious psychopathologies, most notably a virulent strain of assimilationist self-hatred. Western Jewry in particular has been dominated by a form of assimilationism that emerged long before World War II, with precedents and elements found in both the German Jewish enlightenment and German Reform Judaism.
The innovation of German (and later American) Reform Judaism was that the Jews should ''define themselves away'' as a national entity. Instead, Jews would define themselves as just another ethnic group in their various countries of residence, but with their own religion — i.e. Germans of the Mosaic faith, Hungarians practicing Judaism, Russians of the Hebrew tradition.
The de-emphasizing of the national aspects of Jewishness was accompanied by religious adaptation and reformation. In order to make Jewish religious observance more palatable to the Protestant majorities around them, Western non-Orthodox Jews subjected their Judaism to substantial dilution, in the process co-opting a number of Protestant practices such as organs in synagogues and ''confirmation'' ceremonies.
In the aftermath of the Holocaust and the destruction of Europe's Jewish communities, America became the indisputable intellectual center for non-Orthodox Judaism. In an acceleration of a trend that had already begun before the war, a new form of Jewish assimilationism, the ''Liberalism as Judaism'' form of pseudo-Judaism, took firm hold in the U.S. This school of thought held that Judaism constituted nothing more or less than the American liberal political agenda.
The ''Liberalism as Judaism'' School argued that all of Judaism and Jewish tradition could be boiled down to a search for civil ''justice'' and secular ''freedom.'' Since it was axiomatic, in the eyes of Jewish liberals, that the liberal political agenda was synonymous with justice, freedom, and righteousness — and that the opponents of liberalism were evil and unjust — ''Judaism'' itself could be conscripted in the cause of promoting liberal partisanship.
In the era when liberalism meant civil rights, anti-poverty legislation and basic social welfare programs — that is from the mid-1930's through the mid-1960's — such a set of axioms seemed plausible to a great many. By aligning themselves with the forces of progress and enlightenment, Jews would promote their own acceptance and reputation, at least among thinking, ''progressive'' Americans.
Jews, so the thinking went, were well-served by joining these good Americans in their struggle for a better society — a society in which Jews would be appreciated and honored as comrades-in-arms in the battle for tolerance and freedom.
In short order the face of institutional Jewry was transformed:
* Numerous institutions devoted to the new ''Liberalism as Judaism'' orthodoxy arose in the American Jewish community. The mission of these organizations, sometimes stated and sometimes not, was the promotion of the liberal political agenda.
* The community ''federations'' also pursued liberal causes, and often operated as the Jewish analogue to Christian charity groups, funding general community hospitals and social services.
* Because the Jewish weeklies that formed the main communications network of American Jewry were generally owned and published by the federations, they invariably pushed a liberal editorial line.
* The ''defense organizations'' — Bnai Brith, the American Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee — which originally were founded in large part to battle anti-Semitism, joined the struggle for liberalism and often devoted the bulk of their resources and energies to the promotion of liberal causes.
* Large parts of the Reform and Conservative synagogue movements jumped aboard the ''Liberalism as Judaism'' bandwagon. Many Reform and Conservative rabbis devoted their weekly synagogue sermons to the advocacy of liberal causes. ''Social action'' committees abounded in synagogues and other Jewish community institutions, where ''social action'' meant only one thing — the liberal political agenda.
Liberalism Comes Home To Roost
From the start, though, there were problems with the formula of ''Liberalism as Judaism'' — that is, with the assertion that the essence of Judaism is nothing other than moral sentiments that may be conscripted in support of liberal ideological fads.
The chief problem was that if one accepted the equating of Judaism with liberalism, there really was no reason to remain Jewish. Surely Jewish tradition speaks nobly and highly of the search for justice and peace, but so does virtually every other religious or non-religious humanist tradition. After all, to paraphrase that famous old ad for Levy's rye bread, you don't have to be Jewish to be a liberal. And there were far easier ways to express and advocate liberalism and social justice.
Thus what had begun as a mass public-relations scam — a sort of play-acting by insecure Western Jews seeking a method for making themselves appear more acceptable to the non-Jewish majorities surrounding them — eventually became an avenue for assimilation. For the new generations of Jews growing up in Western freedom and tolerance, there was little if any reason to retain their Jewishness. As secularism and higher education spread, religiosity diminished, particularly among the educated classes in which Jews were concentrated.
Once national identity and ritual observance were abandoned, there was little if anything to motivate retention of Jewish identity, whether religious or secular. The result was rampant assimilation. By the 1970's, large segments of the non-Orthodox Jewish community in America (and to a somewhat lesser extent the non-Orthodox in other Western countries) had ceased to be Jews in any meaningful sense.
This phenomenon was especially evident among young American Jews, as intermarriage rates climbed past the 20 percent, 30 percent and 40 percent marks, finally crossing the 50 percent barrier by the late 1980's.
The response to all this from the non-Orthodox was to dilute their versions of Judaism even further — and to hew closer than ever to the liberal party line. But if the ''Liberalism as Judaism'' approach served as the catalyst for Jewish assimilationism, from the 1970's onward it suffered from other problems as well.
First, there was never any real American consensus that ''progress, freedom and justice'' were synonymous with the liberal political agenda. (This was a Jewish delusion going back to the 1930's.) Certainly by the late 1970's liberalism had become largely discredited in the U.S. among the non-Jewish majority as it became ever more extreme and divorced from the American mainstream.
The civil rights movement, to which Jewish organizations had enthusiastically hitched their wagons in the 1960's, was supplanted to a large extent among black Americans by racist paranoia, radicalism and Afro-Fascism, even — perhaps especially — among much of the educated black middle class.
Liberalism in general seemed more and more preoccupied with things most Americans regarded as wacky or immoral, such as animal rights, homosexuality and radical feminism. Liberalism also was increasingly associated with affirmative action and quotas, which never enjoyed the support of more than about 30 percent of Americans. It was also associated with a sort of national isolationism and quest for unilateral disarmament.
In addition, liberalism was increasingly discredited by the failures of applied liberal political programs and liberal social engineering. Affirmative action had enraged the American majority. The unpopularity of liberal isolationism became increasingly apparent during Reagan years and was proved beyond doubt during the Gulf War. Liberal fads in education were increasingly blamed for the dismal situation in American public schools. Liberal social welfare programs were being identified more and more in the American mind with destruction of the family, rising crime rates, illiterate school children, and sociopathological behavior.
At the same time, conservatism was enjoying an intellectual revival. If in the 1950's it had seemed axiomatic that liberalism and the striving for freedom and justice were one and the same, it certainly was not so by the 1980's. Conservatives had their own program for freedom and justice that was regarded as credible by large segments of the American public.
The ''Liberalism as Judaism'' party line of the Jewish community was proving more and more anachronistic. Liberalism was evolving into little more than a parochial manifestation of Jewish peculiarity and provinciality, an endangered species outside the Jewish and black communities. Judaism was still being used by the ''Liberalism as Judaism School'' as religious artillery support for programs that were no longer regarded as just or moral by the majority of Americans, programs whose costs often outweighed their benefits, programs increasingly discredited by social science.
But the support by the Jewish Establishment for liberalism had never been based upon any serious study of social science methodologies and tools of analysis, but rather upon self-righteousness, compassionate posturing, and the appeal to smug moral high-mindedness. With rare exceptions, Jewish community leaders and liberal rabbis had no training in policy analysis, economics, statistics or accounting. Their liberalism was based on making themselves feel righteous and accepted, not on resolving real world problems.
Self-Defeating Politics
As long as Intellectual America was united in regarding liberalism as just and right, there was no problem. But American Jews had a uniquely vested interest in the preservation of liberalism, having intentionally misdefined it as being synonymous with ''Jewish values.''
By the late 1980's, American Jews and American blacks were the only ethnic groups in the country still endorsing liberalism in any appreciable numbers. In the case of American blacks, this was due to their continued belief that liberalism served their interests. In the case of American Jews, it was due solely to their anachronistic assimilationist self-definition.
Irony of ironies, by the closing years of the 20th century liberalism had become the peculiarist religion that separated American Jews from the majority of American gentiles.
With all the stiff-necked obstinacy of their biblical predecessors, American Jews adhered to liberalism in spite of everything. They advocated the black political agenda with religious devotion, in spite of growing black anti-Semitism — indeed in the face of numerous studies showing that American blacks constituted the most anti-Semitic group in the country.
Not only were Jews the only white ethnic group to continue to show sizeable support for affirmative action, even while majorities of Asians, Hispanics (and occasionally even blacks!) opposed it, but Jews also supported the social liberal agenda — including feminism and gay rights — considerably more so than any other group. Never mind that Judaism was absolutely opposed to homosexuality and unambiguous about the roles of men and women — true Jewish tradition had long been displaced among most American Jews by the religion of ''Liberalism as Judaism.''
Perhaps inevitably, there arose at the fringes of the Establishment Liberalism of American Jews a ''Radicalism as Judaism'' twist on the new religion. If socialists and communists were once described as ''liberals in a hurry,'' then the new advocates of ''Leftism as Judaism'' were simply assimilationist Jewish liberals in a hurry, differing from the Liberal Jewish Establishment only in their more extreme radicalism. Like the Liberal Establishment, they argued that Judaism was in fact nothing more and nothing less than fashionable progressive political causes and sentiments. Their political instincts were simply somewhat more extreme than those of the Jewish Establishment.
Soon the world was confronted by a whole family of ''Radicalism as Judaism'' assimilationist institutions, including Tikkun magazine and activist groups like the New Jewish Agenda, the Religious Action Center of the Reform movement, and Jewish environmentalist radicals. These endorsed virtually every political fad to emerge from the secular politically-correct Left, including defense of all forms of sexual perversion; environmentalism in its most anti-rational, paganist-pantheist forms; radical redistributionist programs for America; support for leftist and Marxist movements around the world; and, to a large extent, support for Arab nationalism and anti-Zionism.
Although Jewish ''self-hatred'' has been part and parcel of Jewish Diaspora assimilationism for generations, the term as applied in most cases is misleading. Most Diaspora Jewish assimilationists are more properly described as being indifferent to their Jewishness, not anti-Semitic or hostile to Jews as such. Most do not seek to see Jews killed, injured or persecuted (although there are exceptions), and are generally at least as willing to protect Jews from violence and assault as they are willing to defend dolphins and squirrels and rain forests.
The exceptions to the above observation are to be found among the Jewish radicals of the far left, those who support Arab violence against Jews and, as in the case of MIT professor Noam Chomsky, even defend the views of Holocaust deniers. Thankfully, these most extreme cases are still a tiny minority among Diaspora Jewish assimilationists.
For the first few decades of Israel's existence, Jewish liberal assimilationists generally maintained a minimally pro-Israel ideological position. They supported Israel's rights to defend itself and opposed Arab aggression and terror. They advocated American support for Israel. By and large they did so because there was no conflict between their residual Jewish identity and their liberalism. When forced to make a choice, they would opt for liberalism over Jewish self-interest, as when in 1972 American Jews supported the liberal George McGovern over the non-liberal Nixon (who went on to rescue Israel from destruction in the 1973 Yom Kippur War).
But as support for Israel lost its popularity in non-Jewish liberal circles, support for Israel by assimilationist American Jews also showed signs of wavering. In the 1982 Peace for Galilee campaign by Israel in Lebanon, many American Jewish liberals reacted more as liberals than as self-interested Jews and joined the liberal bandwagon in denouncing Israel, often even endorsing calls for American sanctions against Israel.
During the era of Likud rule in Israel, American Jewish liberals exhibited increasing uneasiness about being seen as pro-Zionist and greater willingness to ally themselves against Israel in public debate. They were rescued, only temporarily, as it turned out, from their ideological dilemma when the Israeli Labor Party veered off to the extreme left after 1992, endorsing most forms of ''political correctness'' and ''progressive'' fads along the way. Once again, assimilationist Jews could avoid making hard choices between their ''religion of liberalism'' and being Jewish.
Going Against The Grain
While the bulk of the American Jewish community, and to a lesser extent other Western Diaspora Jewish communities, was carried away by the new ''religion'' of liberalism, there remained two smaller opposition movements to ''Liberalism as Judaism.''
The first opponents were the Orthodox, who had never substituted liberalism — or for that matter anything else — for traditional Judaism. Orthodoxy had never jettisoned the nationalist aspects of Jewish tradition and identity.
The Orthodox, though in numbers a minority among world Jewry, were and are unapologetic Jews, unwilling to dilute their tradition and undergo partial-Protestantization of their religious practice.
The other, even smaller, minority were the Zionists, who by definition rejected the attempt by assimilationists and ''reformers'' to jettison Jewish national identity. While Zionists ranged in terms of religiosity from the Orthodox to the radical-secularist, they were united in their celebration of Jewish nationality, especially in its main manifestation — Jewish statehood in Israel.
So, then, far from being a movement whose time has passed, Zionism can play a vital opposition role to the liberal pseudo-Judaism of the Diaspora. Because Zionism, whatever its other shortcomings, is necessarily and quintessentially a negation of the assimilationist ''Liberalism as Judaism'' orthodoxy that dominates American (and other Western) Jewry.
Steven Plaut, a professor at the University of Haifa, is author of "The Scout," published by Gefen.
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