World News and Trends: The real roots of Anti-Semitism
Paul Johnson is a noted British historian and an astute journalist. The American Spectator recently published his insightful feature article about anti- Semitism in its October issue. In it he showed how "anti-Semitism was at the heart of [Karl] Marx's philosophy. He expanded it from a hatred of the Jews into a general hatred of capitalism."
This Spectator article was written to counter the false notion, so prevalent today, that left-wing anti-Semitism is a new phenomenon provoked by the conduct of the state of Israel. Mr. Johnson stated that "anti-Semitism goes back to the third century B.C., and the first incident seems to have occurred in Egypt, in the Greek trading city of Alexandria. It was provoked by the Jewish refusal to make religious compromises in accordance with the prevailing culture ..."
Prior to his concluding remarks, Mr. Johnson observed that "in the early twenty-first century anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism blended together, forming a continuum of hate. This conjunction was not new. Hitler had argued that 'international Jewry' controlled America and justified his 'final solution' after he declared war on the U.S. in December, 1941. This theme was then taken up by Arab extremists after the formation of Israel ..."
For more information, please see "The New (Anti-Semitic) World Order," beginning on page 14 of this issue. (Source: The American Spectator.)
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Jerold Aust
Jerold Aust has served in the ministry for 52 years, as a public speaker for 58 years, a published writer for 38 years, and is employed by UCG’s Media and Communications Services. He is a Senior Writer, interviewer, and editor for Beyond Today Magazine and has taught Speech Communication for UCG’s ministerial online program and the Book of Revelation for ABC.
Jerold holds a BA in theology from Ambassador College, Pasadena (1968), an MA in Communication from California State University, Fullerton (1995), a distance-learning Ph.D (2006), and a Famous Writers School diploma in non-fiction writing (1973). Additionally, he studied post-grad communication at University of Southern California (1995), radio, TV, voice-overs, and Public Relations at Fullerton College (1995-1996), and graduate communication at Wichita State University (1978). Jerold has taught communication at the University of South Alabama (7 years) and ABC (17 years). His published works include, Ronald Reagan’s Rhetoric: Metaphor as Persuasion and EZSpeakers: Public Speaking Made Easy in 7 Steps. Jerold's overarching goal is to share with humankind its incredible destiny!
John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
