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Feminist Magazine Rejects Ad Featuring Israeli Women
in response to reader comment: Total hypocrisy

Submitted by Jack Bauer, Jan 11, 2008 19:54

You'd think they could have thought of a better lie as the excuse.

It's the job of an American magazine to decide on the correct political balance of paid, advocacy ad from a foreign country? Who knew?

That has to be the lamest excuse since Homer Simpson blamed his nodding wooden bird for causing his nuclear plant meltdown.

Apparently the ad would have created a "firestorm." Actually sounds more like a Kristallnacht.

Here's the truth. For certain interest groups, female Israeli Jews just don't count. Ugly ain't it?


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this is another example of media denying and/or ignorant of history. anti israeli sentiment on the rise is instigated by... [MORE]

pamela miller 

Jan 18, 2008 07:51

I have been aware of MS Magazine effort to champion the accomplishements of women. A very worthy objective. The three... [MORE]

Ira Weinstein 

Jan 15, 2008 11:53

I am disgusted with this decision. I will tell everyone I know to cancel their subscription to your magazine in... [MORE]

Loren Schnider 

Jan 15, 2008 01:09

I believe the ad presented to MS. Magazine is narrow-minded and does not adequated reflect the State of Israel as... [MORE]

Bobbi Spiegler 

Jan 14, 2008 14:28

As a long time reader and subscriber to Ms., and one who has been written about in the magazine on... [MORE]

HELENE AYLON 

Jan 14, 2008 09:24

If someone lauches rockets at you,threatens you with genocide then there must be something wrong with you.Why do Isaeli women... [MORE]

Dennis Cast 

Jan 15, 2008 20:06

Guess I don't have to spend any more money on this magazine. But I hope they continue to waste their... [MORE]

Ardis Wexler 

Jan 13, 2008 20:21

Andras, what in heavens name are you thinking. I am a Republican (USA), and a mainly secular Jew. I do... [MORE]

Dave Levy 

Jan 13, 2008 20:03

In a large area circulation newspaper today, there is an article about American wives, married to Muslims, in Saudi Arabia.... [MORE]

Dave Levy 

Jan 15, 2008 03:51

Ms. Kort, Your lame excuse for not publishing an ad showcasing 3 prominent Israeli women does not hold water. Would you... [MORE]

Andrea Socol Levin 

Jan 13, 2008 08:35

Dearest MS editors, Who were you thinking actually read your magazine? Some of the most influential women thinkers in the... [MORE]

Ida Rosen 

Jan 12, 2008 15:07

Livni, Beinisch and Itzik may be Israel (Democratic Republic of), but not in a sense any Jewish Congress should view... [MORE]

Andras Bereny 

Jan 12, 2008 13:58

Where is Ms. Magazine in the outcry of genital mutilation regarding women in the Middle East? Where is the outcry... [MORE]

Allyson Rowen Taylor 

Jan 11, 2008 21:12

Ms. Magazine's anti-Semitic action can be highly therapeutic for the American Jewish community. One hopes it will help to clearly... [MORE]

Bernard Braginsky 

Jan 11, 2008 19:02

I just found out about this disheartening decision and have already written to mkort@msmagazine.com to express my disappointment in a... [MORE]

Laurel Kallen 

Jan 11, 2008 18:41

As a WASP (as in White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant) Male I'm sure I'm missing some "nuances" here, but I truly don't... [MORE]

Robert West 

Jan 11, 2008 16:10

I'll bet those making the decision are the very same ones who accuse conservatives of being intolerant.Seriously, what about that... [MORE]

Phil 

Jan 11, 2008 15:56

So much for feminism. The left disgusts me. [MORE]

PK 

Jan 11, 2008 15:15

An old saying goes thusly: "Actions speak louder than words." Even though few truly assess their own performance in this... [MORE]

John Spencer Yantiss 

Jan 11, 2008 14:20

Quite simple actually. Cowardice. Everything else is commentary. The self-censorship is a sort of 'Stockholm' that is prevalent in my... [MORE]

Tommy Peters 

Jan 13, 2008 19:20

Evila and anti-Semitic. [MORE]

Shulamit Finkelstein 

Jan 11, 2008 14:12

My one regeret is that I am not a subscriber so that I could cancel my subscription. What a buch... [MORE]

Rusty 

Jan 11, 2008 14:08

The real reason is obvious - the unholy alliance of the left with the Moslem extreemism. Anything related to Israel... [MORE]

H. Klein 

Jan 11, 2008 12:55

Proof that 'feminists' have no time or interest in actual accomplished WOMEN - only in serving leftist MEN. [MORE]

Annie B 

Jan 11, 2008 14:42

I agree totally with H kleins comment. [MORE]

Howard 

Jan 11, 2008 16:23

What is controversial about 3 strong women being featured in one advertisement? The MS response doesn't satisfy me at all. Kim [MORE]

Kim audette 

Jan 14, 2008 14:48

As with many one issue organizations, Ms magazine shows itself to be a bigot. No tolerance for any issues but... [MORE]

donald w harris 

Jan 11, 2008 11:22

As a long time reader of MS and strong feminist, I am very disappointed in Ms Magazine. Their excuse appears... [MORE]

dorisris rosen 

Jan 11, 2008 10:44

It seems that feminist organizations won't defend Muslim females against multiple forms of oppression including genital mutilation or support Israeli... [MORE]

Richard 

Jan 11, 2008 09:39

These are same folks who gave Clinton a pass notwithstanding his egregious and repeated sexual harrassments. [MORE]

Maury 

Jan 11, 2008 09:00

As an Israeli male - I find it entertaining; as a liberal - appalling; as your reader - astonishing: how... [MORE]

Avi Raz Novik 

Jan 11, 2008 08:34

The ad maybe found here:http://www.ajcongress.org/site/DocServer/Ms.pdf?docID=1961 Judge for yourself. [MORE]

Art Fougner MD 

Jan 11, 2008 07:42

Israel is the ONLY Middle Eastern nation that grants full rights to women. This is the height of hypocrisy by... [MORE]

John Rohan 

Jan 11, 2008 14:43

You'd think they could have thought of a better lie as the excuse. It's the job of an American magazine to...

Jack Bauer 

Jan 11, 2008 19:54

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