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From: cher@ihlpm.UUCP (Mike Cherepov)
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Subject: Re: Soviet Gems
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 13:18:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 13:18:29 1985
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> To be more precise, the Soviet Union does not differentiate between
> anti-Zionism (opposition to Jewish nationalism) and anti-Judaism
> (opposition to Jewish religous practice).  However, it does maintain a
> difference between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism (opposition to the
> Jewish "race").  

But historically Judaism has been the main component in the
preservation of Jews as a group. The distinction between
anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism is a very hard one to draw.

I would say that the two are synonymous whenever anti-Judaism
is not accompanied by equal share of anti-Catholicism, anti-
Hinduim, etc. And that has become increasingly obvious in the 
Soviet Union.
			Mike Cherepov