Fund Headed by Kerry’s Wife Donated to Anti-Israel ‘Conflict Kitchen’

[Purveyor]

Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism come in 57 varieties. Just ask Heinz.

By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
Published: October 26th, 2014

The Heinz Foundation, headed by the wife of Heinz heiress Mrs. John Kerry, AKA Teresa Heinz Kerry, has been caught having donated $50,000 to the “Conflict Kitchen,’ a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania soup kitchen that serves up food on a platter of anti-Zionism.

The soup kitchen recently came up with the gimmick of serving “Palestinian food,” whatever that means, in leaflets with quotes that support both terrorism and the idea that Israel should not exists.

The Heinz Foundation told the Washington Free Beacon, which scooped the story, that “the opinions of Conflict Kitchen do not represent those of the Heinz Endowment.” It also did not answer one way or the other if the fund would continue to dish out money to Conflict Kitchen.

A sample tasting of the soup kitchen’s propaganda includes, “How can you compare Israeli F-16s, which are some of the best military planes in the world, to a few hundred homemade rockets? You’re pushing them to the absolute extreme. So what do you expect?”

more...

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/fund-headed-by-kerrys-wife-donated-to-anti-israel-conflict-kitchen/2014/10/26/

[mylye2222]

1. WIll this endless Kerrys trial stop.....

And just before midterms of course...

2006 /"botched joke" comes to mind...

Again using JK to build the great diversion...

[karynnj]

2. So, right wing sources are ok if they trash the reputation of Teresa Kerry?

If you look at the local media, the story is rather different and far less negative. The RESTAURANT changes its menu to focus on different cuisines from countries in conflict. They have cultural events related to the cuisine. This changes regularly. When the Heinz Foundation contributed, the menu would have been a different culture. (Past menus were for Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba. )

The co-director has a last name of Rubin. (http://conflictkitchen.org/about/ ) The conflict with some in the Jewish community is that the statement of purpose says countries the US is in conflict with -- and they note that we are not in conflict with Palestine. This is rather odd, because we do list Hamas as a terrorist group.

This concept seems interesting and it can actually help people gain respect for cultures that the US has been at odds with. If you consider that the first effort when a country goes to war against another is to demonize and make the other seem less human, then this is the opposite.

As to the current menu, if I were in Pittsburgh, I would definitely go out of my way to try the food here - and would wish to have tried ALL the previous menus.

[PCIntern]

3. So...

you're happy about this? You are giving some money yourself? I am not sure as to why you scour the media and limit your posts for the most part to this subject. I daresay that if you behaved in this fashion towards Native Americans, African-Americans, Asians, or Filipinos, there would be some displeasure around here but I can see from various actions and inactions of the membership that this is permissible and accepted, so therefore, as a member for over ten years of this community, I accede to their wishes and accept your behavior as a community standard..

However, I wonder that if and when the Israelis vote the Likud Party out of power, your mission would be accomplished? Or would that be if they withdrew to the pre-1967 War borders? Would that be sufficient? Or would more be required of them? I am just curious as to what the motivation is for continuous posts involving not only Israelis but Orthodox Jews in America, rabbis who have deviated from the norm, and the like. Your posts are purpose-driven in my opinion and I just would like to know what is the purpose of choosing Israelis and Jews singularly is? I do not believe that I am alone in my querulous nature here.

[Purveyor]

4. "I am not sure as to why you scour the media and limit your posts for the most part..."

I am not sure as to why you scour the media and limit your posts for the most part to this subject.

Here is a list of my last two weeks of OP's, some 115 or so. Out of this collection there are approx. 12 israeli related posts and 2 of those are reposts due to being 'locked' by forum hosts.

This is hardly 'limiting my posts to this subject' now is it?

If anything I am indeed neglecting this 'subject'.

Please play again, will you?

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OP Israel-US Ties Have Reached 'Crisis' Point, Lapid Says Purveyor 12:57 PM General Discussion (repost due to lock)

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OP Fund Headed by Kerry’s Wife Donated to Anti-Israel ‘Conflict Kitchen’ Purveyor 4:07 AM General Discussion

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[oberliner]

5. Personally, I am amazed by your prolific nature

It seems like every time I read a story to post in LBN - it's already been posted there by you.

[Purveyor]

6. I was a bit surprised myself after tallying the OP's I've posted over the last

2 weeks and I know I've cut back some as of late.

[PCIntern]

7. A trend which you should continue. nt

[Purveyor]

8. What trend is that? Pointing out fallacies that select members on this forum spout in regards

to my posting habits with solid, irrefutable evidence?

I will, indeed!

[King_David]

9. I must agree with PC intern you are obsessed

With Jews and Israel and up until recent even had a signature line in the topic-some nonsense about " lest us never forget"
( always negative)

[Purveyor]

10. Well you can agree or not but my posting history does not validate the claim.

And yes indeed, those 10% or so of my OP's are (always negative) as I will not condone an apartheid state such as israel.

[King_David]

11. Orthodox Jews too ?

[Purveyor]

12. And un-orthodox ones too I suppose. I'm tired. Riley already has the bed

warmed and it is there I'm heading.

Goodnight, indeed.

[King_David]

13. Oh it's not the "Apartheid State" thing

That irritates most western opponents of the Jewish state , that's just a convenient cleansing terminology.

[PCIntern]

17. No...fewer posts. nt

[Purveyor]

19. In your sweet dreams. With winter on its way, I'll have much more time t

devote to posting and topics of my interests.

[PCIntern]

20. Do what you want...

the fact of the matter that long after you and I have turned to dust Israel will be present, strong, and invincible to the masses of those who have warred upon her since the day she was declared a sovereign state. Too bad for you I would suppose and for all of those who have endeavored to lay us low.

[PCIntern]

22. Oh...and one more thing of some interest...

I see that your Journal contains almost none of the Jewish-related or Israle related posts, but does contain a healthy number of all of your other posting subjects. I am cerain that yo would like to enlighten us as to why you do not keep your posts of this nature in your magnificent Journal since you obviously take great pride in their existence judging by your responses to anyone and everyone who disagrees with your postitions in these matters.

[Purveyor]

26. Again, the database doesn't lie. Those type posts are there but you have to

look for them as they are dispersed amongst the many other OP's on other topics I post.

I had all of my posts sent to my journal by default until Feb. 11th of this year but turned it off when I thought it was slowing my system down. Can't have THAT now, can we?

[PCIntern]

29. I find it amusing that you revel in this

And of course I believe your rationale which you just stated.

[Purveyor]

31. I strive to 'amuse' and am pleased I've suceeded in your case. eom

[PCIntern]

32. I can certainly see why you wouldn't want them in easy reach

it makes sense that you don't.

[Purveyor]

33. Oh pffft. The 'advance search' function makes finding ones posts quite simple

with just a few clicks and keystrokes.

I've never bother to vet your posts as it is not important to me.

[PCIntern]

34. You are equally unimportant in the grand scheme of things

I'm sure the people in Tel Aviv and Tehran are anxiously awaiting your next post.

[Scootaloo]

14. Oh man, I love this line of arguing

Where you take someone's interest in a topic as of course having some awful, nefarious purpose. But never actually you know, just saying what that nefarious intent is.

So that nobody misunderstands your stance, PCIntern, what, precisely, are you attempting to accuse Purveyor of?

[PCIntern]

18. I am not "attempting" anything...

Nice to see you on the bandwagon, Scootaloo.

[LeftishBrit]

15. What is being buried in all this argument..

is that the 'Conflict Kitchen' is by no means just about Palestine or Israel. In fact, the 'Conflict Kitchen' is much more broadly devoted to providing cuisine and information from countries which are in conflict with the USA; e.g. Venezuela, Afghanistan and even North Korea, as well as Palestine. It's an interesting idea which I support, though obviously with potential for misuse.

[Scootaloo]

16. Well, as I pointed out in the earlier thread about this story in GD...

Acknowledging anything about Palestinians is always antisemitic

it's sort of like how certain Christians believe acknowledging LGBT people, or advocating their rights, or the like, is inherently anti-Christian. They've invested themselves in the notion that hatred of gays is essentially and definitively christian. Well, then you have people like the author here, who believes that hating Arabs - especially Palestinians - is essentially and definitively Jewish, by the same reasoning. And so anyone who is even remotely "pro-arab" - say, serving food rooted in Palestine - is therefor anti-semitic.

Of course the irony there is that when you are saying that supporting Palestine is Jew-hate, and therefore that to hate Arabs is a core of Jewishness, you are the one engaging in antisemitism. If you're going to tell me that hostility and violence towards Arabs is essentially Jewish, I'm going to call you a jew-hating piece of shit - in addition to an arab-hating piece of shit.

Essentially, just the very idea of there being Palestinian food served, is a great affront, a despicable offense, something that a person needs to be torn down, beaten, skinned alive, then drawn and quartered over. That cuisine and information about other conflict zones is there as well is ignored - because you can't really stoke the same level of hyperventilating outrage over Colombian food as you can Palestinian food.

After all, US discourse over the conflict in Colombia isn't completely dominated by one faction of the conflict, is not categorized into purely moral white hats and black hats, and has no hyper-religious apocalyptic undertones (or overtones, as the case often is.)

As you see, even talking about Palestine brings out accusations of a person being, what, a "crypto-nazi" or something (I've got no doubts PCIntern will not answer my question to him, but none of us are fools here, honestly)

[PCIntern]

21. Subtlety is not your forte or strong suit...

For the uninitiated, this is an attempt by my good friends above to goad me into doing something which I shall neither name nor shall I perform, in order to alert on the post and ultimately have me banned from DU after posting here for over ten years.

I would say that in answer to this that I have, over these years, had many more four and five star posts than these erudite, well-informed, and cogent individuals and do believe that since I, and quite frankly everyone else who posts here, have brought to the community some substance and perspective which is not unique but demonstrably different from many others here, that I wish to remain a small part of this Enterprise. In a different manner of speaking, I am not so stupid or ignorant to fall into this trap set by these delightful folks of whose opinions I possess the utmost respect.

[Scootaloo]

23. Say what?

Answering my question above would get you banned? Wow. Either you're implying something way beyond what i think you are, or you don't know how banning on DU works

No, it's just an attempt to understand just what you're accusing Purveyor of. becuase the accusation is clearly there;

I am not sure as to why you scour the media and limit your posts for the most part to this subject. I daresay that if you behaved in this fashion towards Native Americans, African-Americans, Asians, or Filipinos, there would be some displeasure around here

I'll be surprised if you tell me you think that's particularly subtle, but, I just wanna make sure i understand what you're saying. if you're saying something that would get you banned, well, maybe it is best to keep your mouth (er, fingers) shut.

[PCIntern]

24. About this you are absolutely correct

"Say what"? Very poetic. Thank you.

[shaayecanaan]

27. and this is why almost all the Palestinian restaurants in America call themselves

middle Eastern restaurants. Pretty much calling yourself a Palestinian, at the very least, will get you the fine tooth comb treatment until they find something (anything) that entitles them to cry anti-semitism.

In this case, an independent eatery (incidentally led by a Jewish manager) tangentially funded by an endowment with a nominal connection to the wife of an American politician, has served food, including one item of food which at one point in time included a wrapper which displayed some political commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, which while demonstrably not anti-semitic was nevertheless contentious.

And that is enough to let slip the dogs of war.

A bit like the Curb your Enthusiasm episode where one character looks at the "freedom for Palestine" poster and says "that is so anti-semitic". Except that they weren't joking then and aren't joking now.

[azurnoir]

28. oh it can be worse than that when it comes to ME food in the US

a good deal of it is labeled as being "Greek", as if somehow that makes it more acceptable or something

[shaayecanaan]

30. Yeah, the Greek thing

Nothing more cringeworthy than when they call themselves Greek or Greek Orthodox.

Alternatively, you can simply call your restaurant "Israeli". Although the food looks pretty much Palestinian. Just don't order in Arabic, whatever you do.

http://www.gazalasplace.com/

[azurnoir]

35. lol interesting

Last edited Thu Oct 30, 2014, 04:04 AM - Edit history (1)

and rather pricey too, now in my area there are 2 ME restaurants that are Palestinian owned one flirts with it the other is pretty open about it

http://holylandbrand.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jerusalems

the owner Sal Azem is from EJ and is pretty open about that in fact there is placard in the place about it

[King_David]

40. That's a Druze restaurant

You can see in the pic she is making pita Druzie ... Same style of food found dotted all over in restaurants in northern Israel .

[oberliner]

36. Whereas carrying any products made in Israel can get you boycotted

Which is an even more ridiculous reaction.

[azurnoir]

37. not to worry you can still buy products made in 'Israel' at Walmart

where they proudly display soda stream made in Barkan 'Israel'

[shaayecanaan]

38. whereas even selling a chintzy toy globe

With the word Palestine on it, has consequences

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/globe.asp

[azurnoir]

39. geez the very essence of the word

trifling

[oberliner]

41. Not quite as serious as carrying humus made in Israel

As Woolworths shoppers have been finding out.

[karynnj]

25. Teresa Heinz Kerry has nothing to with Heinz Endowments

A friend of mind who is far more knowledgeable pointed out that there are many Heinz foundations - the family has several wealthy branches.

 Fox and the Beacon did not do their homework - this is funded by Heinz Endowments - which Teresa Heinz Kerry is not involved with - she is involved with the Heinz Famly foundation ( Here is the FAQ on the Heinz Endowment Fund - note that they say they are not connected to the Heinz foundation or the Heinz Family fund - http://www.heinz.org/Interior.aspx?id=432 ) Here is the web site of conflict kitchen - http://conflictkitchen.org/about/ Note that the names are Howard Heinz and Vera I. Heinz.