Mystery
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| November 19, 2000 | |
| Cast | |
| Roy Eisenstein, Niles Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Khalid Muhammad | |
| Format | |
| Real People, 59 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Silent Sea |
| Followed by: | Brothers |
"I must say that I did not come to Los Angeles to tiptoe through the tulips."
Mystery is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on November 19, 2000.
Synopsis
- A racist speech by former NOI spokesman Khalid Muhammad: Comparing the Holocaust to African history. Why kill the women and babies? "Kill them again."
- A guy named Eisenstein talks about being Jewish in the US military and being confronted by racist soldiers. Jew as a six syllable word. A friendship between two 'steins. Antisemitic comments lead to a fight in a soldiers' bar.
- Joe in a conversation with a rabbi: Jewish scholarship and the ambiguous god. Believing in something with no rational support because it is comforting. A child frightened in a room who believes in nearby parents as an analogy for man and god. No atheists in foxholes re-re-interpreted. What one does when confronted with the face of the absurd.
- Muhammad: comparing Jews to parasites.
- Eisenstein: taking Benzedrine and sharing a room with a couple having sex. The guy he fought apologizes. After the fight he is respected by the others in his unit.
- Rabbi conversation: Cruelty in the animal kingdom, transcending ethics, believing in something that cannot even be defined. *Kornfield on suffering.
- Rabbi conversation: believing because of a handful of experiences. Theism as an irrational belief. God compared to unrequited love in poetry. If humans need god, does that imply god.
Music
Additional Credits
The original broadcast credits state: "With Roy Eisenstein, Rabbi Niles Goldstein, author of God at the Edge: Searching for the Divine in Uncomfortable and Unexpected Places, Jack Kornfield, and Joe Frank. With excerpts from a speech by Khalid Muhammad in Los Angeles, May 27, 1994. Production: Bob Carlson. Music consultant: Thomas Golubić. Production assistance: Esmé Gregson."
Miscellanea
- This program was prefaced with the statement "The following program contains material many will find objectionable. We urge you to listen to the entire show before making any judgments."
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