Fischer's open letter to Encyclopaedia Judaica

Fischer's open letter to Encyclopaedia Judaica is a letter written by chess worldchampion Bobby Fischer in 1984 to the Encyclopaedia Judaica in response to the inclusion of Bobby Fischer's name in the Encyclopaedia Judaica. The verbatim text of the letter is given below




AN OPEN LETTER

FROM:

BOBBY FISCHER

THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

TO:

ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA

P.O. Box 50307

Pasadena, CA 91105

June 28, 1984

The Editors

ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA JERUSALEM

The Macmillan Company

866 Third Avenue

New York City, NY 10022

Gentlemen:

Knowing what I do about Judaism, I was naturally

distressed to see that you erroneously featured me

as a Jew in ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA. Please do not make

this mistake again in any future editions of your

voluminous, pseudo-authoritative publication. I am not

today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of

fact, I am uncircumcised.

I suggest rather than fraudulently misrepresenting me

to be a Jew, and dishonestly abusing my name and

reputation as a kind of advertising gimmick to improve

the image of your religion (Judaism), you try to

promote your religion on its own merits--if indeed it

has any!

In closing, I trust that I am not being unrealistically

optimistic, in thanking you in advance for your

anticipated cooperation in this matter.

Truly yours,

Bobby Fischer,

The World Chess Champion

c: Keter Publishing House

Jerusalem Ltd.

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