Media | Helen Thomas Helen Thomas Interviewer Hit With 25K Hate Emails Rabbi's interview unleashes anti-Semitic free-for-all By Caroline Miller Posted Jun 10, 2010 6:24 PM CDT Copied Long time White House correspondent Helen Thomas gets a pat on the shoulder as she returns to her desk at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, after a recent illness. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The rabbi whose off-the-cuff interview with Helen Thomas cost the veteran White House correspondent her career isn't getting a lot of cudos for the gotcha. Rabbi David Nesenoff, who says he was as astonished as anyone to hear Thomas blurt out something so obviously not camera-ready, has been subjected ever since to a steady stream of hostile emails—25,000 and counting, he tells ABC. They're virulently anti-Semetic—"Hitler was right. Time for you to go back in the oven," for instance—and many emailers don't even bother to disguise their addresses, he notes. "These are people that feel very mainstream about anti-Semitism and hate," Nesenoff says. "They feel so proud of it. There is an arrogance about it. There is no shame." Read These Next In speech to Knesset, Trump ad-libs a pardon request. Pedophile rock star killed by fellow inmates. Tens of thousands of Israelis are watching the hostage release. Two dozen shot at St. Helena Island bar. Report an error