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Category Archives: Jews
Bayit Yehudi candidate: I’m a proud homophobe
A friend says: Naftali Bennett is probably pissing his pants out of fear that NY and DC Jewish orgs are going to cancel the US’s special relationship with Israel over the latter’s anti-gay positions if his party is brought into … Continue reading
All groups could learn from the way Jews take care of their own
I was new to Temple Ohev Shalom in Orlando in late 1993, I was troubled and I was frightened and I was far from home, and this guy I just met in shul gave me his card and said, “If … Continue reading
Jews & Their Rebbes
Comment: Didn’t Kevin MacDonald say that guru-ism is a bigger thing among Jews than among wasps and whites? Guru-ism is about loyal admiration and worship of a great man of learning and spirituality in Jewish tradition. The man is seen … Continue reading
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Many people ask converts to Judaism if they feel accepted by other Jews and some converts complain about a lack of acceptance. I’ve found that most Jews I’ve known accept me 100% as Jewish and treat me indistinguishably from others … Continue reading
What About Jewish Privilege?
If there is white privilege, what is Jewish privilege? Is it a bad thing? If it is bad that whites are more affluent, educated and powerful than non-whites, how horrible is it that Jews are so much more affluent, educated … Continue reading
Group Threats
Different groups have different gifts and different interests. The gifts and interests of one group often pose threats to other groups. As a convert to Judaism, I think many Jews are wonderful, but are Jews only a force for good … Continue reading
Jews For Consistency
Because the biggest Jewish organizations in America and elsewhere in the diaspora frequently push left-wing policies I find abhorrent, I yearn for the development of a “Jews for Consistency” coalition that critiques such activism. One basis for such a critique … Continue reading
The Messiah Might Be Black
There’s nothing in Jewish text that specifies the skin color of the Messiah. He might be black, even Aboriginal: REPORT: “So I was just watching 2 Broke Girls (Don’t judge me, it was on in the background) and a scene … Continue reading
Why Did Stalin Become Anti-Semitic?
In this lecture, Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff says: “We come to the synagogue [in Moscow in 1980] and there is a famous picture of Golda Meir when she was the Israeli ambassador to Russia after the founding of the state [of … Continue reading
A Pragmatic vs an Absolute Commitment to Truth
In this lecture, Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff says: “My wife was on a bus in Jerusalem and struck up a conversation with a woman writing in Arabic, who says, I owe my life to the Jewish Agency. The Mossad set up … Continue reading