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Category Archives: Jews
Big Jews Vs Little Jews
Joe* says: “As a white person, I’ve found your message on big jews vs little jews to be an open and honest rebuttal of leftwing jews. For the first time in a long time, it makes me believe our people … Continue reading
CNN: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in American history
Was this slaughter prompted by disrespectful speech? Jews have about the most violent speech around and yet they have about the lowest rates of criminal violence. The Jewish Bible contains God’s commands to commit genocide. Is that hate speech? If … Continue reading
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Slaughter
Joe* says: “You know (spotted your tweet about HIAS) screw the optics I’m going in might paradoxically have a net positive effect. It sounds harsh and it certainly would have better to have not happened on many fronts (the dead … Continue reading
The Pittsburgh Synagogue, Anti-Semitism and Trump
Dennis Prager writes: For Jews to blame the most pro-Israel president since Harry Truman — the only president with a Jewish child and Jewish grandchildren, moreover — for increasing anti-Semitism is another example of a truism this Jew has known … Continue reading
Rabbi David Wolpe: Calls to excommunicate pro-Trump Jews are not simply wrong. They’re poison.
Rabbi Wolpe writes: My synagogue is on the west side of Los Angeles. On a rough guess, about half of my congregants support Donald Trump. Many of those who do, but certainly not all, are from the Persian community. We … Continue reading
The Advocate: Synagogue Shooting Occurred During Bris for Gay Couple’s Twins
From The Advocate: The mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue reportedly happened during a ceremony for the children of a gay couple. The Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, a local LGBTQ group, revealed that the violent attack occurred during a bris … Continue reading
Tree Of Life Synagogue Shooting Kills 11
Interesting take from a Israeli Nationalist who has around 390K followers on Facebook pic.twitter.com/RV9iAWkeDt — Battle Beagle ?? ?? (@HarmlessYardDog) October 28, 2018 What you need to know about HIAS and their funding. #PittsburghSynagogue Of all nine refugee contractors working … Continue reading
Book Club: David Golder by 26yo Irène Némirovsky’
* According to Wikipedia: David Golder is writer Irène Némirovsky’s first novel. It was re-issued in 2004 following the popularity of the Suite Française notebooks discovered in 1998. David Golder was first published in France in 1929 and won instant … Continue reading
Jews & Charity
Mark Arax writes in January 2018: Stewart Resnick is the biggest farmer in the United States, a fact he has tried to keep hidden while he has shaped what we eat, transformed California’s landscape, and ruled entire towns. Together, the … Continue reading
Jews Love To Give Charity
Some people like to be recognized for their good works to a degree that will seem distasteful to northern Europeans. To a moderate degree, Jews and other Middle Easterners like to be complimented while many northern Europeans like to deflect … Continue reading