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Category Archives: Jews
NYT: “We Are All Jew-Ish Now”
Steve Sailer writes: …isn’t Jewish solidarity over the last 3,000 years a more remarkable phenomenon than Jewish divisiveness? The mechanisms behind Jewish cohesiveness, however, aren’t of much interest in today’s intellectual climate… While it’s popular to imagine poor Groucho as … Continue reading
Tabletmag: ‘WHY GANGSTERS WHO BROKE EVERY LAW STILL WENT TO SERVICES ON YOM KIPPUR’
Because for most Jews, Judaism is a tribal identity whose moral code can be boiled down to what is good for Jews. That’s how tribes work. Jews no more or less than the average in that department. So there’s no … Continue reading
Temples Love It When Jews Bargain Them Down On High Holiday Prices
I asked a friend today: “Maybe he can get you a deal on Yom Kippur tickets?” Friend: “I already ground them down.” Luke: “Did you get a military discount?” Friend: “Yeah, just $100 per ticket for Kol Nidre. Before I … Continue reading
David Brooks on the “Meritocratic Establishment”
Steve Sailer writes: In the New York Times, David Brooks writes: After World War II the Protestant establishment dominated the high ground of American culture and politics. That establishment eventually failed. It tolerated segregation and sexism, led the nation into … Continue reading
Dennis Ross: “Memories of an Anti-Semitic State Department”
Steve Sailer writes: A common theme in respectable discourse at present is that the selfish career ambitions of individual white men must often take a back seat to broader societal goals such as diversity, social justice, inclusion, fighting cultural appropriation, … Continue reading
Portnoy’s Complaint
Philip Roth: “What I’m saying, Doctor, is that I don’t seem to stick my dick up these girls, as much as I stick it up their backgrounds – as though through fucking I will discover America.” In other words, shiksas … Continue reading
The Jewish Origins Of The Anti-Fascist Group ‘Hope Not Hate’
Hope Not Hate comes out of the group Searchlight, founded by Jewish communists in Britain. Geoffrey Alderman writes: Searchlight will be known to some of you as a well-researched and professionally produced magazine specialising in exposés of racism, fascism and … Continue reading
‘St. Louis synagogue opens doors to protesters against police shooting’
Who would have guessed that there would have been a negative reaction to a synagogue that sheltered the Black Lives Matters (BLM) crowd? After all, the Ferguson Effect aka explosion in black crime since 2014 has been wonderful for America. … Continue reading
Jewish Displacement From The Inner City
This is an issue of the Agudah Israel journal from 1972 examining the problem.
‘Leader Of Richard Spencer’s White Nationalist Group Was Inspired By A Jewish Intellectual’
From the Forward: Evan McClaren, the new leader of Richard Spencer’s white nationalist think tank says his political path into far-right politics began after reading the work of Paul Gottfried — a Jewish intellectual who has been dubbed the “Moses … Continue reading