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Category Archives: Jews
Jews Desperate To Connect With The Political System
For the last 40 years, U.S. presidents of both parties have appointed liaisons to the Jewish community. Until now. https://t.co/y0Q6rb5Ujb — JTA | Jewish news (@JTAnews) June 23, 2017 “There probably isn’t a place for me here as a Jew.” … Continue reading
Jews & Germany
Comments: * Today, we look at the relationship Jews had with Germany through the prism of the Holocaust, and believe it was nothing but painful and acrimonious. But up until the Third Reich, Jews had a fairly good relationship with … Continue reading
Who’s The Best West LA Rabbi For A Bar Mitzvah?
Comments: * In the Brentwood, Beverly Hills neighborhoods of Los Angeles the most popular Rabbi for Bar Bat Mitzvahs and increasing rare weddings is an ethnic Chinese lesbian Rabbi married to a black American Muslim convert who attends the events … Continue reading
How Do You Tell A Bloke You Miss Him?
For many people I know, if they were to up and leave their town, they wouldn’t dearly miss anyone they’ve left behind. I find that sad. I can’t imagine it would be the same thing for 90% plus of Orthodox … Continue reading
‘Yo theah, muh Goy!’
John Derbyshire writes: A few days ago in conversation with a friend I used the word "Goy" facetiously. My friend, who is Jewish, took mild objection. "We don’t really use that word," he said. "It’s kind of low-class and not … Continue reading
Turkheimer in Vox: Demonizing Charles Murray Is Good for the Jews
Steve Sailer writes: From Vox: There’s still no good reason to believe black-white IQ differences are due to genes Our response to criticisms. Updated by Eric Turkheimer, Kathryn Paige Harden, and Richard E. Nisbett Jun 15, 2017, 12:00pm EDT Actually, … Continue reading
Nations Vs Tribes
Steve Sailer writes: In the 19th Century, Jewish MPs were pretty equally divided between Tory and Whig, although the most famous ethnically Jewish MP, Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (a Christian convert in religion, but still extremely Jewish in name, looks, … Continue reading
’10 Jewish LGBT Leaders You Need to Know’
The Torah describes male homosexual sex as an abomination, but non-Orthodox Jews have long been at the forefront of the “equality” movement. From New Voices: News and Views of Campus Jews: As double minorities, LGBT Jews are small in number … Continue reading
Jews are not nihilists
Audacious Epigone: On their most recent podcast, Kevins Grace and Steel asserted, in the context of a long discussion on George Soros, that Jews are particularly nihilistic. If so, they sure are diligent, deliberate, and effortful in attaining meaningless worldly … Continue reading
Do We Want The Likes Of Norman Podhoretz Running Our Culture?
Jews tend to put more value on success than other groups do. It’s not enough in much of Jewish life to just do your best. You have to succeed to be a real Jew. This pressure leads some people to … Continue reading →