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Category Archives: Jews
Review: ‘The Invention of Russia’ Examines the Post-Soviet Path
New York Times: Or this about the powerful media magnates who arose under Mr. Yeltsin: “They dressed like a Westernized elite, spoke like one, sent their children to Western schools, but they lacked the most important attribute of an elite … Continue reading
Mike Pence Loves Israel
JTA: Speaking at a Republican Jewish Coalition event last year, Pence faced pointed questioning from Matthew Brooks, the RJC’s executive director, about a law the Indiana governor had signed recently allowing businesses to discriminate against LGBT people, which Brooks suggested … Continue reading
Tabletmag: ‘Why Does Britain Keep Harassing Tzipi Livni?’
Liel Liebovitz writes: “The recent attempt to investigate the Israeli politician for war crimes is yet another sign of Europe’s moral implosion.” One could just as easily write, and I am sure the Daily Stormer has on many occasions, “Why … Continue reading
Forward: ‘Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, How Can You Shill for Donald Trump at Republican Convention?’
Nechama Liss-Levinson writes: I wwas spending my five free minutes on Facebook when I saw my younger daughter’s posting. “Seriously? This is embarrassing…” She was referring to the July 14 article in the Forward, “Donald Trump Taps Ivanka’s Rabbi Haskel … Continue reading
Donald Trump Wins Surprising Jewish Fan Club — Among Russian Immigrants
Forward: At a senior center in South Brooklyn, the old Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet bloc can’t wait to vote for Donald Trump. “I like his honesty, that he’s against Muslims, that he’s against refugees,” said Valentina Albert, a … Continue reading
Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler: ‘It’s time for white people to reckon with racism’
According to Wikipedia: “Ensler was born in New York City, the second of three children of Arthur Ensler, an executive in the food industry, and Chris Ensler.[5][6][7] She was raised in the northern suburb of Scarsdale.[7] Her father was Jewish … Continue reading
How Do I Feel About Out-Groups?
One morning this month I was offered some buttered sourdough toast by a Mexican woman. I declined. She said, “You really do watch your carbs or you don’t like Mexicans. One of the two.” I started thinking, “Do I not … Continue reading
Jewish entitlement and Jewish populism
Philip Weiss writes: Last week’s Aspen Ideas Festival often seemed like a rightwing Jewish event. Accounts of the high-altitude leadership conclave included a lot of obnoxiously-chauvinist Jewish comments, notably this one from Leon Wieseltier, a contributing editor of the Atlantic … Continue reading
Do black lives matter to U.S. Jews, too?
We just had a massacre of cops in Dallas by a black power supporter. Which Jews supported this murderous organization? Brian Schaefer writes for Haaretz: Reexamining the relationship between American Jews and race over the last decades, Haaretz looks at … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter – A Statement of Jewish Solidarity by the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis
We just had a massacre of cops in Dallas by a black power supporter. Which Jews supported this murderous organization? From the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis: The Massachusetts Board of Rabbis reaches out in solidarity with African Americans and with … Continue reading