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Category Archives: Jews
Forward: Reclaiming a Star-Spangled Progressive Patriotism in the Age of Donald Trump
Jay Michaelson writes: It’s July 4 weekend, and we’re all watching the fireworks together: my partner and I, and a few hundred strangers. And it occurs to me: What I love about America is not what the loudest America-lovers love. … Continue reading
Was Making The Holocaust Central To Jewish Identity A Good Thing?
Such a move would be great for one’s career, but was it good? Was it good for humanity? Was it good for the Jews? Nobody seems to ask these questions. They just take it for granted that making the Holocaust … Continue reading
Are Orthodox Jews Pro-Trump?
Comment: “Are Orthodox Jewish conservatives immigration restrictionists? That is one aspect of my conservatism that I suspect would be unpopular in Orthodox Jewish settings as well as non-Orthodox Jewish settings.” Orthodox Jews care primarily about the welfare of Orthodox Jews. … Continue reading
A Jew In Germany Can’t Root For Germany
Comment: A young, fashionable, rootless cosmopolitan from Russia who seems to be the media go-to girl in Berlin when it comes to questions of German identity: Ioulia Isserlis, in July 2014 telling the Times of Israel why she won’t be … Continue reading
Talking Trump At A Shabbat Dinner
Comments at Steve Sailer: * At a “shabatt’ dinner i had with the Jewish half of my family, the topic of trump came up. Predictably, everyone at the table (except me, sitting silently) was denouncing him and saying how scary … Continue reading
Meet the One Jewish Group that Can Attack Donald Trump
Nathan Guttman writes June 9, 2016: Donald Trump poses a particular challenge to most Jewish organizations. His message stands in stark contrast to their groups’s positions on immigration, race or welfare, but the organizations can’t call him out on it … Continue reading
Whenever I hear the term “Jewish groups,” I reach for my Torah.
I just put “Jewish groups” into Google News and got these results: * British Jewish groups condemn hate crimes in wake of Brexit vote The Jewish Standard-Jun 29, 2016 Jewish groups in Britain condemned the uptick in racist harassment and … Continue reading
Attacked by Trump, Mexicans look to Jewish groups for help
I don’t get it. Why don’t Mexicans look to their own sophisticated history of public relations and political influence? Jewish groups are happy to help the Mexicans because the Torah commands them to do so. Jews aren’t thinking about their … Continue reading
Gersh Kuntzman: Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ a song that offends everyone
Apparently columnist Gersh Kuntzman has recovered from the PTSD produced by firing an AR-15. Gersh Kuntzman writes: It’s time for God to stop blessing America during the seventh-inning stretch. Welcome to the July 4 holiday weekend — when once again, … Continue reading
LAT: Flags are great for holiday celebration, but hyper-patriotism is un-American
As soon as I read that headline in the Los Angeles Times today, I prayed, “Let the author not be a Jew.” My prayer was not answered. Why do many Jews fear gentile patriotism? Because the stronger the goy gets … Continue reading