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Category Archives: Jews
Joseph & The Egyptians
From the Chayenu on Torah portion Vayigash: “The last section of the parashah describes how Joseph prepared Egypt and its populace for the eventual enslavement of the Jewish people. This servitude had been foretold to Abraham in the ‘Covenant between … Continue reading
Who Is Burning Down The Homes Of Bukharian Jews In Queens?
If you don’t fit in with your community, you put yourself in danger. Architecture is just one way of clashing with your neighbors. When the goyim turn genocidal, will your disregard of their norms be worth it? Gothamist: Just after … Continue reading
Memo To My Fellow Jews: Immigration Restriction Is NOT Nazism
Charles Bloch writes: Donald Trump has released his first campaign ad repeating his call for halting immigration by illegals and Muslims, and sure enough, he’s being called xenophobic and racist [Donald Trump’s new TV ad: Make America great by keeping … Continue reading
The Father Of The EU
From Wikipedia: Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi[1] (November 16, 1894 – July 27, 1972) was an Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher and count of Coudenhove-Kalergi. A pioneer of European integration, he served as the founding president of the Paneuropean Union for … Continue reading
Jonah Goldberg: It’s time to put the term ‘neocon’ out to pasture
You know a term is a dirty word when its proponents want it put out to pasture. Jonah Goldberg is a neo-con. By no means, is he conservative. Neo-cons were behind the disastrous Afghan and Iraq invasions of 2002 and … Continue reading
John Le Carre & The Jews
From page 391 of the new biography: In reality David had felt sympathetic towards Jews from an early age, and had consistently portrayed Jewish characters such as Fiedler or the Fennans sympathetically in his novels. Like many of his contemporaries, … Continue reading
The three American legal scholars cited in this story promoting restrictions on free speech are Jewish. Coincidence?
Jewish elites were generally behind free speech when Jews were underdogs, but since the 1960s, Jews have been the big dogs in America, and from the top looking down, many Jewish elites are turning against free speech. When Jews fought … Continue reading
What Is America?
I watched two movies today — Concussion and Bridge of Spies. They both explored American identity. Is America a particular place and people? Not according to these movies. According to Concussion, it is even better for an American hero to … Continue reading
Dennis Prager: Saying ‘Merry Christmas’ Is Very Important
I’ve struggled with saying “Merry Christmas.” Until the past week, I have deliberately refrained from saying “Merry Christmas” because all the Orthodox rabbis I consulted concurred with my analysis that to say “Merry Christmas” grants the appearance of giving legitimacy … Continue reading
Is It a Copout for Jews to Say They Are ‘White’?
Are Jews white? It depends on the incentives. From Haaretz: A few weeks ago I began the long process of applying to several American universities. So there I was, filling the lines away, until I found myself faced with a … Continue reading