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Category Archives: Nationalism
James Kirchick: ‘Can American Jews Be White Nationalists?’
I say yes because for many American Jews, their American identity is stronger than their Jewish identity. Also, for many Jews, their European genes outnumber their Middle Eastern genes. Also, many Jews are indistinguishable in appearance from whites. Many Jews … Continue reading
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Parasha Noach (Genesis 6:9–11:32)
This week’s Torah portion covers the story of the Flood and the Tower of Babel. Listen here. * God decides to destroy the world because it is corrupt. What was so corrupt? The world at this time had same-sex marriage, … Continue reading
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The Ethno-Nationalist Paradox
It’s not really a paradox. In some circumstances, nationalism leads people to go to war with their neighbors. In other circumstances, it leads them to bond with their neighbors. In some circumstances, a strong Jewish or Christian or white or … Continue reading
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Oldest white supremacist site shut down after complaint
First they came for the white supremacists, and I said nothing because I was not a white supremacist… I have mixed feelings about these matters, though ultimately I fall more on the side of free speech and allowing these sites … Continue reading
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Jews argue whether Zionism is racism — in the Forward!
Philip Weiss writes: Charlottesville has been a depth charge. The Israeli right was loath to condemn the white nationalists at the fringe of Trump’s base, and this has sent a shock through the American Jewish community. There is open argument … Continue reading
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Tolstoy on National Characteristics
From War and Peace (13) Volume III From this one brief encounter with Pfuel, Prince Andrei, owing to his memories of Austerlitz, formed a clear notion of the man’s character for himself. Pfuel was one of those hopelessly, permanently, painfully … Continue reading
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WP: ‘The road to hate: For six young men, Charlottesville is only the beginning’
Could you imagine a Washington Post article about six Jews developing their Jewish identity called “The road to hate”? Yet social identity theory applies equally to Jews as it does to other groups — the more you identify with your … Continue reading
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Forward: ‘Richard Spencer Might Be The Worst Person In America. But He’s Right About Israel’
Naomi Dann (a media manager at Jews for Peace) writes: The images of Nazis and white supremacists marching in the streets of Charlottesville with torches chanting “blood and soil” shook me to my core. But so did something else that … Continue reading
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Would Americans Choose National Socialism If They Could?
National Socialism repels most Westerners today but the combination of nationalism and socialism is probably a winning electoral formula. I’m trying to figure out the hysteria about neo-nazis. Their numbers are few and their influence is tiny. Yet a Google … Continue reading
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The Fascism Of Yaakov Moshe Harlap
In his fifth lecture on R. Yaakov Moshe Harlap, Marc Shapiro says: “His stress on the land of Israel…is not just super-Zionism but bordering on fascism. If you tell me that is the Jewish approach, then the Jewish approach is … Continue reading
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