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Category Archives: Anti-Gentilism
The Custodianship Question (4-5-26)
01:00 The Custodianship Question, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17958604:00 Great Rabbinic Thinkers: Rabbi Shimon Shkop (Part 1), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mJyLomfxAU1:20:10 Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New (Part 11) || Dr. Marc Shapiro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uha29bVRGMM1:22:00 Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook by … Continue reading
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Robert Kraft Funds Super Bowl Ad To Link Jewish Interests With Black & Muslim Interests
My very first experience with anti-Semitism was in high school being attacked by a Black Muslim guy named Talib. But Robert Kraft just spent millions on a crappy Super Bowl ad to tell the world that a Black Muslim guy … Continue reading
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Reactions To Yoram Hazony’s Anti-Semitism Speech Reflect Pre-Existing Alliances
ChatGPT says: Pre-existing political orientation is doing most of the work here. Alliance Theory predicts this almost mechanically. Yoram Hazony is not being evaluated primarily on truth or consequences. He is being evaluated on coalition fit. Nationalist-leaning Jews tend to … Continue reading
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What needs are met for those who obsess over the JQ?
We have to create healthy ways to meet those needs so people don’t meet them in unhealthy ways. What can we offer people likely to embrace the JQ that meets their needs in a pro-social way? The “Jewish Question” (JQ) … Continue reading
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The Return Of The JQ
David Azerrad, an assistant professor at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, DC, writes: According to contemporary proponents of the JQ, Jews have been behind every left-wing cause and degenerate social trend since Marx launched his … Continue reading
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Zionist antisemitism
Wikipedia has a great long essay: Zionist antisemitism or antisemitic Zionism refers to a phenomenon in which antisemites express support for Zionism and the State of Israel. In some cases, this support may be promoted for explicitly antisemitic reasons. Historically, … Continue reading
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Anti-Gentilism-The hate that dare not speak its name (8-11-21)
Charlotte Allen writes: Gentiles were also among Roth’s lifelong fixations as antagonists. He was ever on the alert for anti-Semitism, both real and imagined. He even classified Bloom, herself Jewish, as an anti-Semite; apparently, it was fine for Roth to … Continue reading
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