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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
The Alt Right Means White Nationalism & Anti-Semitism. . . or Nothing at All
When people come out and say they are anti-Semitic, that does not mean they necessarily want to kill Jews, any more than supporters of the Jewish state of Israel automatically want to kill Arabs. If preserving the Jewish state requires … Continue reading
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Is Extreme White Nationalist Rhetoric A Compensation For Lack Of In-Breeding?
Whites tend to not have as much of a racial group identity as Blacks, Asians, Jews and Arabs. I think much of this could be that Whites are not as in-bred as Jews and Arabs, for example. Joshua Seidel came … Continue reading
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‘Let’s choose our Jewishness over Whiteness this time. Let’s choose life.’
What’s going on in this piece? Is the rabbi a self-hating Jew? I don’t think so. I just think the rabbi puts his leftism above Judaism. There’s not much in Judaism about how Jews should try to influence public policy … Continue reading
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Who Is My Brother?
I have two main intellectual interests at the moment — the political theology of Carl Schmitt and the Talmudic tractate Bava Kamma. Bava Kamma 88A translated into English reads: R. JUDAH, HOWEVER, SAYS THAT NO DEGRADATION IS PAID IN THE … Continue reading
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Forward.com: Joshua Seidel is a Trump supporter and a Jew on the alt right
Comments at Forward.com directed at Joshua Seidel with his replies: * You are not part of the Alt-Right. You are not wanted. You are not welcome. If you’d like to help the Alt-Right, live out your days in Israel, convince … Continue reading
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Joshua Seidel: I’m a Jew, and I’m a Member of the Alt-Right.
From the Forward.com: Better defined by what it isn’t than what it is, the “Alt-right,” broadly speaking, is a reaction to left wing identity politics and the failure of traditional Conservatism to formulate a reply. The alt-right opposes interventionist neocon … Continue reading
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How a Seattle Synagogue Made News by Hiring a New Custodian
When Christianity ruled Europe, it made sense for European Jews to side with anti-clerical factions. You don’t find many Jews in any diaspora movement to increase the rights of the majority as against minorities. You do find many Jews in … Continue reading
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The media’s indictment of Trump as an anti-Semite
By STEPHEN J. SNIEGOSKI: Despite the fact that they are forever scrutinizing Donald Trump, the mainstream media seem to have largely missed the fact that he advocates policies more supportive of Israel than those of any American president. They missed … Continue reading
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Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks
REPORT: WASHINGTON Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving. Joseph Schmitz, named as one of five advisers by the Trump campaign in … Continue reading
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White supremacists using Twitter mentions to organize, recruit, and unify
Sociologist Philip Cohen writes for the Southern Policy Law Center: These are commented excerpts from a Twitter conversation I had with a bunch of Trump-supporting racists on August 15. It started with my complaining to Jesse Singal about a table … Continue reading
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