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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
NYT: Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare
The New York Times reports: The attacks, mostly at night on Jewish or Israeli-linked targets, are calibrated to “generate fear and psychological pressure without triggering major escalation” — a hallmark of hybrid Iranian-linked efforts, Mr. Shtuni said. And in many … Continue reading
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A Memoir as Apparatus: David Duke’s My Awakening
David Duke’s My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding, published in 1998, runs to roughly 700 pages and presents itself as both autobiography and treatise. The book describes Duke’s life from his childhood in Tulsa and the Hague through his … Continue reading
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Theology as History: E. Michael Jones and the Problem of the Single Cause
The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and Its Impact on World History (2008) by E. Michael Jones presents a theology of history as history. The book runs nearly 1,200 pages, footnotes heavily, and covers terrain from the Gospel of John through Bolshevism, … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas: The Auditor at the Border
Part Two Born in 1987 to Jewish parents, philosopher of biology Nathan Cofnas said in a Dec. 4, 2023 interview: “I grew up on the upper west side of Manhattan, a world headquarters of political correctness. I went to school … Continue reading
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Who Is Served And Who Is Hurt By The Frame That Hitler Was The Ultimate Evil?
Why is the catalyzing force of Hitler’s antisemitism is treated as a historical ultimate rather than a phenomenon with its own causes in German politics, economic crisis, the Versailles settlement, racial science, and the broader European anti-Jewish current? Those causes … Continue reading
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What Jews Can Do About Anti-Semitism
We can’t control others, but we can sometimes influence them. Anti-semitism has multiple sources, some entirely independent of Jewish behavior (scapegoating, conspiracy thinking, theological hatred), and some that track real social friction. Both can be true at once. Here is … Continue reading
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Who Writes Jewish Narratives Without Permission?
In his book, Forgive for Good, Stanford psychology professor Fred Luskin recommends that we stop writing people up for our unenforceable tickets. While this ticketing practice is not generally conducive for our happiness, it usually feels good in the moment, … Continue reading
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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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Americans Don’t Care About The Middle East
The most durable finding in American political science is that foreign policy rarely drives elections. Voters care about prices, jobs, crime, and whether their children can afford a house. Wars and alliances live at the periphery of electoral math except … Continue reading
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What the Summons Now Costs: Bondi Orthodoxy After December 14
The jurisdictional competition inside Bondi’s Orthodox community was usually about friendly collegial calibration between nice people. How strict. How visible. How much to yield to the rhythms of a secular Australian city without losing the density that makes the system … Continue reading
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