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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
Bethany Mandel: Pro-Trump Media’s anti-Semitism: Not So Renegade
Bethany Mandel is a convert to Orthodox Judaism. She writes: Breitbart’s dogwhistling headline is the latest proof that hatred lies at the heart of Trump’s appeal and that a Trump win means a precarious future for American Jews. Until this … Continue reading
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Antisemitic Endorsements on Current-Affairs Website Elicit Outcry From Major Jewish Groups
I love how just calling a website “anti-Semitic” and other slurs is supposed to be a powerful argument. There is no such thing as “racism” or “bigotry” or “anti-Semitism.” There are just conflicting group interests. Arabs and Muslims are not … Continue reading
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Why Does Immigrant Cathy Young Hate America?
From PaulTown: The following is a response to Cathy Young’s Ann Coulter’s Anti-Semitism Runs Deeper Than You Know: Why does Cathy Young, a Russian Jew immigrant formerly known as Ekaterina Jung, hate America? One would think somebody escaping the Soviet … Continue reading
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If You Are Jewish, You’re Going To Put Jews First, Right?
If you are a Christian, it would make sense to me that you would put Christians and Christianity first. If you are a Muslim, I would expect you to put Islam first. If you strongly identify as Jewish, it just … Continue reading
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Cathy Young’s Blood Libel* Against Ann Coulter
Ilana Mercer writes: I’m Jewish, with all the baggage that entails (truncated family tree, etc.). But according to Cathy Young’s poorly reasoned and badly written hodgepodge, “Ann Coulter’s Anti-Semitism Runs Deeper Than You Know,” I, too, would qualify as anti-Semitic … Continue reading
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Film about ‘Jews being everywhere’ ridicules French anti-Semitism
When will we get movies ridiculing anti-white and anti-gentile and anti-Christian prejudice? Cannes (France) (AFP) – Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is to star in a provocative new comedy which parodies deep-rooted anti-Semitism in France, its director said Thursday. “The Jews” — … Continue reading
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Cathy Young: Ann Coulter Is Anti-Semitic But Sabrina Rubin Erdely Couldn’t Possibly be Anti-Gentilic
Steve Sailer writes: From the annals of the Sapir-Whorf effect … Libertarian writer Cathy Young, a sort of Ayn Rand Lite, is getting some mileage in the Daily Beast out of accusing Ann Coulter of anti-Semitism due to guilt by … Continue reading
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WP: A Jewish school bus — and old tensions — allegedly set aflame by young black males in N.Y. neighborhood
Washington Post: The New York Police Department announced on Tuesday that they are seeking five individuals in connection with the suspected arson, which took place in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood Sunday evening. AS the bus was empty, no one was … Continue reading
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Cathy Young: ‘Ann Coulter’s Anti-Semitism Runs Deeper Than You Know’
Ann Coulter has been a reliable friend of the Jewish state of Israel for as long as she has been in public life. I can’t think of any pundit who has been demonstrably more pro-Israel over the past 20 years. … Continue reading
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Tabletmag: What Fuels Trump-Supporting Twitter Trolls?
Tabletmag: “Examining the identity politics that drive Trump backers to harrass Jewish writers online.” I am a public Orthodox Jew who’s in touch with all parts of the Alt-Right. I wear a yarmulke and my tzitzit out when I meet … Continue reading
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