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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
Jews & Media
I’ve been talking to my Jewish friends about whether or not it is fair to say that “Jews control the media.” My Orthodox Jewish friends say it is essentially true but we should not say that out loud in mixed … Continue reading
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Orthodox Jewish Man Beaten In Williamsburg In Latest Possible Hate Crime
Would there have been as much media coverage if the victim were white non-Jews? Of course not. That would not be a news story. But if the victims were black non-Jews, then that might have been a story. I wonder … Continue reading
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Jews are a powerless people and they aren’t afraid to use it on anyone who says differently
Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman write: …But what must they have thought looking down from Hebraic-Hellenic heaven in 2010 when Greek Orthodox Bishop Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus said on Greek television that Jews “control the international banking system,”… No … Continue reading
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Is It Wrong To Hate A Group?
I don’t believe in any such sin as prejudice, bigotry, racism, anti-Semitism, though frequently that hatred can be maladaptive because a more open attitude to out-groups is more in your best interest. In some circumstances, openness to strangers is to … Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism Before the Holocaust
I confess that in my first 20 years as a Jew, I vastly preferred books that blamed anti-Semitism 100% on the goyim. As I have aged, however, I have come to see anti-Semitism as the natural result of conflicts of … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: The Real Story Behind the Pine Bush Anti-Semitism Lawsuit
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Jews are the most intellectually aggressive people in this earth, the big two religions (Christianity and Islam) are influenced by Judaism but with less tribalism and more universalism. Jews can also do universalism, Marxism has … Continue reading
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T.S. Eliot & The Jews
Forward: During a 1933 lecture in Virginia, published in 1934 as “After Strange Gods,” (which he later refused to reprint) Eliot, following Maurras, stressed the importance of social “unity of religious background…. Reasons of race and religion combine to make … Continue reading
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The Hyper-Sexualization of Western Culture
When you read the Bible, you see the Hebrews creating a generally stricter sexual morality than that which reigned at the time. Still, the Hebrews frequently sinned in the sexual arena and the Bible is unsparing in pointing out their … Continue reading
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What Percent Of Haredi Jews Are On Welfare?
My perception is that the figure worldwide is at least 50%. Comments to Steve Sailer: * Steve Sailer has never been shy about pointing out three crucial points: (1) American Jews are now, and have long been, disproportionately successful compared … Continue reading
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NYT: Pine Bush School District Settles Anti-Semitism Suit for $4.48 Million
Steve Sailer writes: The community leaders accused of anti-Semitism turn out to be mostly liberal Jews who opposed the machinations of Satmar Hassidic real estate developers from Kiryas Joel to take over their town… So this appears to be largely … Continue reading
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