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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
How do you build a career fighting anti-semitism?
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory would say that “fighting antisemitism” becomes a career when you position yourself as a valuable node in the alliance networks that define, monitor, and respond to threats against Jews. You are not just opposing hatred. You … Continue reading
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The Neutralization Theory of Hatred
This 2021 paper provides a useful framework for understanding anti-Israel activism after 10-7-23. We argue herein that, while often conceptualized as an extreme form of anger, hatred is a human emotion distinct from anger, with unique triggers, conceptual orientations, and … 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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There’s No Mitzvah To Fight Anti-Semitism
Orthodoxy never turned fighting antisemitism into a commandment. The system is inward. The priorities are Torah, mitzvot, family, community, and keeping the group intact. Survival is achieved through boundary maintenance, not moral crusades. When an Orthodox Jew fights antisemitism today, … Continue reading
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Palestinianism
Much of the hatred of Jews and the Jewish state is hatred of excellence, as George Gilder noted. Dan Burmawi writes: Palestinianism is a dumping ground. A catch-all container for every resentful ideology, every broken theory, every radical cause. Marxists, … Continue reading
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What’s with Joe Rogan hosting anti-Jewish guests recently?
Grok says: Joe Rogan’s recent guest choices have sparked some buzz, particularly with accusations of platforming people with anti-Jewish views. The main point of contention seems to be his March 2025 episode with Ian Carroll, a guy who’s spent years … Continue reading
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What is Tucker Carlson’s attitude towards Jews?
According to Grok: On X, where he’s freer to speak, Carlson’s hosted guests that set off alarms. In September 2024, he interviewed Darryl Cooper, a historian who downplayed Nazi intent in the Holocaust—calling Jews “prisoners who ended up dead” from … Continue reading
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News: Australia probes suspected foreign funding of anti-Semitic attacks
Many Australian Orthodox Jews I know prefer to live in America because they encounter less hatred of Jews. Trad Jews I know from Sydney recall receiving threats and vilification almost every day that they walked around wearing a yarmulke. Many … 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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