Monthly Archives: January 2017

What White Supremacists Taught A Torah Scholar About Identity

What-White-Supremacists-Taught-a-Jewish-Scholar-About-Identity soc1010sgWhatWhiteSupremacistTaughtJewishSp12 Abby L. Ferber writes (Link): A few years ago, my work on white supremacy led me to the neo-Nazi tract The New Order, which proclaims: “The single serious enemy facing the white man is the Jew.” I must … Continue reading

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The Meaning Of Conservatism

This article makes clear that conservatism has failed and there is a need for an Alternative Right. George Hawley writes in the New York Times: Donald J. Trump campaigned as a populist rather than as a conservative, and won in … Continue reading

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Banc of California chief resigns amid SEC inquiry

Remind me to never bank at any bank spelled “Banc.” It’s un-American. Los Angeles Times: Steven Sugarman, the chief executive of fast-growing Irvine lender Banc of California, resigned on Monday, the same day the bank announced it is under investigation … Continue reading

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European roots of Trump’s ‘America First’

Jacob Siegel writes for Politico: “The ‘alt-right’ or ‘alternative right’ is a name currently embraced by many white nationalists, neo-Nazis and so called ‘race-realists’ along with a number of other groups in a coalition of the far right. Their ideology … Continue reading

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The Forward: ‘Why It’s Just Fine to ‘Frum Shame’ Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’

Phoebe Maltz Bovy writes: As we all know by now, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump got special rabbinic dispensation to ride in a car on Shabbat for daddy Donald’s inauguration. This led to a collective Jewish (and general!) eye-roll, but … Continue reading

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