Daily Archives: April 29, 2020

From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some excerpts from this 2020 book: * “[Salo] Baron was quite right in saying that until Emancipation Jews survived because of their national religion. Not that there was first a people and then a religion, but that both … Continue reading →

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Millenial Woes Retires From Nationalism

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Luke Ford

Colin emails: Millennial Woes recently watched your livestream about himself and informed me that you had a few things wrong. “He says that I was reported on by “a local newspaper” – no, it was the front page of the … Continue reading →

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Protecting the wisdom of the West (Classical Liberalism & Jewish Tradition)

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Luke Ford

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Alexander_(professor) https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Liberalism-Jewish-Tradition-Alexander/dp/0765801531 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson https://www.telelib.com/authors/T/TennysonAlfred/verse/suppressedpoems/hersperides.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Trilling Bud: “Very many of the big names in American Literature have been Jewish for a generation now. Charles Feidelson, Leslie Feidler, Nina Baym, Sacvan Bercovitch, etc. Also during this generation (between 1960-2000), the study of … Continue reading →

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