{"id":117311,"date":"2017-09-09T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T04:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117311"},"modified":"2020-07-04T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T00:13:38","slug":"alt-right-torah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117311","title":{"rendered":"Nitzavim & Vayelech (Deut 29-31)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week has a double parasha — Nitzavim<\/a> and Vayelech<\/a>. The Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult<\/a>“), Susan Sontag (see Terry Castle’s hilarious 2005 article “Desperately Seeking Susan<\/a>“), and Leo Strauss (see the unintentionally hilarious 2003 article “What Leo Strauss Was Up To” by two true believers, William Kristol and Steven Lenzer).<\/p>\n

Kristol, who seems like a non-wacko on TV, and Lenzer wrote in the normally level-headed Public Interest <\/i>about how only Strauss possessed the secret decoder ring to understand what the great philosophers of the past actually meant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* I’ve been fired\/ejected 109 times but it was never my fault. An effective meme for critics of Jews. <\/p>\n

* What kind of people are looting in FL right now? <\/p>\n

* Sivan Zakai writes<\/a>: “It is not enough for contemporary American-Jewish children to know that white supremacy and neo-Nazism are gaining traction in the United States, yet these are the very bits of information that kids are most likely to pick up on their own. Kids will need help to understand the context around this information: Who are white supremacists? How and why are racial minorities, Jews and others their targets? Most important, kids need to understand what is being done to counter hateful speech and actions, and who is and can be involved in this work, including the children themselves.”<\/p>\n

* Peter Beinart writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThe One Thing Jews Should Be Doing To Combat White Supremacy<\/p>\n

What did you feel when you heard the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, chant, \u201cJews will not replace us?\u201d Fear, of course. Bewilderment, perhaps anger. But I bet a lot of Jews felt another emotion, which they\u2019re less likely to articulate in public: snobbery. \u201cReplace you? Where, behind the counter at Wendy\u2019s? We\u2019re successful, industrious, upper-middle class. You\u2019re the dregs of society. Replace you? Don\u2019t kid yourselves. When it comes to America\u2019s class hierarchy, we replaced you and your kind long ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s anti-Semitism isn\u2019t like the anti-Semitism of 100 or even 50 years ago. Overwhelmingly, it comes not from society\u2019s winners but from its losers. Jews no longer press their noses against the gates of restrictive country clubs, Ivy League universities or white shoe law firms. Jews no longer yearn to be accepted by America\u2019s elite WASP families. We already are. The man who currently occupies the White House watched with satisfaction as his eldest daughter became an Orthodox Jew. The woman he defeated watched happily as her daughter got married under a chuppah.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s anti-Semitism emanates less from society\u2019s elites than from the people who feel victimized by them. This doesn\u2019t mean the new anti-Semitism isn\u2019t dangerous. It doesn\u2019t mean Jews shouldn\u2019t respond with outrage and mobilization. But it does mean that, if only to protect ourselves, we must combat the economic and cultural dysfunction that is contributing to neo-Nazism\u2019s rise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Alt Jews gaining influence. Natanyahus son down with the cause https:\/\/t.co\/2D0Q1SC2qS<\/a><\/p>\n

— AltRabbi (@AltRabinowitz) September 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n