The new anti-Semitism
I’ve been online for about 20 years, and it’s a huge part of my life these days. It started small, as many habits do. I wanted to look up information on the nerve injuries I had, and the internet provided … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Jews
UPDATE: David Horowitz says he wrote that “renegade” headline
[NOTE: This is an update to this previous post of mine. I didn’t intend to spend my blogging hours today writing about David Horowitz vs. Bill Kristol—and so, apologies for this narrow focus. I actually had other things in mind, … Continue reading →
“Renegade”: Breitbart continues its fall…
…and slides right into the mainstreaming of subtle (and maybe not even so subtle) anti-Semitism. David Horowitz wrote an article on Breitbart criticizing Bill Kristol for his nevertrumperism, and Breitbart titled it “Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew.” Two things to note. … Continue reading →
Ukraine’s new Prime Minister…
…is Jewish: The Jewish speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Groysman, has been elected prime minister after a months-long political crisis. The parliament on Thursday voted 250-57 for Groysman, who was nominated by President Petro Poroshenko. The outgoing prime minister, … Continue reading →
More from Klemperer
Every now and then I’ve offered excerpts from the fascinating WWII-era memoirs of Victor Klemperer (see this for one of them, as well as an explanation of who Klemperer was). The following quotes are from his I Will Bear Witness: … Continue reading →
World’s oldest man
Can you imagine the strength of this man’s constitution? Phenomenal: A 112-year-old Holocaust survivor has officially been named the oldest living man in the world. Israel Kristal was born on September 15, 1903, and became the record holder today, at … Continue reading →
Hitler the racial anarchist
I think there’s something to this theory about Hitler, as described in an interview with Timothy Snyder, author of a recent book on Hitler, the Holocaust, and WWII (I haven’t read the book, by the way). I don’t completely buy … Continue reading →
Using “Kapo” as a word of insult
I’ve noticed the word “kapo” cropping up now and then in the comments section of this blog, to refer to someone Jewish who is seen as an underhanded betrayer of the Jewish people or Israel. Here’s a typical example, which … Continue reading →
There may not have been any KKK at Mizzou, but the poop swastika…
…appears to have been real. That’s a load off my mind. Apparently, there’s evidence of a police report, minus a photo* [see ADDENDUM below]. I still don’t understand why it wasn’t photographed or otherwise documented (DNA, anyone?), because if the … Continue reading →
Some blunt talk on “migrants” to Europe from a French ex-minister
Which he then tried to walk back. Here’s how it went: A former French minister stirred up controversy Friday after saying Germany “took our Jews and gave us Arabs” as France began taking some of the thousands of refugees arriving … Continue reading →
Obama says “there’s not a smidgen of evidence” that’s he’s anti-Semitic
Whenever Obama uses the word “smidgen”—watch out, methinks he doth protest too much. Remember when?: In his remarks denying anti-Semitism, Obama was apparently responding to Ben Carson, who said this: Some, including GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson, have gone as … Continue reading →
American Jewry’s fateful hour
By Caroline Glick.
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