…seems to be intent on expanding his program of spiteful appointments. My favorite line: As he sees it, to paraphrase Jim Baker, “F#&k the Jews, they voted for us anyway.” Yes. And I don’t think that Hagel’s appointment as Secretary … Continue reading →
You know, the one about the Jewish mother and the ties? It goes like this: a Jewish mother gives her son two ties for his birthday. He goes upstairs, gets dressed, puts one on, and comes down, beaming, to show … Continue reading →
Chanukah began last Saturday night, but since it has eight days I still get a chance to wish you a happy one—for two more days, anyway. The words of this Chanukah song in Yiddish—written in 1924 before the Holocaust and … Continue reading →
This describes a pretty ghastly, though thankfully rare, way that a some descendents of Holocaust survivors are paying tribute to their aging relatives: having the elderly survivors’ camp numbers tattooed on their own arms. The 10 tattooed descendants interviewed for … Continue reading →
The good news is that Jewish voters are abandoning Obama in higher percentages than any other demographic group: …[O]ne of the surveys showing [Obama] with a lead in a tight race over Mitt Romney also provides a breakdown of the … Continue reading →
According to the Jerusalem Post, Mitt Romney is planning to visit Israel in late July: Delegates are set to fly in from the US for the event on July 29, which a Republican source said would be “a small meeting, … Continue reading →
While doing research for my recent post on Jews and Obama, I came across a site showing trends in Jewish voting in presidential elections from 1916 till now (I assume it’s based mostly on exit polling, although that’s not clearly … Continue reading →
You’re probably familiar with Alice Walker’s Pulitizer prizewinning novel The Color Purple. It caused a sensation when it was published way back in 1982, with its story of a poor black woman who rises from a history of abuse and … Continue reading →
Jewish support for Obama has declined 10% from 2008. That’s a not insignificant amount, although it may seem small. But it only seems small if you don’t realize how deeply ingrained Jewish Democratic affiliation is. Also, compared to Obama’s drop … Continue reading →
In the ever-expanding interests of diversity in academia and elsewhere, we’ve hit a new high (that is, low): Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.” CUNY … Continue reading →
…gives Obama a searing history lesson. I’ve rarely seen Frum so angry. And Andrew Sullivan (known far and wide for his own calm rationality) is nonplussed at what he calls Frum’s hyperventilation: No, this was quite obviously a speechwriter’s fault, … Continue reading →
…(and we were, at least sort of) did you know that some of his best friends are? And that he thinks he knows more about Judaism than any past president, because he read about it? By the way, at the … Continue reading →