10/7: Sad anniversary
Looking back at 10/7, I recall that the news of just how bad it was came out slowly. First it was that maybe 20 Israelis had been killed. Then more, and then more and more and more, in a cascade … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Jews
Rosh Hashana begins tonight
Jewish holidays begin at sundown and end at sundown, and tonight is the start of Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish New Year. It couldn’t come at a more appropriate time. Out with the horror of last year, in with … Continue reading →
On the Jewish vote in 2024
I’m too busy today to put up Part II of my series on the Israeli hostages; I’ll probably do it tomorrow. There’s a lot to say. But in the meantime, I happened to see this Caroline Glick piece about the … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick on the anti-Semitic takeover of the Democrat Party and a prospective Harris administration
Here’s the excerpt; it’s about seven and a half minutes long and quite chilling:
Continue reading →Trump speaks on anti-Semitism, Israel, and Harris
I’ve cued up a few minutes of his speech:
Continue reading →On Holocaust inversion and other Big Lies
When I was a child, my playmates bickered a lot. One of the most common rejoinders I remember from those days was bounces off me and sticks to you, an annoying reversal that my verbal adversaries would use when valid … Continue reading →
Jewish voting patterns in the US, and in Israel
Many people seem extremely interested in this topic, far beyond what might be expected by the sheer numbers. But it’s not as easy as one might think to poll Jews on their voting behavior. Here’s a discussion about it. The … Continue reading →
The Shapiro snub and the Jewish vote
Commenter “Richard Aubrey” asks a question: Did dumping—or scaring off–Shapiro do enough to catch the attention of non-observant Jews? Shapiro’s observant. But does “No Jews Need Apply” get the attention of the ethnic-only Jews? Let me first note that even … Continue reading →
Cori Bush defeated
Yesterday Cori Bush of Missouri was primaried out of her House seat, although she doesn’t actually leave till January. Her Democrat opponent was St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell. Bush’s district is a heavily Democratic area, and so the winner … Continue reading →
Will Harris choose Shapiro?
I am heartily sick of writing about Kamala Harris or even thinking about her. Likewise with the 2024 election as a whole. I sometimes believe that some combination of rigging and fraud moots everything I might say about the candidates … Continue reading →
“Free Palestine from German guilt”
It was decades ago that I first noticed complaints coming from some of the German youths who’d been taught about what Germany did in the WWII Holocaust. They were fed up with hearing about it. “What’s it got to do … Continue reading →
Melanie Phillips on the war against the Jews
Phillips’ assessment is sobering, but I’m in total agreement with her and have thought the following myself since October 7: We have to face without flinching what is now undeniable: There is a war across the globe raging against the … Continue reading →