Category Archives: Jewish

Robert Kagan & Other Neocons Backing Hillary

“I would say that a majority of people in my circle will vote for Hillary,” says prominent neocon Robert Kagan. I’ll bet they do.

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Politico: GOP Foreign Policy “Elites” Flock to Clinton

The Neocons, who like to concentrate in little war-drumming hubs like the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, are coming out of the woodwork announcing to the world their intentions to vote for Hillary. When reading the names, you’re gonna need … Continue reading

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Tweedy & Suburban

The New Yorker, it isn’t much of a stretch to say, is very Jewish. David Remnick, a regular contributor to that publication has a nostalgic piece about the magazine’s early years. Within it, you get recollections like this: Political and … Continue reading

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Mexicans Look to Jewish Groups for Help

Currently, the #1 piece on Politico is titled “Attacked by Trump, Mexicans look to Jewish groups for help”. Now, that’s a mouthful. U.S. residents of Mexican descent, feeling besieged by Trump’s attacks on their culture and ancestral homeland, are ramping … Continue reading

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Jacobs: JAPCAT

In National Affairs, the latest JAPCAT entry is ‘Renewing the University’ by Alan Jacobs, professor of the humanities at Baylor University: For the past several years, American universities have been buzzing with protests and counter-protests, charges and counter-charges. These have … Continue reading

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Ozick: Sapped of Quiddity

The NYT has a profile of author and critic Cynthia Ozick written by Giles Harvey (“Cynthia Ozick’s Long Crusade”). Ozick’s writings are… how shall we say it… very Jewish. Ozick came of age at the century’s midpoint, during the heyday … Continue reading

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Ring the Butler

As I’ve noted before, oftentimes it’s difficult to tell apart a real pomo article vs. something spit out by the Postmodern Generator (simply refresh the page for a new pomo abstract.) NY Mag has a profile of Judith Butler, the “radical theorist … Continue reading

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Yellin’ About Yellen

From a 2013 piece in Tablet about Janet Yellen becoming the new Federal Reserve head (hat tip: Greg Hood): Yellen’s ascent to the post will also guarantee that, by the end of her first term, Jews will have occupied the … Continue reading

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Scholem & Adorno

In The Nation, Peter Gordon has a piece on the friendship between historian and ardent Zionist Gershom Scholem and founding Frankfurt School member Theodor Adorno, two ethnocentric Jews whose Judaic impulses fused with their leftist utopianism. The undercurrent of the … Continue reading

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NYT on the (((Parentheses Meme)))

A week ago, on the Counter-Currents website, Dissident Right noted: In the last few days, there have been no less than 5 major publications posting articles “exposing” the way people are using punctuation to seemingly “track Jewish people” online. Many … Continue reading

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