Category Archives: Jewish

Unhappy Jewish America

The Economist has a brief piece on “Unhappy Jewish America”, which begins: THE Vietnam war was raging when Sheldon Zimmerman arrived in Manhattan as a young rabbi. His liberal beliefs blended seamlessly with his Judaism: he once took a youth … Continue reading

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The Mistakes of Goyim Copy Editors

Andrew Kirell (ahem) discusses some goyim-caused errata at the NYT (ahem) in a piece entitled “Jews Everywhere Laugh as NY Times Forced to Correct References to ‘Yenta’ and ‘Shiva’”: When (likely) goyim try to write about Jewish culture, it’s pretty … Continue reading

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Sailer: Latest in JAPCAT

Steve Sailer, with the latest in JAPCAT.

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Jews and the New American Scene (1995)

Jews and the New American Scene is a 1995 book by Seymour Lipset & Earl Raab. Here is the book’s abstract: Will American Jews survive their success? Or will the United States’ uniquely hospitable environment lead inexorably to their assimilation … Continue reading

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JYT: 3/29/15

It’s Passover Seder time, so naturally, our favorite Jewish cultural outlet is on it:

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JAPCAT

As has been noted here previously, there is a genuine niche journalistic phenomenon of the past year, wherein progressive Jewish liberals, when they themselves find themselves on the receiving end of Politically Correct fiats, begin to question such Political Correctness. … Continue reading

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Jewish Stereotype Attack Squad

The vile culturati Lena Dunham (born in NYC to a Protestant father & a Jewish mother) pens “Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz” in the New Yorker. Among her foray into Jewish stereotypes and tropes are: He’s crazy for cream … Continue reading

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Kiryas Joel

Eric McAfee has a fascinating profile of the village of Kiryas Joel, north of NYC. (“Demography & Destiny: America’s Youngest Community“): The village of Kiryas Joel is a perfect illustration of how demographic differences can play out spatially. An enclave … Continue reading

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JYT: 3/22/15

It’s a story that, as tragic as it is, is a couple days old and one that pales in scope to any number of other tragedies around the country and world. But it involved a family of ultra-Orthodox Jews, so … Continue reading

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Lincoln & The Jews

The New-York Historical Society has an exhibit on ‘Lincoln and the Jews’ (say what?), so naturally the NYT is all over it: The show includes about 100 letters, photographs and other artifacts, many never previously exhibited, drawn largely from the … Continue reading

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