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commentary.org > seth-mandel > the-emotional-and-intellectual-fragility-of-anti-israel-activists

The Emotional and Intellectual Fragility of Anti-Israel Activists

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (390+ words) One of the most insane stories about public school indoctrination I have ever heard comes to us from Ontario. According to reporting from Melanie Bennet and added context from Adam Hummel, here's what appears to have happened. The training itself…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > the-jew-trolling-rights-empty-pageantry

The Jew-Trolling Right’s Empty Pageantry

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (438+ words) Whether a student says, "I believe there are only two genders," or "I believe Palestinians are undergoing a genocide," they should not be silenced or punished for expressing their beliefs." This snack-size bite of Burkean wisdom comes from Sameerah Munshi,…...

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commentary.org > articles > bret-stephens > jews-have-honor-of-being-hated

We Jews Have the Honor of Being Hated

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (942+ words) After "douard Manet caused a firestorm in the late 1860s with his politically provocative paintings The Execution of Maximilian, he got a consoling note from his friend, the poet and critic Charles Baudelaire. "Monsieur," Baudelaire wrote, "it seems you have the…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > anti-zionism-and-speaking-bolshevik

Anti-Zionism and ‘Speaking Bolshevik’

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (279+ words) The good news is that nine in 10 American Jews are Zionists. The bad news is that only a third of American Jews say they're Zionists. The data come from a survey by the Jewish Federations of North America, whose chief…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > what-people-dont-understand-about-jewish-security

What People Don’t Understand About Jewish Security

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (411+ words) Does the headquarters of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service have a daycare? The BND's fort-like home is probably the most secure building in Europe, and for good reason. Who could possibly require better on-site security than the spymasters of Berlin? Except,…...

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commentary.org > articles > seth-mandel > norman-podhoretz-the-jew

The Jew – Commentary Magazine

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (335+ words) Podhoretz was born in Brooklyn but spoke the Galician Yiddish of his parents as a first language. He attended a secular elementary school but went to cheder afterward a few days a week. His secondary education followed this model, as…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > the-question-of-jewish-armed-self-defense

The Question of Jewish Armed Self-Defense

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (349+ words) In the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre, Hugh Hewitt asked me during a segment on his show whether I thought Jews should arm themselves. I responded that Jews in America are indeed, in increasing numbers, following Vladimir Jabotinsky's exhortation…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > the-british-anti-semitism-scandal-that-was-so-much-worse-than-it-looked

The British Anti-Semitism Scandal That Was So Much Worse Than It Looked

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (434+ words) There's usually more to a political scandal than what is known when the scandal is discovered. But rarely is there this much more. In Birmingham, a police decision to ban Maccabi fans from a November soccer match turns out to…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > let-anti-semites-dig-themselves-out-of-trouble

Let Anti-Semites Dig Themselves Out of Trouble

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (259+ words) Dr. Rahmeh Aladwan finally got what she desperately wanted: a 15-month suspension of her license to practice medicine in the UK. Aladwan had become something of the poster child for Britain's crisis of anti-Semitism in medicine, reveling in her growing…...

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commentary.org > seth-mandel > israel-is-where-theory-stops-and-reality-begins

Israel Is Where Theory Stops and Reality Begins

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (303+ words) A great benefit of visiting Israel, as I am now, is the immediate ability it confers on you to judge the validity of whatever particular narrative is, at that moment, capturing the attention of foreign audiences. Being in Jerusalem during…...