- Zachary Braiterman is Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. His specialization is modern Jewish thought and philosophical aesthetics. Facebook | Twitter | Academia.edu.
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Tag Archives: anti-Semitism
White Nationalism At Tablet
[h/t Jeffrey Blutinger] Why would a prominent online magazine of crypto-conservative Jewish culture and politics publish “American Racist: A Q & A with Kevin MacDonald, the country’s most influential white identitarian ideologue”? A large indented block quote by interviewer David … Continue reading
Trotsky On the Jewish Question (1937-1940) & In Palestine (1924)
Head of the USSR Army. Workers of all nations unite h/t Motti Inbari Found these writings here: Leon Trotsky On the Jewish Problem Written: 1937-1940 First Published: Various publications, but collected and sources for this edition here: Vol. 6 No. 12, December 1945, … Continue reading
Understanding & Combating Anti-Semitism Today (Analysis From The American Jewish Progressive/Radical Left)
Without comment and such as they are, here are op-ed analyses from quarters on the Jewish radical/progressive left about how to understand and combat anti-Semitism today. I’ll update this post as more of it comes in. At Jacobin: Only the … Continue reading
(Not Whiteness) Christianity is at the Root of Anti-Semitism in America
After Pittsburgh and Poway, it was almost comforting to be able to identify the political and racial identity of white anti-Semitism. We knew, more or less, where it was coming from and recognized the motivating ideologies. Now many of us … Continue reading
The No Fear No Hate Solidarity March Was Trans-Political
I did not make it over the Brooklyn Bridge to hear the speakers, but from the Manhattan side the No Fear No Hate Solidarity March against anti-Semitism and in support of Jewish communities was trans-political, not apolitical. Everyone was there … Continue reading
Stochastic Anti-Semitism
Of late, contemporary anti-Semitism has something like the character of a sucker punch when it manifests in physical violence. Always out there and ambient in the public sphere, anti-Semitism is brought together and aggregated online in environments where racial hatred … Continue reading
A Haredi Response to Anti-Semitism After Monsey (Shimon Rolnitzky)
In mainstream society, both in the United States and in Israel, Haredi Jews are more seen than heard. I am not sure if in Haredi communities his point of view is representative or not, whether it reflects this and that … Continue reading
NY Attacks Don’t Show That Black People Have an anti-Semitism Problem by Elad Nehorai
Concerning what we know and what we don’t know about the recent surge in anti-Semitism in Brooklyn impacting Hasidic Jews, how they seem to have popped up out of nowhere, Elad Nehorai writes at Ha’aretz here: Because of the intense … Continue reading
You’re Brutal Killers (Trump)
Wrapped up in right wing sweet talk, of note is the familiar, intimate kibbitzing between like-minded people at this political convergence of money and power. They go on for almost an hour. It’s hard to know which statement by the … Continue reading
