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The November issue of Commentary is now available.
Why liberal Jews need to reject the left, why the culture war is never-ending, and more.
With contributions from @AbeGreenwald, @jkirchick, @NaomiSRiley, @rcbl, @jpodhoretz.
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If Moser’s anti-Zionist poster boy doesn’t want Israel to be destroyed, is he really an effective representative of anti-Zionist views, which at the very least are dedicated to the ending of the Jewish state?
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“Nowhere in my pictures,” boasted Capra in 1941, “will you find defeat or futility.”
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“Referring specifically to Gaza, he stated: ‘A young person’s opposition to the Gaza genocide and scrutiny of the Israeli government are not, in themselves, antisemitic.’”
This is highly revealing.
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Fantastic episode today @commentary with special guest @dansenor on Israel's election; the Michigan Senate race; and the U.S. midterms. Plus, I recommend ways to remember Patrick Stewart.
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LISTEN: We are joined by @dansenor and @continetti to discuss the final vote totals in Israel’s elections and the prospects of forming a new government, and how will potential new coalitions deal with Israel’s geopolitical challenges?
Plus, the issue of rising antisemitism in the leadup to the midterms, the problem with polling rural conservatives, Haley Stevens’ message to Abdul El-Sayed, and Matt honors the late Patrick Stewart by recommending the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Inner Light and his general body of work.
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"There's another element of this that bothers me, which is the idea that you're voting for the party and not the man."
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"'Discreet' acts of genocide . . . I don't even know what those are."
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Anti-Semitic campaigns used to require some effort, some commitment. Now online Jew-baiting and blacklisting are moving into their Jetsons era, a futuristic digital playground. If you thought anti-Semites were ignorant before, just wait till they fully indulge their laziest instincts.
@SethAMandel
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"When a new cause bubbles up, the potential activist asks himself what’s in it for him. Consciously or not, he works out a few things: Will this make me look good? Will I be more accepted by others? Will my conscience be soothed? Will it raise my status or increase my power? And, maybe most important, will it be cost-free or even fun?"--From today's newsletter
Suspicion, anxiety, hostility, and fear are experiences described by another woman from a previous century who also wrote about a woman-only space, albeit one far more menacing than Woolf’s imagined room of one’s own.
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Things didn’t work out quite as he expected. When he told his classmates where he was from, “the news was received much like the gift of a wounded bird—gorgeous and vulnerable and not long for this world.” He goes on: “I’m so sorry, I heard more than once. You’re so lucky you made it out, I heard as well.” He was pitied and isolated. By the time he had graduated, he didn’t belong in the world of Leech Lake—or the world of Princeton.
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The other day, a Palestinian appeared to be caught on video trying to kill Knesset candidate Fleur Hassan by throwing a football-sized jagged rock through her car window while she and others were driving through Judea and Samaria.
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LISTEN: Contributing editor @EliLake joins us today to correct the record on Jon Lovett’s comments on Michigan Jews and Abdul El-Sayed, and discuss the larger implications of centering Israel in US politics and the different flavors of antisemitism on the left and right as both parties struggle with their own cohorts in the approach to the midterms.
Is there any cause for optimism going forward, or do even darker days lie ahead?
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Is this moment one that calls for Holocaust memorials or is there some better way to meet the challenge? Perhaps now would be a great time to build a memorial or a museum to some element of Jewish vibrancy. @SethAMandel
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@officialbenshapiro: "The thing for Americans and people outside Israel to understand . . . Israeli elections are not about you."
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"People are talking themselves into supporting an obviously unfit candidate just to stop Republicans."
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As it stands, Bibi hasn’t been defeated. In Israeli politics, that means it’s time for the opposition to see if they can go around Bibi instead of through him.
@SethAMandel
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There are freedom-loving Muslims around the world who would make fine American citizens. Mehdi Hasan fails the test.
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LISTEN: @benshapiro joins us today to discuss the results of the Israeli election, where the anti-Bibi coalition underperformed and likely denied Eisenkot the prime ministership. Can Netanyahu form a new type of coalition or rely on Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and the ultra orthodox parties, and what might another round of elections look like if he can’t?
Plus, the election results as viewed through the prism of American politics, and @jpodhoretz recommends the movie Confession.
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