Critical Race Theory Poses a Threat to Jews, and Not Only Because of Its Use by Anti-Zionists
Jews, its proponents claim, have gained unmerited success and power by attaining “whiteness.”
June 9, 2021
Critical Race Theory Poses a Threat to Jews, and Not Only Because of Its Use by Anti-Zionists
Jews, its proponents claim, have gained unmerited success and power by attaining “whiteness.”
Yesterday, Iowa passed a law aimed at keeping schools from teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT)—a congeries of ideas about racism that took shape in academia and has gained much purchase on the American left. Several other states are considering similar legislation. As Pamela Paresky writes, much Critical Race Theory, and the more general notions of social justice that undergird it, opens the door to anti-Semitism, and sometimes leads directly through it.
June 9, 2021
Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Cynical Use of the Palestinian Cause
He opposed Palestinian independence.
The Recent Arab Riots in Israel Were a Revolt against Political Integration
Feeding on the resentments of those left behind by economic progress.
Ed Miliband’s Shallow Vision of Human Flourishing
How godless and deracinated liberalism gives way to anti-Semitic radicalism.
How Kabbalists Reinterpreted the Menorah as the Perfect Metaphor for Their Cosmology
In the Middle Ages, one of Judaism’s most enduring symbols took on new meaning.