”Habermas first lit my path as a critical theorist. I remain deeply grateful for that. But over the years the light he cast flickered and waned – until, with his stance on Gaza, it seemed to go out.”

It's 2035, and you may think U.S. support for expanding the Iron Dome to cover Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza is a really bad idea that serves no conceivable US national interest, but it's actually all about China.

insane that Trump's most loyal hacks aren't guys he appointed, but men whose brains have been as poisoned by right wing media as his has

I just read that essay on otto weininger dot substack dot com, and legit burst out laughing here.

This is recycling an old story about someone working at JFREJ who apparently can't possibly have any political agency or identity not tied to her father.

Orienting the party towards the edge cases in red areas would be great for the party, now a quick sip of water before checking Labours recent election results

I have to say again: What a terrible decision by the Union for Reform Judaism and Rick Jacobs to support the war on day one. 74% of Jewish Democrats are opposed. These are their people.

Between medicaid cuts and restricting the immigrant doctors who actually serve rural areas, I've never seen a political movement so laser focused on killing their most loyal voters.

If you're going to see Tristan und Isolde at the Met, I would recommend keeping your eyes closed throughout. Yuval Sharon really screwed the pooch with the staging. The doubles of characters?? What was he thinking?

I hadn't bought a cup of coffee at the opera for years. It's $9.80 now. Not a speciality coffee, mind you. Sub-Folgers quality and, yes, in such a small portion.

also urge your member of congress to support Rashida Tlaib's new resolutions against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon

Trump administration is taking money Europeans and others have paid for arms for Ukraine and other purposes, not delivering said arms, and spending their cash to help with self-created Gulf mess. This is not a trustworthy power. Credibility incinerated.

Really quite on-the-nose that a group calling itself JDL 613 didn't read the Aseret Hadibrot very closely.

From the website of the JDL copycat group. It's like a Paul Schrader movie from hell.

I strongly recommend that journalists working on the Hoboken story who want an informed background on the American Jewish radical right reach out to my NYU colleague Hadas Binyamini. She's just finished years of research related to this topic.

The attempt to make AIPAC look like a victim of an ostracization campaign from which "every other lobby" (a variation of the toxic "any other minority" ressentiment?) is exempt looks absolutely ridiculous to everyone outside the bubble. It will fail and it deserves to fail.

Horrifying. I'm relieved this assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani was thwarted.

Things you should definitely do on a sub-40% favorability rating.

Talk about an alternative timeline.

If you borrow a book from Max Shachtman, you best return it before you die. He WILL make inquiries about your archival collection.

"In the event of the war's failure, Israel will have to live in a region in which it is increasingly seen as a threat to stability, as an expansionist power threatening the sovereignty not just of its neighbors but even those states with which it does not share a border."

"I do not take money from [unpopular special interest]" is in fact a longstanding political campaign line. What is new that Israel has become an unpopular special interest.

Funny thing about American mass media is how woke content is broadly popular, routinely pays for itself, and sometimes goes blockbuster, whereas right-wing content is a narrow niche that rarely reaches breakeven, never goes blockbuster, and usually requires immense subsidies for it to exist at all.

This was a great interview. I don't think it's surprising that the Weekly Standard Never-Trumpers have all basically held to that position. The same can't be said about a certain other conservative magazine.

Have you noticed a pattern on when @jewishinsider.com labels pols “far-left” (or “far-right”)? Because I have, and hint: it doesn’t have a lot to do with their overall levels of extremism. There’s a reason why Michael Blake is now deemed “far-left” but Randy Fine is never called “far-right.”

Repeat after me: Ethnic cleansing and settler violence in the West Bank are government policy, not government failure. Those calling on Israel to "crack down" on settler violence are displaying unacceptable and destructive ignorance.

Which is why the decision by the ADL to go to war with Zohran Mamdani was a generational mistake. They think they can shut down criticism of Israel. But people will just get it from voices like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, who care a lot less about distinguishing between state and people.

also it should go without saying that this is opposed by the overwhelming majority of Jewish university students and academics, whose education & careers & research will suffer from the Trump administration defunding and destroying higher education

The Trump administration's cynical use of antisemitism accusations, while depriving disfavored minorities of rights and protections, will leave a toxic legacy. Major American Jewish organizations should signal their disapproval. At best, of course, we can only hope they won't cheer it on.

The only political/policy employment that will be available to Tulsi Gabbard after all this is lobbyist for the most comically evil industries and interests. Like promoting childhood access to cigarettes in the developing world. I don't think even Modi will touch her.

Did he burn the Penguin selections from the Talmud? Because the Talmud is 63 books.

"Together on Monday, [Lise] Davidsen and [Yuval] Sharon ushered in a new era at the Met, showing how a fresh and promising generation might stake its claim to the core repertoire and shape the years to come." Excited to see the new Tristan on the 29th!

Chants Not In My Backyard

Many of the men calling the shots in the American Jewish establishment have clear memories of the 1967 war and how that indelibly shaped perceptions of Israel for a critical generation of Americans. They don't seem to understand that the genocide in Gaza has done the same.

Nexus Project is peaking at just the right time, when the organization that public figures typically looked to for guidance on combating antisemitism is discrediting itself daily—for what, I'm not even sure anymore. Trump's folks hate them. The Jewish Right still thinks Greenblatt is an "Obama guy."

Full solidarity with my Muslim friends and neighbors against this hateful Republican demagoguery. It's only been a few generations since my family was talked about this way in Germany, Hungary, and Austria and I won't allow it to take root here without a bloody fight.

Faithfully serving the Trump administration during Operation Epic Fury.

Jacobin's sole article on Habermas since his death is overwhelmingly positive in its assessment.

This immoral, illegal war of choice with no commensurate US interests at stake is being carried out by Tulsi Gabbard, Elbridge Colby, and JD Vance. Never be seduced by phony right-wing "restrainers" again.

Anton Chigurh is the menace from John Podhoretz’ darkest nightmares: a successful Latino professional.

"The actual Trump is so solipsistic, so plainly consumed with narcissism, so deeply indifferent to the details of governance and so eager to satisfy his basest impulses that there was little chance he’d ever complete the authoritarian consolidation of his dreams."

Andrew Young met with PLO officials during the Carter administration for a similar purpose: to prevent a Security Council resolution supporting Palestinian self-determination. He was then fired for meeting with the PLO after Jewish and pro-Israel organizations had a public meltdown.

Or if they didn't thank Ted Cruz every time he denounces Tucker Carlson.

Days after declaring total victory and boasting that no other military could match the US, Trump is now begging other countries — including China — to send warships to stop his Iran war from spiraling into catastrophe. A galactic humiliation.

When you are complaining about Greenblatt, please specify which one. There are Jewish literature scholars reading your posts.

If I were an American Jewish leader (I am not), I would be emphasizing these two messages: 1) American Jews are not responsible for or necessarily even supportive of Israel's actions; 2) American Jews who are supportive of Israel are not legitimate targets of violence.

Hen Mazzig, the "progressive" , "pro peace" Israeli influencer gave an interview to a Israeli lifestyle magazine in which he says he pretended to support Kamala Harris in order to maintain his credibility, but in fact he thinks Trump is great . See alt text.

This is a reproduction of the logic of the would-be killer: Jewish state -> Jewish people; you blame Israel for the war, you blame Jews.

A short update. Emma Saltzberg of Diaspora Alliance pointed me to one Federation statement—in Ann Arbor. It is an exception that proves the rule, but I was unaware of it. www.jewishannarbor.org/statement-on...

Horrible news out of Bloomfield Hills. Hoping that somehow no one was seriously hurt.