Category Archives: Jewish Stuff

The Conservative Heritage Foundation Has a Nazi Meltdown

I have great concern over the future of their Jewish outreach program! (lol). If you haven’t heard, last week, rightwing fascist Tucker Carlson had a very friendly interview with antisemite and Nazi Nick Fuentes. Many people attacked Carlson, including some … Continue reading

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Internalizing Our Fascist Moment

What strikes me about this moment is how too many people, including those who claim to oppose Trump, have not internalized that the Trump administration and the Congressional Republicans are fascist (if you want to call it sparkling authoritarianism or … Continue reading

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Gut Yontif

As Sholom Aleichem wrote, “Shver tsu zayn a yid”, especially this year, so chag sameach to everyone observing Passover.

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Nothing Is New Under the Sun: The Louisiana Ten Commandments Edition

Recently, Louisiana’s House of Representatives passed legislation to require the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms of public K-12 schools, universities, charter schools, and private schools that receive public money. This isn’t the first time Louisiana has done this–they … Continue reading

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The Texas Supreme Court Is Antisemetic

By now, you might have heard the horror unfolding in Texas, where the Texas Supreme Court blocked a lower court ruling allowing an abortion of an unviable pregnancy, forcing the pregnant woman to flee the state to get the medical … Continue reading

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Duke Zeibert’s

No place left in D.C. where you can get a good matzah ball soup and prime rib, sadly. Observed at the D.C. Historical Society: Look at the prices:

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Have an Easy Fast

If you’re fasting this Yom Kippur. Since I’ll be busy today, I’ll just use today’s post to remind people to get their COVID and influenza vaccines–and you’re less likely to get long COVID if you’re vaccinated. For me, this COVID … Continue reading

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RFK Jr. Plays at Nazi Peekaboo

I’m stealing Amanda Marcotte’s phrase ‘Nazi Peekaboo‘ because it describes what Democratic primary candidate and anti-vaccinationist crank RFK Jr. did last Friday. His account tweeted a complaint about not receiving Secret Service protection, and phrased it like so (boldface mine): … Continue reading

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Shver Tsu Zayn a Yid: the RFK Jr. Edition

(from here) In case you missed it, anti-vaccine advocate and Democratic presidential primary candidate (who doesn’t have chance in hell of winning the nomination even if Biden dies) RFK Jr. uttered this over the weekend (boldface mine): Democratic presidential candidate … Continue reading

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The Unitary Dumbass Veto Principle Is Working Quite Well

In case you missed it, the Jewish Telegraph Agency did some digging into the person who got one of poet Amanda Gorman’s poems banned from schools (boldface mine): Months before a Miami-area mother persuaded a local school to restrict access … Continue reading

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