Taking the Synagogue Hostage-Taker’s Anti-Semitism Seriously
In his mind, and Aafia Siddiqui’s, the Jews control the U.S. government.
January 17, 2022
The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name
In honor of Norman Podhoretz’s 92nd birthday, a 1986 essay on anti-Semitism that reads as if written yesterday.
Yesterday was the 92nd birthday of Norman Podhoretz, who for the past six or seven decades has been one of the most vibrant and perspicacious thinkers on American politics, society, and foreign policy, as well as on Israel and American Jewry, all in addition to being one of postwar America’s greatest literary critics. As anti-Semitism is very much on the mind of American Jews today, it’s worth revisiting Podhoretz’s 1986 essay “The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name.” When it was written, left-wing anti-Semitism cloaked as opposition to Israel was still something that resided on the radical fringes, and thus even Podhoretz was surprised to find it in the respectable pages of the Nation. The essay presages many debates to come, and makes clear how much the so-called “new anti-Semitism” has in common with the old:
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The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name
In honor of Norman Podhoretz’s 92nd birthday, a 1986 essay on anti-Semitism that reads as if written yesterday.
The New Iran Deal Could Be Worse Than Its Predecessor
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The Old-Country Roots of Zionist Music
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Why the Torah Isn’t a Law Book
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