Jewish identity cannot be contingent on outside approval. It must be rooted in self-respect, strength, and knowing that our values are only meaningful when paired with the power to protect them.
Josh, you deserve a column in the Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, Commentary but also the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian. Your voice is important and your articles so well framed. Substack is great but your voice needs to be heard widely. How can we, your readers, help you? Martin (PS. This column in perfect as usual!)
If the New York Times publishes a column like this about ending antisemitism, it will mean antisemitism is already over. See what their current headlines look like:
The current NY Time is openly racistly antisemitic. I read its always biased and misleading reporting and op eds such as Nicholas Kristof because my neighbor drops weekend papers off after he is finished. I write them repeatedly(for my own satisfaction) ....there is no e mail that will connect to Kristof.
Ryan, you are so right about Kristof. I've always appreciated his articles on his work in overseas countries like Africa. However, he has NO sympathies for Israel and promotes anything to do with Gaza and the war. He went down a notch or two for me.
Martin, I share FutureOfJewish essays on several social media sites, and sometimes links to them in the JexitUSA.org newsletter. Anything to get eyeballs reading pieces like this one!
Truth! And why governments from western countries are unwilling to shut down the blatant antisemitism and always pair their statements with Islamophobia as if they are equal.
AMEN! I am tired of listening to my fellow Jews who continue to weep for the poor Palestinians. The Palestinians need to stand up to their Hamas oppressors and fight for their freedom. We need to stand up and fight for our existence because no one else will. How many more pogroms will it take until we finally realize we need to defend ourselves and stop making excuses for those who want to annihilate us. The left is making a hero out of the coward that murdered two innocent young people and spreading it all over Tik Tock and other social media outlets. It is time to unite and fight back.
The failure of American Jewish organization like ADL (CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, annual salary $1.2M) to fight antisemitism effectively means American Jews are easy targets with no repercussions. Try publishing similar things about Muslims in the US and see the reaction.
This was amplified in an excellent recent article on YNet by Adam Scott Bellos
Any and all the organizations who violate federal antidiscrimination laws with their antisemitism or support of terrorist antisemitic genocide should be sued, defunded and shut down if they fail to eliminate antisemitism in their ranks or within their institutions.
Remarkably, the Trump administration is trying to do that with the Ivies. And, being blocked by progressive activist judges each and every step of the way.
Progressive activist judges won't be able to indefinitely block Harvard from being federal defunded because under federal law, discrimination is legally indefensible when directed against any ethnic or religious minority.
While some antisemitic speech might be protected under free speech principles, behavior that creates a hostile environment or constitutes discriminatory harassment can be legally actionable under Title VI and potentially Harvard's own policies. Harvard's settlements and the continuation of some lawsuits suggest that certain antisemitic behavior is not legally defensible.
Apparently Christians have this same problem. Remember the black kid that killed the white kid and is now out on bail..
the white kids dad went on TV and said it wasn’t about race and that he didn’t blame the black. Called for love and understanding. Meanwhile, the black kid has collected a hundreds of thousands of dollars as a victim. Can’t make this stuff up.
The Jews who fought at UCLA were all or largely Jews from the Iranian diaspora ancestry. The Ashkenazi Jews produce people like Seth Rogan. Or the guy at the Oscars. When Hillel riots and renames a hall in honor of the murdered Bibas family then Harvard and Columbia may change their tune. (MR. Bibas would no doubt disavow such a move.) I have been so disgusted with the fund raising lit I get from various ms Jewish organizations....the aryan far right is our greatest enemy....various symbols we should be aware of....no plo banner, no tablecloth, no Islamic headbands...etc....I wrote an email to them asking why not? NO response. I was asked do I want to meet the relatively young man running for NYC comptroller. Sure. I approached.."why has the Dem party abandoned me." Answer "I get a lot of flack for my support for Israel." We switched to my basic Ulpan Hebrew....his son is living in Israel. Rare that I ever hear a Jew show open support for Israel. Once again, Joshua Hoffman , you comprehensively covered the pathetic nature of Jewish response to the tsunami of Jew Hate. I could write a column so I'm keeping this brief.
Learn self defense and our 2nd amendment rights. Absolutely not condoning violence (JDL) but our oppressor’s knowledge that we will defend ourselves. Have you read “People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn?
Learn self defense and our 2nd amendment rights. Absolutely not condoning violence (JDL) but our oppressor’s knowledge that we will defend ourselves. Have you read “People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn?
Learn self defense and our 2nd amendment rights. Absolutely not condoning violence (JDL) but our oppressor’s knowledge that we will defend ourselves. Have you read “People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn?
Another great essay, Josh. May I make a humble suggestion? Instead of wasting time at the Humanitarian Aid for Gaza convention, next time attend the National Rifle Association national convention. Unfortunately, you just missed the 2025 convention (held at end of April), but you can make plans for the 2026 convention scheduled for April 17-19 in Houston, TX. Furthermore, I can guarantee that you can wear your Magen David in full view without any problems. In fact, you may even receive congratulations for your proactive and pro self defense philosophy.
Sort of. You cover in beautiful 'penmanship' so to speak, the A-List of Established Talking Points of How to Stop Talking About Established Talking Points and How to DO Something that WORKS. You help us SEE what doesn't work, what hasn't worked in the long term, and what will never work because as you remind, there is proof it has not worked and therefore will not work long term. Jews Need to Be More Jewish. This is crunch time. Time for us wayward children to lock into Jewish Time and Reasoning in every Season i.e. every weekly Parsha via its daily Aliyah. There are still PLENTY of very well meaning intelligent education communicative Jewish people who are still 'pissing into the wind' and reducing 'the whole problem' to the "If only's". If only.... and they use the heinous name ... if only such as If Only This Government Would Stop the Occupation of the West Bank. Ha ha hah. As "Homey D. Clown" of the TV series In Living Color put it "I don't think so" and "Homey don't play that game". THAT pathetic ploy to 'peace' replicates exactly what you've shown NOT to do. Use the right name Judea & Samaria. STOP using 'occupation' or 'occupied territories'. As a concession I grant the mob 'the unrecitified terror-Tories' or some such term. Gaza is Israel may be the new title and T-Shirt. Along with Israel Starts from the Litani River and from Damascus as a T-Shirt of a different color. Stop with "antisemitism" name calling. Any antisemitic act needs dealt with in any effective way that ideally is also legal and safe. Stop with holocaust equivocating. "We need courage: moral clarity backed by action.
This means naming antisemitism, even when it’s politically inconvenient.". Sort of. From where does one's renewed 'moral clarity' come from? I would say from Jews Being More Jewish and that implies to me... "Living With the Times" i.e. spend time daily with the Parsha. Learn. Be grounded in it. In your own way and time. The tools are online. ie to start with. That IS "politically inconvenient" to write, to say, to do. Sort of is a good start.
I wish all of us who read Future of Jewish could meet sometime. All my friends are Progressive Democrats and I am not. I have no idea where to meet more open minded people? I live 40 miles north of LA. Any suggestions
Josh, you deserve a column in the Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, Commentary but also the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian. Your voice is important and your articles so well framed. Substack is great but your voice needs to be heard widely. How can we, your readers, help you? Martin (PS. This column in perfect as usual!)
Let’s not include Ny Times, Washington Post they are mass media rags, not good enough for Joshua’s writing.
Totally agree. Joshua deserves better than that.
If the New York Times publishes a column like this about ending antisemitism, it will mean antisemitism is already over. See what their current headlines look like:
https://substack.com/@arsenostrovsky/note/c-119739862
Exactly! The NYT actually BLAMES the Jews for this vicious attack. WTF??? Of course, typical.
The current NY Time is openly racistly antisemitic. I read its always biased and misleading reporting and op eds such as Nicholas Kristof because my neighbor drops weekend papers off after he is finished. I write them repeatedly(for my own satisfaction) ....there is no e mail that will connect to Kristof.
Ryan, you are so right about Kristof. I've always appreciated his articles on his work in overseas countries like Africa. However, he has NO sympathies for Israel and promotes anything to do with Gaza and the war. He went down a notch or two for me.
Martin, I share FutureOfJewish essays on several social media sites, and sometimes links to them in the JexitUSA.org newsletter. Anything to get eyeballs reading pieces like this one!
You truly deserve a column in the WSJ.
Also, Wall Street Journal is best!
Truth! And why governments from western countries are unwilling to shut down the blatant antisemitism and always pair their statements with Islamophobia as if they are equal.
AMEN! I am tired of listening to my fellow Jews who continue to weep for the poor Palestinians. The Palestinians need to stand up to their Hamas oppressors and fight for their freedom. We need to stand up and fight for our existence because no one else will. How many more pogroms will it take until we finally realize we need to defend ourselves and stop making excuses for those who want to annihilate us. The left is making a hero out of the coward that murdered two innocent young people and spreading it all over Tik Tock and other social media outlets. It is time to unite and fight back.
And enjoy all the rights in the US Constitution, including our Second Amendment rights.
Only irresponsible American Jews don't own firearms.
https://jewscanshoot.org/
An excellent diagnosis!
The failure of American Jewish organization like ADL (CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, annual salary $1.2M) to fight antisemitism effectively means American Jews are easy targets with no repercussions. Try publishing similar things about Muslims in the US and see the reaction.
This was amplified in an excellent recent article on YNet by Adam Scott Bellos
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hy0ol4azex
Just curious, what about the 'Zionist Organization of America', sounds like an assertive group; are they still around? Active in any way?
They're out there but seem small
https://zoa.org/
Thank you, just signed up for their newsletter
Stand With Us is a major pro-Israel organization that seems very effective:
https://www.standwithus.com/
Also Christians United for Israel, the largest pro-Israel group in the world:
cufi.org
Any and all the organizations who violate federal antidiscrimination laws with their antisemitism or support of terrorist antisemitic genocide should be sued, defunded and shut down if they fail to eliminate antisemitism in their ranks or within their institutions.
Remarkably, the Trump administration is trying to do that with the Ivies. And, being blocked by progressive activist judges each and every step of the way.
Progressive activist judges won't be able to indefinitely block Harvard from being federal defunded because under federal law, discrimination is legally indefensible when directed against any ethnic or religious minority.
While some antisemitic speech might be protected under free speech principles, behavior that creates a hostile environment or constitutes discriminatory harassment can be legally actionable under Title VI and potentially Harvard's own policies. Harvard's settlements and the continuation of some lawsuits suggest that certain antisemitic behavior is not legally defensible.
Apparently Christians have this same problem. Remember the black kid that killed the white kid and is now out on bail..
the white kids dad went on TV and said it wasn’t about race and that he didn’t blame the black. Called for love and understanding. Meanwhile, the black kid has collected a hundreds of thousands of dollars as a victim. Can’t make this stuff up.
The Jews who fought at UCLA were all or largely Jews from the Iranian diaspora ancestry. The Ashkenazi Jews produce people like Seth Rogan. Or the guy at the Oscars. When Hillel riots and renames a hall in honor of the murdered Bibas family then Harvard and Columbia may change their tune. (MR. Bibas would no doubt disavow such a move.) I have been so disgusted with the fund raising lit I get from various ms Jewish organizations....the aryan far right is our greatest enemy....various symbols we should be aware of....no plo banner, no tablecloth, no Islamic headbands...etc....I wrote an email to them asking why not? NO response. I was asked do I want to meet the relatively young man running for NYC comptroller. Sure. I approached.."why has the Dem party abandoned me." Answer "I get a lot of flack for my support for Israel." We switched to my basic Ulpan Hebrew....his son is living in Israel. Rare that I ever hear a Jew show open support for Israel. Once again, Joshua Hoffman , you comprehensively covered the pathetic nature of Jewish response to the tsunami of Jew Hate. I could write a column so I'm keeping this brief.
Arm ourselves. This is war against Jews.
Learn self defense and our 2nd amendment rights. Absolutely not condoning violence (JDL) but our oppressor’s knowledge that we will defend ourselves. Have you read “People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn?
Learn self defense and our 2nd amendment rights. Absolutely not condoning violence (JDL) but our oppressor’s knowledge that we will defend ourselves. Have you read “People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn?
Learn self defense and our 2nd amendment rights. Absolutely not condoning violence (JDL) but our oppressor’s knowledge that we will defend ourselves. Have you read “People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn?
Another great essay, Josh. May I make a humble suggestion? Instead of wasting time at the Humanitarian Aid for Gaza convention, next time attend the National Rifle Association national convention. Unfortunately, you just missed the 2025 convention (held at end of April), but you can make plans for the 2026 convention scheduled for April 17-19 in Houston, TX. Furthermore, I can guarantee that you can wear your Magen David in full view without any problems. In fact, you may even receive congratulations for your proactive and pro self defense philosophy.
And the 2nd Amendment/NRA is why the Arabs will never conquer the USA like they are in Europe and Canada. Let 'em try.
Sort of. You cover in beautiful 'penmanship' so to speak, the A-List of Established Talking Points of How to Stop Talking About Established Talking Points and How to DO Something that WORKS. You help us SEE what doesn't work, what hasn't worked in the long term, and what will never work because as you remind, there is proof it has not worked and therefore will not work long term. Jews Need to Be More Jewish. This is crunch time. Time for us wayward children to lock into Jewish Time and Reasoning in every Season i.e. every weekly Parsha via its daily Aliyah. There are still PLENTY of very well meaning intelligent education communicative Jewish people who are still 'pissing into the wind' and reducing 'the whole problem' to the "If only's". If only.... and they use the heinous name ... if only such as If Only This Government Would Stop the Occupation of the West Bank. Ha ha hah. As "Homey D. Clown" of the TV series In Living Color put it "I don't think so" and "Homey don't play that game". THAT pathetic ploy to 'peace' replicates exactly what you've shown NOT to do. Use the right name Judea & Samaria. STOP using 'occupation' or 'occupied territories'. As a concession I grant the mob 'the unrecitified terror-Tories' or some such term. Gaza is Israel may be the new title and T-Shirt. Along with Israel Starts from the Litani River and from Damascus as a T-Shirt of a different color. Stop with "antisemitism" name calling. Any antisemitic act needs dealt with in any effective way that ideally is also legal and safe. Stop with holocaust equivocating. "We need courage: moral clarity backed by action.
This means naming antisemitism, even when it’s politically inconvenient.". Sort of. From where does one's renewed 'moral clarity' come from? I would say from Jews Being More Jewish and that implies to me... "Living With the Times" i.e. spend time daily with the Parsha. Learn. Be grounded in it. In your own way and time. The tools are online. ie to start with. That IS "politically inconvenient" to write, to say, to do. Sort of is a good start.
Very well put. As the saying goes, you teach the people around you how to relate to you. Death to our enemies!
This. Every word. Saving it off to read on hard days.
I thought it was ironic how the attendees unknowingly comforted the alleged assassin.
I wish all of us who read Future of Jewish could meet sometime. All my friends are Progressive Democrats and I am not. I have no idea where to meet more open minded people? I live 40 miles north of LA. Any suggestions
One of your most essential to date.
You nailed it! This is "spot on" in every dimension. Now, what can we as individuals and our major Jewish organizations champion in coherent actions?
I do recall as a young man riding the NYC subways that the existence of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) made me fee safer. We might need JDL 2.0.