Federations must remove all vestiges of DEI from their organizations and from the organizations that receive funding - especially day schools. DEI and “progressive” ideologies harm us and our children.
yep but it's still required not jus' by federations but by entire industries! we have fambly in Real Estate an' it's NY-schtate-Mandated they have have ta do the torturous DEI trainin'! Our youngest is just startin' college--same DEI garbage there too (an' sum' other progressive-weird trainin' 'bout sex & drugs that was really purdy outré -- as in totally inappropriate!)... this in-DUCK-trination's gotta stop! --it's (....wait fer it..) quackery!
As a High School teacher in Brooklyn, NY I experienced this first hand. I was definitely taken aback and could not believe how DEI etc. had taken hold. I was vocal in my disagreements. It certainly earned me the least popular colleague award. However, I believe I made an impact on a few and also my students. It was also good to do as others who held my values did not feel alone.I taught my students to question everything and research for themselves. We can all, in our own worlds, fight, fight, fight. We must. They cannot win. It would be a very sick, toxic, and especially dangerous, environment for Jews. We cannot allow that. Thank you for this article. It is very important for Jews to hear this. I encourage everyone to share widely.
I like to say I quit being liberal when, after 9/11, I saw various student groups of the left blame Israel for the attack. I was afraid the Democrats would eventually embrace anti-Semitism. It does not seem I was wrong.
Looking over these events more things become obvious to me about the state of discourse. I have a naive belief -- which I still maintain even though its becoming more and more obvious to me that this belief is simply naive -- that facts and arguments matter.
They do not.
Contemporary world politics is not a bunch of Rabbis sitting around arguing about the law of Halacha in order to write the Talmud.
Contemporary politics is a sequence of morality games designed to disqualify you and make you shut up when you have something to say.
All this DEI and privilege crap, the credentialism and the appeal to authority. Colonialist theory, Wokism, etc, has one purpose in mind.
To discredit you before you even have a chance to open your mouth.
You can't comment on race because you're white.
You can't comment on sex, because you're a man.
You can't comment on gay issues, because you're straight.
You can't comment on transing children. because you're cis.
You can't comment on masks, because you're not a doctor.
And if you ARE one of those things, they'll find something else.
Maybe "you can't comment on X because you're from a civilized, first world nation."
You can't comment on Y, because you're above the median income level and too wealthy.
It doesn't really matter.
Either you say what they want you to say, or you're not allowed to say anything at all.
First amendment is a joke. The government can't throw you in jail, so they'll ask Facebook or Twitter to ban you instead.
Want a better story about you in the media? Better own one. And it looks like either Jews don't own the media like they claim, or it's the kind of Jews that will cheerfully shove other Jews in the gas chamber in hopes a Nazi SS guard will smile at him for two seconds.
Jews have one ally, and one reliable ally only, and that is G-d.
We must repent and live by his Mizvot. Nothing else matters.
This article really helped me frame a great many concepts that I do not fully understand
But this is what really bothers me: how can Jews be treated as anything less than a minority when there are so few of us on the planet? This to me is the rock that all arguments need to stand on and defend.
If we need a North star for any argument for a "Third Way" it should be to point out this hypocrisy of this new Ideological Left: Their mission is to defend minorities yet the group that is the very definition of a minority, the Jew, is undeserving of it.
To me this is clear evidence of what is really going on. The Socialists and the Muslims are in bed together and their number one goal is to use every tool at their disposal to marginalize us and devide us from the inside out
Ironically ve chews don't qualify fer minority "state-us" b/c we are "over-represented" in so many professions! (i.e. we make up the majority in leadership 'er first-seat orchestra positions an' other such). AND with equal irony the poor Arab/Muslims git minority "state-us" (an' state-ship too!) as refugees! (permanent...) as "colonized" as the poor bullied race subject ta the slings/arrows of "IslamOfaux-be-ah"... Next ta Christians they are, of course, the biggest faith-cult in the world... so nope, we don't git minority state-us... PLUS even tho' many of us come in "all shades"--we have white privilege an' do not git the pass "brown people" git on the diverse-shitty ladder... Of course we're a minority tho! (only pointed out when we're told ta simmer down an' zip our lips :-( so the CON-sensless can speak...)
I bought and read this book shortly after reading one of Bernstein’s essays several years ago, and have recommended it frequently on various websites and to others who can appreciate its value.
I’m still amazed that Bernstein ever accepted the position of CEO of the “Progressive” JCPA—it didn’t take him long to realize his error and to resign.
"political reaction against DEI certainly seems to have been a factor in securing a second term in the White House for Donald Trump"
It seems old (lefty liberal) habits never die: President Trump has been a great friend of Israel and the Jewish people, witness his powerful efforts against antisemitism on campus and compare with the little done by the Biden administration last year.
Great summary, David. And by the way, what's the deal with the *Jewish* anti-intellectualism we're seeing more often these days? Needle shmeedle. Continue to use your brain, be courageous and realize that no matter what you do, the odds aren't favorable and never were. There's no magic needle mover, and we need a plurality of approaches, not more dogmatism in the disguise of pragmatic solutions. Kudos to FOJ for posting something longer and meatier (and that's coming from a guy who hasn't eaten meat in over 40 years).
I love the Jewish peoples. I picked a Jewish couple to adopt my baby in 1982
We all reunited in 2003
Even the Jews are divided. My daughter’s adopted parents are divorced now. Her father is a raging liberal. Believes in white supremacy and believes he himself is privileged.
Her adopted Mother is a conservative Trump supporter. Mom told me it wasn’t always like this. She told me that she used to be the liberal and that Dad used to be the conservative in the family.
Our daughter considers herself a conservative. Our granddaughter decided to follow Jesus Christ.
My best friend is Jewish. She always had a few black friends. She used to post about them all the time. Always pics about how amazing their friendships were. I do not see them post anymore, I’m guessing they turned on her after George Floyd. She doesn’t talk about it. I’m guessing it hurt her pretty bad. She still hates on Trump.
I don’t think it’s surprising that minorities identify Jews as being white. Look no further than Hollywood. It’s hard to tell the Jews from the Anglo Saxons. Like, I never knew Goldie Hawn was Jewish and that she raised her children as Jewish while shacking up with a non Jew. Religion without morals.
Many change their names to totally deceive the public. Pretend to be Anglo’s. They blend.
Future of Jewish is the best of the best. This article is way too much intellectual BS. The kind oF article that doesn't move the needle but gets the oohs and aahs from those like this author.
MY non Jewish "secular Zionist" friend told me that he read on Tablet that UJA contributed millions to Gaza. And for this benificence what will Jews who support Israel get in return? A denunciation of Oct 7th at long last? As M. Phillips and others have written antiZionism is the default "progressive" position. NOrmalization of z mamdani as a dem socialst progressive future mayor of NYC....aka Jew York City...where a sizable number of Jews will vote for him.....the MId east Studies departments will continue to teach the Quran/and Said Orientalism as holy scripture. The HEbrew Bible can be safely trashed and mocked. So I expect no changes....be nice for more Jews...not less to come around to support for Israel.....no....we get a holes with self importance like anti zionist Jon Stewart whose appeal is to Gen z.
Federations must remove all vestiges of DEI from their organizations and from the organizations that receive funding - especially day schools. DEI and “progressive” ideologies harm us and our children.
Jonathan Tobin in had an article in JNS yesterday about their continued failure in this regard.
yep but it's still required not jus' by federations but by entire industries! we have fambly in Real Estate an' it's NY-schtate-Mandated they have have ta do the torturous DEI trainin'! Our youngest is just startin' college--same DEI garbage there too (an' sum' other progressive-weird trainin' 'bout sex & drugs that was really purdy outré -- as in totally inappropriate!)... this in-DUCK-trination's gotta stop! --it's (....wait fer it..) quackery!
As a High School teacher in Brooklyn, NY I experienced this first hand. I was definitely taken aback and could not believe how DEI etc. had taken hold. I was vocal in my disagreements. It certainly earned me the least popular colleague award. However, I believe I made an impact on a few and also my students. It was also good to do as others who held my values did not feel alone.I taught my students to question everything and research for themselves. We can all, in our own worlds, fight, fight, fight. We must. They cannot win. It would be a very sick, toxic, and especially dangerous, environment for Jews. We cannot allow that. Thank you for this article. It is very important for Jews to hear this. I encourage everyone to share widely.
Lefty Jews are, and have always been a plague. That is all.
I like to say I quit being liberal when, after 9/11, I saw various student groups of the left blame Israel for the attack. I was afraid the Democrats would eventually embrace anti-Semitism. It does not seem I was wrong.
Looking over these events more things become obvious to me about the state of discourse. I have a naive belief -- which I still maintain even though its becoming more and more obvious to me that this belief is simply naive -- that facts and arguments matter.
They do not.
Contemporary world politics is not a bunch of Rabbis sitting around arguing about the law of Halacha in order to write the Talmud.
Contemporary politics is a sequence of morality games designed to disqualify you and make you shut up when you have something to say.
All this DEI and privilege crap, the credentialism and the appeal to authority. Colonialist theory, Wokism, etc, has one purpose in mind.
To discredit you before you even have a chance to open your mouth.
You can't comment on race because you're white.
You can't comment on sex, because you're a man.
You can't comment on gay issues, because you're straight.
You can't comment on transing children. because you're cis.
You can't comment on masks, because you're not a doctor.
And if you ARE one of those things, they'll find something else.
Maybe "you can't comment on X because you're from a civilized, first world nation."
You can't comment on Y, because you're above the median income level and too wealthy.
It doesn't really matter.
Either you say what they want you to say, or you're not allowed to say anything at all.
First amendment is a joke. The government can't throw you in jail, so they'll ask Facebook or Twitter to ban you instead.
Want a better story about you in the media? Better own one. And it looks like either Jews don't own the media like they claim, or it's the kind of Jews that will cheerfully shove other Jews in the gas chamber in hopes a Nazi SS guard will smile at him for two seconds.
Jews have one ally, and one reliable ally only, and that is G-d.
We must repent and live by his Mizvot. Nothing else matters.
WOW! Excellent. It is a dangerous game they are playing and you have clearly explained it.
This article really helped me frame a great many concepts that I do not fully understand
But this is what really bothers me: how can Jews be treated as anything less than a minority when there are so few of us on the planet? This to me is the rock that all arguments need to stand on and defend.
If we need a North star for any argument for a "Third Way" it should be to point out this hypocrisy of this new Ideological Left: Their mission is to defend minorities yet the group that is the very definition of a minority, the Jew, is undeserving of it.
To me this is clear evidence of what is really going on. The Socialists and the Muslims are in bed together and their number one goal is to use every tool at their disposal to marginalize us and devide us from the inside out
"Palestine" is the tie that binds them against us
You are right. Muslims and socialists (and Marxists) are in bed together. You've heard of the Red Green alliance?
Ironically ve chews don't qualify fer minority "state-us" b/c we are "over-represented" in so many professions! (i.e. we make up the majority in leadership 'er first-seat orchestra positions an' other such). AND with equal irony the poor Arab/Muslims git minority "state-us" (an' state-ship too!) as refugees! (permanent...) as "colonized" as the poor bullied race subject ta the slings/arrows of "IslamOfaux-be-ah"... Next ta Christians they are, of course, the biggest faith-cult in the world... so nope, we don't git minority state-us... PLUS even tho' many of us come in "all shades"--we have white privilege an' do not git the pass "brown people" git on the diverse-shitty ladder... Of course we're a minority tho! (only pointed out when we're told ta simmer down an' zip our lips :-( so the CON-sensless can speak...)
I bought and read this book shortly after reading one of Bernstein’s essays several years ago, and have recommended it frequently on various websites and to others who can appreciate its value.
I’m still amazed that Bernstein ever accepted the position of CEO of the “Progressive” JCPA—it didn’t take him long to realize his error and to resign.
An important if imperfect book.
"political reaction against DEI certainly seems to have been a factor in securing a second term in the White House for Donald Trump"
It seems old (lefty liberal) habits never die: President Trump has been a great friend of Israel and the Jewish people, witness his powerful efforts against antisemitism on campus and compare with the little done by the Biden administration last year.
A thoughtful journey of experience and woke rejections that is providing insite for the erasure of Jewish inclusion in American life.
Great summary, David. And by the way, what's the deal with the *Jewish* anti-intellectualism we're seeing more often these days? Needle shmeedle. Continue to use your brain, be courageous and realize that no matter what you do, the odds aren't favorable and never were. There's no magic needle mover, and we need a plurality of approaches, not more dogmatism in the disguise of pragmatic solutions. Kudos to FOJ for posting something longer and meatier (and that's coming from a guy who hasn't eaten meat in over 40 years).
I love the Jewish peoples. I picked a Jewish couple to adopt my baby in 1982
We all reunited in 2003
Even the Jews are divided. My daughter’s adopted parents are divorced now. Her father is a raging liberal. Believes in white supremacy and believes he himself is privileged.
Her adopted Mother is a conservative Trump supporter. Mom told me it wasn’t always like this. She told me that she used to be the liberal and that Dad used to be the conservative in the family.
Our daughter considers herself a conservative. Our granddaughter decided to follow Jesus Christ.
My best friend is Jewish. She always had a few black friends. She used to post about them all the time. Always pics about how amazing their friendships were. I do not see them post anymore, I’m guessing they turned on her after George Floyd. She doesn’t talk about it. I’m guessing it hurt her pretty bad. She still hates on Trump.
I don’t think it’s surprising that minorities identify Jews as being white. Look no further than Hollywood. It’s hard to tell the Jews from the Anglo Saxons. Like, I never knew Goldie Hawn was Jewish and that she raised her children as Jewish while shacking up with a non Jew. Religion without morals.
Many change their names to totally deceive the public. Pretend to be Anglo’s. They blend.
Chickens are coming home to roost.
I love that book.
Future of Jewish is the best of the best. This article is way too much intellectual BS. The kind oF article that doesn't move the needle but gets the oohs and aahs from those like this author.
KEY POINT IT DOES NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE
IT IS NOT HELPFUL
I'm sorry you feel that way. I believe that it will open some eyes and move the needle.
And I grew up thinking that the Jewish people are intelligent 🤔.
It seems that Jews never learn from their own history.
The next Holocaust may well break out, this time, in the US.
Sadly I fear you could be right
MY non Jewish "secular Zionist" friend told me that he read on Tablet that UJA contributed millions to Gaza. And for this benificence what will Jews who support Israel get in return? A denunciation of Oct 7th at long last? As M. Phillips and others have written antiZionism is the default "progressive" position. NOrmalization of z mamdani as a dem socialst progressive future mayor of NYC....aka Jew York City...where a sizable number of Jews will vote for him.....the MId east Studies departments will continue to teach the Quran/and Said Orientalism as holy scripture. The HEbrew Bible can be safely trashed and mocked. So I expect no changes....be nice for more Jews...not less to come around to support for Israel.....no....we get a holes with self importance like anti zionist Jon Stewart whose appeal is to Gen z.
Forgot to thank the writer for spotlighting the amazing David Bernstein, who called out the dangers of DEI for Jews long before most people did.
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