Wandering Jew

My Journey Through the World as a Jewish Person

  • Why Biden should not step down:

    One: the dollar is still the benchmark of currency stability. Many other countries hold their national reserves in dollars there is no question that the dollar, least in the memory of almost all alive today, has been this stable. Two: the United States has had a stable government with almost smooth transitions of power. Europe, Continue reading

  • The Presidential Debates and Antisemitism

    In ten days, we will be experiencing a moment of national unity not unlike the Superbowl, though with likely a smaller audience and less interesting commercials. (Yes, I posit this as a challenge.) For once, the majority of Americans have the same agenda, albeit for different players. On both sides of the political spectrum, onlookers Continue reading

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  • The ADL and the Boiling Frog

    The ADL just published a report that antisemitic incidents in the US are up 360% since the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack. [1] Full statistics are not in for 2023, but it promises to be a worse year than 2022. If we look at the early 1930s — almost a century ago, but not Continue reading

  • What They Talk About When They Talk About Jeffrey Epstein (shout out to Raymond Carver) and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    Yesterday a federal court unsealed legal documents in a lawsuit against an accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, listing names that were formerly redacted of people mentioned in the proceedings. [1] Although this seemingly is unrelated to things antisemitic, a deeper dive shows how almost anything can be seen through the lens of antisemitism. and how this Continue reading

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  • A New Year; A New World of Sexual Violence

    The New York Times Sunday Edition today contained both a front page story of sexual violence by Hamas and an insert on Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia. I have wanted to talk about gendered violence for a while. It seems that these abominable horrors seem new to most. Some of the sexual nightmares women in Continue reading

  • Christmastime for the Jews

    This is the title for a Saturday Night video, portraying Jews happily filling the streets as the goyim celebrate Christmas. Don’t forget the ubiquitous combo of “movie and Chinese food” 9although Indian food will do in a pinch. Christmas Day was traditionally frought with fear among Jewish communities, as antisemtic tropes came to the forefront, Jews Continue reading

  • Are We Our Own Bystanders?

    Numerous threats have been made against Jewish institutions in the US in past weeks. It appears they have come from outside the country. It appears they are threats without, so far, substance. The effect and intent of these threats is obviously to instill fear in the Jewish community, and deter attendance and participation in Jewish Continue reading

  • Transamerica and Jew versus American

    I just arrived late last night in DC. Interstate 40 is not all of America, but it is not nothing either. I feel that I blend in a bit better on the coasts, and if anything is “home” for me it is probably California. However, I didn’t feel any anxiety about “traveling while Jewish” in the Continue reading

  • Hamas is Your Problem Too.

    I saw this billboard just outside of Nashville on the interstate. There was a similar one outside of Little Rock. They were put up by an organization, called Jewbelong. You can read about it here. https://www.jewbelong.com/national-antisemitism-campaign/ Today I woke up in Little Rock, Arkansas, had dinner in Memphis, Tennessee, and dessert in Nashville. These places Continue reading

  • A Smorgasbord of Antisemitism and a Personal Realization

    Writing about antisemitism on this day is like riding about sports during the Olympics. So many events competing for attention. Let’s start in Poland, where a Member of Parliament decided to use a fire extinguisher and communal menorah https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/europe/poland-lawmaker-extinguishes-hanukkah-candles-parliament-intl?cid=ios_app The lawmaker referred to the candle lighting as “satanic”, and was later sanctioned. Other public commemorations Continue reading