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Jewish Pride: Purim vs Hollywood - Joshua Namm

Being Jewish is a gift that deserves unwavering pride, gratitude and courage.

Being Jewish means unwavering pride, gratitude and courage. Purim represents that idea, Hollywood represents the exact opposite ideas.

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So, Just How Jewish Is Gaza? - Joshua Namm

As it turns out: very Jewish.

Most people were never taught about, and don't even know about, Gaza's long Jewish history. I wrote this to help solve that problem.

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We Need To Call It What It Is: Palestinianism - Joshua Namm

To effectively combat antisemitism, we need to start using more specific terms.

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Dating While Jewish: It’s Not Just Denmark That Is Rotten - Joshua Namm

The Continuing Rise of Casual Antisemitism

This is a true story. Unfortunately.

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The Answer Is: It’s Antisemitism. The ICC vs the Jewish people. - Joshua Namm

It’s not us, it’s them.

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What A (Jewish) Week - Joshua Namm

It Can't Be Good For All Of America, Unless It's Good For Us Too

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The "Crime" Of Decent Journalism - Joshua Namm

Journalism Is Now A Social Crime. If It’s Pro-Jewish.

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It’s Not The Politics: It’s The Antisemitism - Joshua Namm

Obsession with party over community MUST stop.

Recently, one of my articles was the target of some intensely negative feedback. The common thread through those reactions was basically “Most Jews are Democrats, so how dare you criticize Democratic Party?”

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Harris-Walz Are NOT Pro-Israel (Or Even Pro-Jewish) - Joshua Namm

If you are still planning to vote for Harris-Walz, be honest with yourself. Would you put up with any of this if it had all been carried out by Republicans instead of Democrats?

It's obvious that these two are dangerous for the Jewish community, in America, globally, and Israel. So why would you even CONSIDER voting for them?

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I Made The Jerusalem Post!!! - Joshua Namm's Substack

Or rather, the platform I co-founded made it! And I couldn't be more proud!!!

We made the Jerusalem Post! I wrote a mini-article about it.

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Is this justice? Justice has been especially unjust for the Jews of America and Israel - Joshua Namm

One of the things that has become crystal clear since October 7, and the dramatic rise in antisemitism which followed, is that the “justice” system can be anything but just for the Jewish community. While there have been some successes, there are also recent examples which demonstrate just how perverse and unjust the legal system can be – both in Israel and America.

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The Continuing Emptiness Of “Never Again” - Joshua Namm

“Never again is now” has become “never again - when it’s convenient."

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Is Israel Losing The War? - Joshua Namm

That is a headline I never thought that I’d be typing. But, as I sit here, more than seven months after the worst attack on our people since the Shoah (Holocaust), anyone objective has to wonder what is really going on in this war. I have asked a similar

This is an article I never wanted to have to write. Sadly, it could have been much, much longer.

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We Deserve Better. Much better. - Joshua Namm

The post 10/7 Jewish world cannot be business as usual.

My latest. We need better leadership. A recent email I received shows just how weak, cowardly, and pointless so many mainstream Jewish organizations are. I wrote about it in my latest Substack article. Please subscribe. It’s totally free!

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Lessons From the United Kingdom - Joshua Namm

The new, dangerous, British invasion.

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Hard Facts About "Tough Love" - Joshua Namm

What part of "sovereign nation" do Democrats not understand?

One of the most frustrating aspects of Joe Biden’s Israel rhetoric, continually regurgitated by his administration, has been the effort to cartoonishly portray Benjamin Netanyahu, and not Hamas, as the villain in Israel’s war in Gaza. A key element of that propagandistic fantasy is that the Israeli people do not support Netanyahu, or his policies, and that that he alone, not Israel’s three-member war cabinet, is the sole decision maker. None of that is true.

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Israel Haters: Not Too Swift - Joshua Namm

No one ever accused them of being bright.

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Joshua Namm: Joe Biden Hates Israel

With friends like Joe...

The title isn’t meant to be provocative, it’s accurate. Read my article to find out why. If you enjoy my Substack, please subscribe-it’s free!

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Joshua Namm: For Jews, The Ivy Is Still Poison

Nothing has changed in the Ivy League.

Nothing has changed at UPenn or Cornell since the congressional hearings on antisemitism on campus.

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Joshua Namm: “Intifada" Is Absolutely A Call For Genocide

Those Who Deny It Are Fools Or Liars.

I rarely write an article condemning another article. My usual goal is to inform, persuade and be critical of flawed or dangerous ideas.

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Chanukah: Independence & Defiance, Not Tolerance - Joshua Namm

Far from a “minor” holiday, Chanukah is more crucial than ever.

Every year we hear that Chanukah is a “minor” holiday that celebrates “religious tolerance” and/or “religious freedom.” It is neither, it is a holiday that celebrates a massive victory in a war waged by a small group of observant Jews against those who would force us to assimilate, and the miracle associated with that victory. The holiday teaches us that Jews are victorious when we neither compromise our Judaism, and have total faith in Hashem. It teaches us to live proudly as Jews no matter the obstacles placed in front of us.

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Joshua Namm: Springtime For Hitler Youth

Evil Shows Its Face At Our Universities

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Joshua Namm: Would They Tear Down Anne Frank Too?

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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Joshua Namm: It’s Not That Complicated, Israel Must Destroy The Evil

It's Not That Complicated

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Joshua Namm: Nazis in the Jacuzzi

For Some, Antisemitism Is Shockingly Casual

Casually expressing antisemitic views has become far to acceptable, and therefore casual, for FAR too many Americans. For more, subscribe to my Substack!

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Joe Biden’s Anti-Jewish “Antisemitism Strategy”

American Jews deserve better

At the beginning of summer, in a “private” letter to U.S. Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Joe Biden’s plan to fight antisemitism (the so-called “national strategy to combat antisemitism”) “a historic moment deserving of recognition and gratitude. … The formidable language of the report contains a sound strategy, well-defined pillars and concrete, viable goals that will help create more tolerant and open societies.”

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Priority: Jewish Unity

Just before this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a horrifying, and not at all surprising, report came out of Tel Aviv University (TAU) called “The Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide–2022.” The study found that there were roughly 3,700 attacks on Jews in the United States last year. The year before that, 2021, saw 2,717 attacks. Each set a record for attacks on our people. The incidents included beatings, being spat on, having objects thrown at people, verbal abuse, etc.

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What is Antisemitism? - Joshua Namm

Over the next 12 months, I will be writing a series about antisemitism.
While I am passionate in my zeal for Judaism and the Jewish community, and spend a good deal of time railing on social media and to anyone who will listen about antisemitism, when it came to writing this first article, I was at a loss.

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Shavuot: The holiday that started it all. | Jlife

Most people get excited, or at least know about, the festivals of Passover and Sukkot. GREAT NEWS: there are three Jewish festivals! And the third one is, in many ways, the one that started it all: Shavuot.

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JEWISH WOMEN: First Among Equals & NEVER Subservient | Josh Namm | Jlife

Judaism, and by extension, Jewish culture, has always held women in the highest regard. Not the “we’re putting you on a pedestal like a pretty doll” kind of regard, but the “women are central to our culture and traditions and every inch the equals of men” kind of regard. Virtually alone among ancient traditions, Judaism has, literally from the beginning, placed men and women on an equal footing, while still recognizing the inherent differences between the two sexes (and to claim that there are no differences is as silly as saying that water is not wet).

The second article is mine!