Host of “The Analysts,” Political & economic columnist/podcaster. Former diplomat. Proud Jew & Zionist. Proud father. Proud American.
Nov 7, 2023 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
🧵Let me try to relate to you what it’s like to be a religious or Zionist Jewish student on most major college campuses right now by telling the story as if these students were African-Americans at these schools.
2/ -Imagine if black students were inundated with protests, posters, & emails from white students purporting to know more about them, their traditions, & their life experiences based on classes they may have taken or something they heard from a professor, or on social media.
Oct 31, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
🧵On why using Holocaust imagery & comparisons against Israel is weapons-grade antisemitism in the global #WarOnTheJews
2/ Comparing things Israel does with the Nazis is ridiculous on a factual basis, (Nazis systematically exterminated 6M Jews while the Arab population in Israel has exploded steadily since 1880), & the people most responsible for making those comparisons are well aware of this...
Oct 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🧵1/ For those of you who cannot click on the last few pages of this document & enlarge it. here are the names of the faculty who crafted & signed this vile letter:
Katherine Franke
Rashid Khalidi
Gray Tuttle
Jack Halberstam
James Schamus
Alexander Alberro
Premilla Nadasen
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Ralph Ghoche
Karen Seeley
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Mae Ngai
Michael Harris
Marianne Hirsch
Mahmood MandaniNeferi Tadiar
Bruno Bosteels
Nico Baumbach
Susan Bernofsky
Victoria de Grazia
Shelly Silver
Frank Guridy
Zainab Bahrani
Susan S. White
Karen Van Dyck
Najam Haider
Oct 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
🧵To my fellow American Jews: a little humility would go a long way right now. How about some of you saying one or all of the following? 1) “I’m sorry I put the ideal of elite college admissions over & above all of my other more important priorities & responsibilities as a Jew.”
2) “I’m sorry I got more hysterical about all the hoaxes launched against Trump & thus ignored the real threats that were growing against my people & my country.”
Aug 17, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Many of you may be looking at this story & asking: "Hey aren't sports & most other gambling legal just about everywhere? And: "Weren't we promised that legalizing gambling would kill off illegal & dangerous gambling operations? THREAD 1/6
BREAKING NEWS: Several Queens Village (NY) residents are receiving pre-filled out ballots for Joe Biden and being told to just send them back to the Board of Elections. This is blatantly ILLEGAL @davereaboi
