Is the New York Times even a newspaper or an ongoing 80-year antisemitic hate crime?
Thus far the newspaper has
1. Covered up the Holocaust
2. Covered up Communist terror
3. Marked the names of Jewish Congressmen opposed to the Iran Deal in yellow
4. Blamed Orthodox Jews for spreading COVID-19 and supported Gov. Cuomo’s campaign of repression
5. Agitated for the government to crack down on religious Jewish schools
…and now…
6. Described Hebrew, the language of the Jewish people for thousands of years, as embodying “Far-Right Militarism”.
In a bizarre op-ed titled, ‘Yiddish Is Having a Moment’, the leftist author claims that, “Hebrew, which officially became the national language of the state of Israel in 1948, is spoken by about nine million people around the world. For some, the language symbolizes far-right Israeli militarism.”
When you think of Moses, King David, and the Prophet Jeremiah, not to mention the Bible, you think of “far-right Israeli militarism”.
Ilan Stevens, the leftist ignoramus responsible for this op-ed, claims that Zionists vilified Yiddish, when what he’s actually doing is echoing Soviet Communist propaganda which defined Yiddish as the language of the “working class” and Hebrew as a nationalist language that was banned. Soviet Jews, like my mother, smuggled and copied Hebrew dictionaries by hand while knowing that they faced prison if they were caught.
Yiddish is heavily dependent on Hebrew and German. Demonizing Hebrew to uphold Yiddish makes no sense for anyone except Communists. But professional ‘Yiddishists’, like Stevens, tend to be of that ilk.
The reality is that the only people who speak Yiddish as a living language in any sizable number are the Chassidic Jews that the New York Times has made a special point of targeting and persecuting.
The leftist Yiddishists who try to keep the language alive for its secular literature have failed miserably as they have failed to maintain any kind of Jewish identity.
Stevens claims that Yiddish is “having a moment” because “streaming platforms like Netflix have released series, including Shtisel, Unorthodox and Rough Diamonds, fully or partially in Yiddish.”
That’s not Yiddish having a moment. That’s Orthodox Jews having a moment.
As Stevens admits, “nowadays the vast majority of those who speak the language are ultra-Orthodox. They aren’t multilingual, as secular Yiddish speakers always were.”
It ought to go without saying that they are multilingual. They speak English, they speak Yiddish and they pray and learn the word of G-d in Hebrew.
The language they consider the holy tongue that to Stevens and his Yevsektsia buddies is the language of “far right militarism”.
Thanks Daniel, very interesting!
Anti-Semitism comes in many forms.
To the cultural Marxists of the NY Times this is the socially acceptable way to attack conservative Jews, Christians and the Bible itself.
We are in the midst of a DEM/Communist revolution. So of course……….anti-semitism would have to rear its ugly head.
That’s just too wild for words. But, anything for that revolution of theirs with these people.
And – this too will be overlooked by ‘good people’.
Once again the leftists rag the New York Slimes displays its gutter level Journalism its been since it covered up for Stain and Hitler
The New York Times also has the dubious distinction of being the first (as far as I’m aware) mainstream daily newspaper to publish anti-Israel columns on a regular basis, beginning in the early 1980s, written by the appalling Anthony Lewis. After seeing several of these columns in its Sunday edition, I vowed never to buy the NYT again. It has only gotten worse since then, with other columnists like Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof following suit, along with Muslim guest columnists who have a clear anti-Israel and antisemitic agenda. I have, however, kept my vow never to buy the paper itself; it’s been about forty years now. My awareness of what lurks within this vile publication derives entirely from online sources; the Times itself receives no payment from me.
Dear Ilan Stevens: tochal chara.
I boycott Israels English language newspapers and most–not all–Hebrew papers, as well, for the same reason you boycott the NYT.
In any event, the oxymoron known as “secular Jews” wont be around for much longer, so sit tight.
I wonder if the jino’s will slip effortlessly into islam after their lifelong foray into fascism (communism), it’s not at all far to go….
The New York Pravda(Times)is a Far Left Rag only worth lining a Birdcage with
It does make good kitty litter.
So Yiddish, which is based primarily on German, the language of the Nazis, is good, and Hebrew, the language of Jesus, is bad. Typical NY Times hypocrisy and idiocy.
I kept waiting for the shock twist in this story that never came. Being surprised by this is like wondering why liberals want to destroy the 2nd Amendment. Demonization is required before attempts at destruction can begin. It’s the democrat’s modus operandi.
I haven'[t seen “Shtisel ” or “Unorthadox” but I binged on every episode of “Rough Diamonds.” What a great show. I really liked how the black sheep main protagonist would go after his family’s enemies with baseball bats. That was so cool. When he threw that Albanian mafia scumbag out of a windview on top of a car, I laughed my ass off.
Have you watched that show, Greeny? If not, you should. It’s as good as Guinness and California wine.
“Hit and Run” is good, too. The first episode is a bit boring but all the following ones are all compelling. It’s a bit contradictory but still good. Not as good as “Rough Diamonds” or “Florida Man,” though. Those are the best shows on TV.