Trump Goes Full Anti-Semite, Unloads on American Jews in Wildly Bigoted Rant – Vanity Fair

| December 18, 2021

In February 2017, asked what the government planned to do about the uptick in threats to Jewish centers and the rise in anti-Semitism since his election, Donald Trump responded, I am the least anti-Semitic person that youve ever seen in your entire life. That claim, like the one he would make a few months later about being the least racist person there is anywhere in the world, obviously was and remains not true at all. How do we know

Liberals With Tin Ears – The American Prospect

| December 18, 2021

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the coinage Latinx, which violates the rules of Spanish grammar, and is rejected by 98 percent of Hispanic Americans polled. Our friend and former colleague Matt Yglesias, who is of both Latino and Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, has written a very astute essay suggesting that the imposition of Latinx by well-meaning white lefties doesnt explain most of the Democrats problems with the Hispanic vote, but it sure doesnt help. Not to beat a dead caballo, but imagine if earnest progressive wannabe allies came up with must-use terms for Blacks, Jews, or Asian Americans rejected by those groups themselves

Lyric Fest Presents ‘Yiddishe Nightingale,’ a Short History of the American Yiddish Theater – OperaWire

| December 18, 2021

(Credit: Lyric Fest) Lyric Fest presents three performances of Yiddishe Nightingale, a special concert on the history of the American Yiddish Theater.

My father, the white supremacist – Vox.com

| December 18, 2021

My father collapsed in his own backyard in the early spring of 2019, all 6 feet 5 inches of him, struck down in a thunderbolt of cardiac arrest.

ArtsWatch Weekly: Tiny Tims and klezmer clarinets – Oregon ArtsWatch

| December 18, 2021

SUDDENLY ITS MID-DECEMBER, nearly Solstice, with Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Years Eve hot (or chilly) on its heels. Not to mention the made-up holidays:Yesterday, for instance, was National Cupcake Day. Today has been proclaimed, by someone somewhere, National Chocolate Covered Anything Day including, presumably, yesterdays leftover cupcakes

The Weekly Covet: The Best Things We Bought This Year – TownandCountrymag.com

| December 18, 2021

Once a week, we ask our editors to share the items they've been loving or lusting afterwhether it's a new skincare product we're dying to try or a travel essential we can't live without. Consider "The Weekly Covet" your editor-approved wish list for beauty, travel, fashion, and everything in between.

The deepest secrets of Sephardic cooking are buried here – Forward

| December 18, 2021

Some cookbook authors get their recipes from chefs.

Holidays Bring a Diversity of Celebration on the South End – southseattleemerald.com

| December 18, 2021

by Alexa Peters There is no area more diverse in its holiday traditions and celebrations than South Seattle and with a quick look at the most recent demographic data for the area, its no wonder. South King County is one of the most diverse parts of the United States, with the Rainier Valley 98118 ZIP code home to speakers of approximately 60 different languages.



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