While the term “converso” is commonly associated with Jews who embraced Catholicism during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions but continued to live in crypto-Jewish communities (see Separation and Its Discontents, Ch. 5), a lesser-known development is the emergence of Jews—by both faith and ancestry—who have embraced Protestantism in modern times. This is yet another example […]
Spiro Theodore Agnew began his career as a respected establishment figure, but after his resignation as 39th vice president of the United States his post-political career took an interesting anti-Zionist turn. Agnew began life in Baltimore in 1918 as the son of Theodore Anagnostopoulos, a Greek immigrant who ran a local diner, and Margaret Akers, […]
The Judeo-Accelerationist Presidency From killing Iran’s top general to legitimizing West Bank annexation, Donald Trump has made U.S. power serve Israel. Donald Trump’s presidency has been marked by a dramatic intensification of U.S. support for Israel that would make previous presidential administrations blush. This shift is so marked and forceful that it can be understood […]
Argentina’s election of Javier Milei in December 2023 has provided international Jewry with an intriguing opportunity. To say that Milei’s administration is pro-Zionist would be an understatement. Apart from his promises to make the Argentine economy attractive to international finance, Milei has gone out of his way to kowtow to Jewish interests — from honoring […]
Map of Cyprus. The gray line separates the northern part, occupied by Turkish Cypriots, from the southern part, occupied by Greek Cypriots and the Jewish settlers. What began as a quiet migration of affluent Israeli families to southern Cyprus has now triggered fears of foreign encroachment and strategic displacement. Since 2021, nearly 4,000 properties have […]
Behind Argentine President Javier Milei’s “chainsaw economics” stands the quiet power of Eduardo Elsztain, a devout Jewish oligarch with deep ties to Israel and Wall Street. Eduardo Elsztain whispers to Shabbos Goy Javier Milei Before his monumental victory against Sergio Massa in November 2023, Milei was an eccentric political analyst who had a flair for […]
From the moment he took office in December 2023, Javier Milei has acted less like an Argentine president and more like Israel’s most obedient asset in Latin America. On the campaign trail, Milei positioned himself as an anti-establishment firebrand hell-bent on downsizing Argentina’s bloated bureaucracy and bringing the country back to its past glory. However, […]
