Tag Archives: Norman Podhoretz

“The concerns that caused Podhoretz to change his views more than a half century ago were basically the same as those that led his allies today to lament the resurgence of anti-Semitism and hostility to Israel after the October 7”

CITY JOURNAL Norman Podhoretz: the Undeceived James Piereson December 30, 2025 … Podhoretz was widely known for his transition in the late 1960s from radicalism to conservatism, in defiance of views widely and vehemently held by those who then dominated … Continue reading

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Jews around the world went “into a calculated frenzy” after Trump referenced their “disloyalty,” which some Jews interpret differently than others

JERUSALEM POST Right From Wrong: What Trump doesn’t understand about Jews by Ruthie Blum August 23, 2019 …THOUGH TRUMP’S disillusionment may be understandable, it indicates that he doesn’t know much about Jews. This is peculiar, considering the massive amount of … Continue reading

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“Israelis are red-state Jews. American Jews are blue-state — politically liberal in their outlook”

NEW YORK TIMES How America’s Jews Learned to Be Liberal by Steven R. Weisman August 18, 2018 …The liberalism of most American Jews has long confounded American Jewish neoconservatives like Norman Podhoretz, who asserts that it is illogical for American … Continue reading

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Podhoretz Sr: Former editor of Commentary says he has ‘no admiration’ for Trump, but deems him the ‘lesser evil’ compared to Clinton

TIMES OF ISRAEL Norman Podhoretz, the last remaining ‘anti-anti Trump’ neoconservative by Eric Cortellessa September 7, 2016 Throughout Donald Trump’s improbable rise to the Republican nomination, self-proclaimed Jewish neocons have mostly responded aghast. From William Kristol and Robert Kagan to … Continue reading

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Israel’s Choice: Conventional War Now, or Nuclear War Later

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Normn Podhoretz July 28, 2015 There was no ‘better deal’ with Iran to be had. Now this calamitous one offers Tehran two paths to the bomb. ….Yet when even a famous Iranian “moderate” like the former … Continue reading

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