Zionism, the Jewish nationalist philosophy that underlies the state of Israel, entails two kinds of essentialism: Jewishness for Jews and anti-Semitism for gentiles. In other words, no matter how hard they try, Jews cannot stop being Jewish and gentiles cannot stop being anti-Semites. (But see Shlomo Sand’s How I Stopped Being a Jew.)
Sandra Birchmore and Fishing Pleasure Island at Dawn
I went fishing, and many of y’all had suggested I livestream while fishing. During the stream I discuss Sandra Birchmore.