Paranoid and Picky: Jews Sabotage Allyship
7 Av 5785 (1 August 2025)
A perpetual conversation amongst Jews is the topic of “allyship”, since as a minority, we seek to forge alliances for their strategic value. All alliances have ups and downs, but it’s better to not be alone. No doubt, it’s necessary to stand your ground and for your principles, and if others want to stand alongside you then let them join. Suffice to say, especially in an interconnected world, the drawbacks of allies are meant to be mitigated by the benefits. This substack will focus on the important shortcomings that are prevalent in the context of Jewish allyship in America (and Canada by proxy).
Why are Jews bad allies?
For many decades in spite of Jewish disunity, Jews that have grown up in North America have largely been conditioned to see themselves as victims. Fearmongering about an impending American shoah has been incessantly regurgitated for decades by Jewish organizations as rationale to swindle donations. Unfortunately at the forefront of such conspiracies are many alarmist right-wing Zionists (think JDL/Betar types), who see a hurricane of anti-Jewish/Israel hate that is swirling in every nook and cranny of society. This neuroticism leads to seemingly everything being a part of a plot that targets Israel and the Jewish people. It takes a tremendous amount of hubris to conclude that the goyim are concocting a scheme to rise up against us, it’s as if they don’t have anything else to do. These people weirdly believe that Jews are the center of the world for goyim, the narcissism is enough to choke on. I lump these sorts of people together with decolonization Rudy simps as delusional doom merchants who largely perceive goyim as wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing. These people are toxic and useless, they are a mix of delusional egomaniacs and snake oil salesmen that have planted themselves inside a bottomless victim complex. To assume that a goy solely lives according to ulterior motives, just fuels alarmist conspiracies that someone is simply looking for a ticket for the afterlife, and neglects the self-autonomy of goyim genuinely seeking to support the Jewish people. (This type of thinking is the negative consequence of making the Holocaust the center of Jewishness, but that’s a topic for another substack). Altogether many Jews create a self-defeating cycle of distrust that drives a wedge against potential allies by assuming from the get go that they act in bad faith or are plotting against us. In order to be allies, Jews can’t be paranoid sissies, and must avoid all forms of hubris.
I’ll elaborate with another example. Neurotic people of this type will often claim wholeheartedly that supporting Israel and the Jewish people is the “common sense” position, and they will regurgitate that our enemies are both misinformed and brainwashed. Ok, fine. Yet at the same time, the are always ready to instantly pounce with suspicion when non-Jews act in support of Israel or Jewish people.
This reflex of ascribing malice upon goyim exacerbates unnecessary tension to the detriment of Jews themselves. It’s silly, I frankly don’t care if a non-Jew believes in a 2nd coming, rapture or whatever. It has no bearing on me and what I believe. If said person has the same enemies as us and common interests/values, that is far more important. This neuroticism is a weird double-standard that Jews put on goyim, again it’s not to say that goyim always act solely out of purity, but these same Jews would scream about antisemitism if a Jew’s true loyalty was to be questioned. Setting the bar at total altruism and maligning anything below that, is a strategy built to fail. We can’t have it both ways, we of course must be vigilant but remain grounded. We can’t expect allies on demand whilst rushing quickly to doubt others’ sincerity.
Why do Jews chase doomed alliances?
For many reasons, Hasbara Inc. is downright obsessed with trying to make allies where they don’t exist. It’s ineffective and perpetuates a model with low ROI. Sure don’t totally abandon these places. Universities are still where the socio-cultural capital and power stems from in large part. Though it’s dwindled, much Jewish capital has been invested into them, it’s not good to just cede universities to the woke. However we must recognize that the progressive zeitgeist has entrenched anti-Zionism as a mainstay pillar akin to BLM. No amount of facts, pamphlets or Canva slides will change this. We must drop the fixation to caring for alliances with people who have close to zero likelihood of ever being our allies. It’s a total waste of time. Not to mention, it’s probably best that our enemies waste their time going to pointless anti-Israel rallies, and lobotomize their bodies instead of building families.
The pandering to the enemy is a resource and time drain. A prime example of this is the endless blabbering about “black-Jewish relations”. To be concise, because Jews were slaves in Egypt and blacks were slaves in America, that’s not a bedrock or reason for allyship. Generally blacks in America live in a totally parallel society and reality to Jews, outside of potentially making meager inroads with religious southern blacks, seeking black support for Jews is itself a blackhole. Polls by the ADL consistently show blacks outpacing all other groups of people in their likelihood of believing in antisemitic conspiracies. The role of Louis Farrakhan/Nation of Islam in this phenomenon is often overblown, the reason blacks are more likely to be antisemitic is because black have nothing in common with American Jewish life. Outside of their landlord or their lawyers, the Jew is foreign to the Black. I saw this when I drove directly through downtown Baltimore heading to the frum Jewish suburb of Pikesville. The difference was stark between the black urban decay and Jewish suburban normalcy. Contemporary American black society of the inner cities is nearly the complete inversion of frum society in every conceivable way, and even secular Jewish life has little in common with black society either. Around 10-15% of non-orthodox Jews in America grow up in a single parent household compared to 48-63% of blacks. Furthermore, it is irrelevant that there are Ethiopian in Jews in Israel, since there is a massive chasm between Ethiopian Jews in Israel and the blacks in America. Blacks are not our natural allies whatsoever, with exceptions only proving the rule. The desire to court blacks as allies stems from an insecurity that since blacks in America were historically discriminated against, so Jews should want them on “our side”, presumably because allyship with blacks would validate us.
To wrap up this section, the reason why Hasbara Inc. is obsessed with primarily attracting leftists is because they are the most dedicated to street activism, and many leftist Jews are ensnared by these organizations such as JStreet, JVP, INN etc… This contributes to fixation on progressives since Jewish overrepresentation in leftist spaces establishes an emotional pull to “fix” and “convert” these people to “our side”. The organization “Zioness” is the epitome of this behavior, they’re practically on their knees begging to be accepted by our adversaries as equals. In my opinion, those leftist Jews have doomed themselves to assimilate into nothing, and they aren’t worth the time. Daven for their teshuva, and let them drown in their own nonsense.
Why do Jews make villains of potential allies?
Compounded by secularization, a lack of religious Jewish education and pervasive discomfort by Jews towards people of other faiths, the perpetual neuroticism of Jewish community is blinding us to natural allies. Have no doubt, I have deep theological and even practical problems with Christianity. However, most Christians have very little knowledge of their Bible (only outmatched by ignorance of Jews), and modern Christianity in the USA has been totally subverted, it’s become completely unrecognizable to American Christians even 100 years ago. Despite their own problems, Christians are people that we should be attempting to build bridges with. Without getting bogged down over charges of avodah zara, Christians even in their current weakened state wield the greatest power and influence in America, and in contrast to the G-dless inner cities and universities, there exists some overlap that Jews can latch onto. One of LEZM admins correctly said once: “imagine telling a 18th century impoverished shtetl Jew that the Christians in the future will want to bless Israel for they will be blessed, and they think they need to give unlimited support for to the Jewish people for nothing in return, and the Jews will think of this as antisemitism”.
It’s noteworthy that the greatest hostility towards Christianity comes from the least observant of Jews. I remember on Jewish Facebook groups in the late 2010s that normie, unaffiliated, left-leaning Jews would go totally berserk and defensive, frothing at the mouth when Jews for Jesus (or something of the sort) were brought up, but would decry and squeal about gatekeeping in mentioning that patrilineals aren’t Jewish or saying that a conversion from a Reform Temple isn’t worth the paper it’s on. This vitriol didn’t come from some sort of deep monotheistic lust but actually it was boogeyman anti-Christian derangement. Yes, JFJ are bad and should be opposed for their evil work. But again, this opposition to JFJ is coming from Jews completely estranged from G-d. These same Jews are happy to shatter, dismantle, and disembowel all of Judaism, yet their “red line” is as arbitrary as their own choices. Personally, I think these sorts of people subconsciously, and wrongly, associate Nazis with Christianity, which fuels a lot of their hostile aversion to Christians, including those who seek to do no harm to the Jews. In contrast, many frum Jews aren’t severely unnerved by actual Christians. “Better that the goyim believe in something rather than nothing”. And again there is a lot of overlap between genuine believers in both faiths, frum Jews couldn’t care less. It’s useful to recognize that the total absence of a unified Jewish voice could be confusing to goyim. For example, when secular Jews vilify Christians while observant Jews are more open to collaborating together, it sends totally mixed signals. I saw a video of chassidim working with Amish farmers to make kosher cheese and yogurt, this is the model to strive towards.
American Christians are very diverse actually. This is often overlooked by Jews since we only have the stereotype of a born-again evangelical who loves Israel. In my opinion Evangelicals can’t be assumed to be natural supporters of Israel anymore, since polling younger evangelicals show that their affinity for Israel has collapsed in contrast to older counterparts. Nevertheless, these people are well within our reach to foster healthy relations with, since there is a convergence of family values and a general sense of morality. Organizations such as CUFI are vital in this role. Appealing to cosmopolitan urbanites that worship Nelson Mandela or Fentanyl Floyd is a dead end, however people who likewise see jihad as bad gives us a much higher chance of success. But again, Christianity in America is complicated, some branches such as the Presbyterian Church, the United Church, the Episcopal and somewhat the Evangelical Lutheran Church have become overly anti-Israel and much of their Christianity itself is an empty husk that’s exploited for marxist social justice. So it goes without saying, our energy should go towards branches of Christianity that we have common ground with.
How can Jews become better allies?
Introspection is necessary, it’s important to consider whether the Jewish people are good allies. I mean with all the kvetching, endless self-victimization, and whining over total nonsense, we really present ourselves as an appealing bunch! This swings back to a general point, the people within the Jewish community most eager to make allies and do activist work, are themselves toxic and unrepresentative of the Jewish community that they claim to speak for. Some of the worst of us see themselves as “worthy” or perhaps anointed, to reach out to goyim to ask for their support. They simultaneously chastise goyim for acting according to their interests, it’s disgusting. This is why Hasbara Inc. is stuck in appealing to people who are our natural enemies and ignore our natural friends. It’s a weird spiral that Jews impose on goyim: suspicious of them unless they’re on their knees for us to prove their purity. In an ideal world, G-d fearing observant Jews should be making connections with G-d fearing goyim one a far larger scale, but for many reasons that’s not happening. So we are left in a situation where we are banging our heads against a wall and crying out in pain that other people aren’t coming to our defense.
Maybe we should adopt a new strategy?
I remember a number of years ago when a gunman murdered several Asian workers in a hair salon in Georgia. In the wake of Fentanyl Floyd, social media exploded with #StopAsianHate, a typhoon of protests and people declaring their solidarity with the Asian community. I wrote a blurb on my personal Facebook saying that people’s performative posts are empty and worthless, since none of these people had ever said anything about the discrimination against Asians by university admissions departments nor Asians being sucker punched by blacks in absolutely cruelty disguised as street pranks/games. Suffice to say I got a strong reaction. I was proven right as within 2 weeks everyone had moved on from their brief spotlight of Asians. In a similar sense, these perpetually online Jewish crybabies decry the silence of their goyish friends against antisemitism. In the wake of Oct 7th, a massive reckoning has happened, sadly it took the blood of ~1200 Jews to show the lines of who was actually a friend, and that marching as a pawn in BLM rallies was a waste of time. Performative allyship is a dead end. Jews should seek to establish an actual partnership that’s reciprocal, issue-driven, and rooted in shared goals and values. For example, partnering with Christians to advocate for religious freedom against government encroachment would bring immense value to both communities. The sooner we abandon the whining and misguided rage, the sooner our alliances will deliver actual results.
What’s next?
The general radicalization of society against Israel and Jews is objectively not a good thing, the intifada going global is undoubtedly bad, but without a doubt it’s not over. If we are to stymie the trends, we have to stop alienating potential allies and to stop trying to win over our enemies. Part of the problem is that since Jews themselves are largely poor allies (few in number, picky and whiny), we are up against a mountain and weighing ourselves down by our own silliness. This is compounded by the fact that modern-day “allyship” is very performative and shallow, perhaps one of the things that organizations like AIPAC can be credited for is that they refined their approach to strictly those within the halls of power. That’s not to say the masses should be ignored, but broad allyship will not come from university campuses. Instead building relations with Christians is where our focus should lead us. When traveling treacherous waters, turning away will guarantee that we capsize, we have to not squander the opportunities that lay before us, and plow ahead smartly.
- Autistic Ashki
You asked: Why do Jews chase doomed alliances?
While I appreciate the deep dive here, the answer is because we have no choice. Every alliance we have ever pursued has gone right to shit sooner or later. And while you present a great case for potential "good" allies, I see no reason to think anything will actually change.
Believe it or not, I used to be pretty optimistic. The last few years have disabused me of that notion.