Always thought this guy was a clown and pseudo intellectual. Thanks for writing, really put into words alot of the uncomfortable feelings I get whenever I come across this guys rhetoric. Almost feels like a "jews for Mohamed" thing with this guy
I am so relieved that we are finally addressing this situation. For some reason, Rochman’s audience has soared. It might largely be because he is a nice guy, relatable in a lot of ways, and he fulfills the desire for many Jews to soften reactions to our increasingly-controversial identity by co-opting indigenous and third worldy identities.
As it turns out though, the true believers in these ideologies will never accept Rudy. Their goal is to legally and demographically dismantle “the west” (developed countries) and make them essentially indistinguishable from those of what they describe as “the global south.” And Rudy kinda knows this. At some level he understands that, despite his advocacy for modern Jewish independence and IDF service, he has to essentially advocate for the dismantling of the Jewish State and creating some kind of multicultural utopia in its place.
Thus we have to “acknowledge the Nakba” and “establish a right of return for both peoples,” because if we don’t at least call for this, then his third worldist bona fides could never be established and the people whom he so desperately wants to impress wouldn’t even give him the occasional time of day out of curiosity as they do now.
So, he makes a mistake very similar to that of many liberal secular westernized leftists: hating the people who love us and loving the people who hate us.
It’s a recipe for disaster and creating more “pro Israel” Jews who believe all the wrong things about the true (dark) nature of Palestinian culture, our actual allies & friends in the American Evangelical community, the vital and sacred need to expand and grow Jewish demographic headwinds inside of Israel, and the physical and spiritual danger posed to us by impostors like BHIs and Palestinian Arabs who claim a “Canaanite” identity as if we’re supposed to forget that they overwhelmingly identified with the pan-Arab identity until just a few decades ago.
Ultimately, Rudy’s energy vis a vis our enemies is the same of that of the StandWithUs brand of Liberal Harbarism.. “pleeeease love us, why are all one we just want peeeeaaacr pleeesssassseee we want to hug you just love us” and “it’s Hamas, it has nothing to do with the [trigger warning] innocent poor palestinian people”
He just promotes this via a Sudra and a funny French-Israeli English accent. Our enemies won’t buy it, and neither should we as a valid approach to create the Total Jewish Victory we need to survive.
Poor choice of enemies..... I don't agree with everything Rudy says, but he is not a Rabbi and doesn't pretend to be one. His work is outreach and he does it well. Better than many of his critics, I might say. Anyhow, a plurality of approaches is beneficial when we have so many diasporic Jews abandoning our shared heritage.... If his approach works for some, that's more than enough for me. This piece felt like a low punch on someone that is overall a good guy, even if a little misguided at times
Always thought this guy was a clown and pseudo intellectual. Thanks for writing, really put into words alot of the uncomfortable feelings I get whenever I come across this guys rhetoric. Almost feels like a "jews for Mohamed" thing with this guy
I am so relieved that we are finally addressing this situation. For some reason, Rochman’s audience has soared. It might largely be because he is a nice guy, relatable in a lot of ways, and he fulfills the desire for many Jews to soften reactions to our increasingly-controversial identity by co-opting indigenous and third worldy identities.
As it turns out though, the true believers in these ideologies will never accept Rudy. Their goal is to legally and demographically dismantle “the west” (developed countries) and make them essentially indistinguishable from those of what they describe as “the global south.” And Rudy kinda knows this. At some level he understands that, despite his advocacy for modern Jewish independence and IDF service, he has to essentially advocate for the dismantling of the Jewish State and creating some kind of multicultural utopia in its place.
Thus we have to “acknowledge the Nakba” and “establish a right of return for both peoples,” because if we don’t at least call for this, then his third worldist bona fides could never be established and the people whom he so desperately wants to impress wouldn’t even give him the occasional time of day out of curiosity as they do now.
So, he makes a mistake very similar to that of many liberal secular westernized leftists: hating the people who love us and loving the people who hate us.
It’s a recipe for disaster and creating more “pro Israel” Jews who believe all the wrong things about the true (dark) nature of Palestinian culture, our actual allies & friends in the American Evangelical community, the vital and sacred need to expand and grow Jewish demographic headwinds inside of Israel, and the physical and spiritual danger posed to us by impostors like BHIs and Palestinian Arabs who claim a “Canaanite” identity as if we’re supposed to forget that they overwhelmingly identified with the pan-Arab identity until just a few decades ago.
Ultimately, Rudy’s energy vis a vis our enemies is the same of that of the StandWithUs brand of Liberal Harbarism.. “pleeeease love us, why are all one we just want peeeeaaacr pleeesssassseee we want to hug you just love us” and “it’s Hamas, it has nothing to do with the [trigger warning] innocent poor palestinian people”
He just promotes this via a Sudra and a funny French-Israeli English accent. Our enemies won’t buy it, and neither should we as a valid approach to create the Total Jewish Victory we need to survive.
Poor choice of enemies..... I don't agree with everything Rudy says, but he is not a Rabbi and doesn't pretend to be one. His work is outreach and he does it well. Better than many of his critics, I might say. Anyhow, a plurality of approaches is beneficial when we have so many diasporic Jews abandoning our shared heritage.... If his approach works for some, that's more than enough for me. This piece felt like a low punch on someone that is overall a good guy, even if a little misguided at times