Sam Brody
@samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social
religious studies professor in Kansas. modern Jewish thought.
book: https://tinyurl.com/4tncyj76
new yorker by birth, father of two kansan children by the grace of god.
אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת
book: https://tinyurl.com/4tncyj76
new yorker by birth, father of two kansan children by the grace of god.
אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת
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Sam Brody
@samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi, new followers! I wrote a book back in 2018 about Jewish anarcho-theocracy. You might like it if you are interested in the idea of God’s direct rule without a human intermediary, as devised in Weimar Germany and with application to colonial Palestine. Also if you only know Buber from “I and Thou”
Here’s an interesting artifact of the right-wing mind. (Warning: this is incredibly racist, transphobic, etc. so don’t read it if you want to keep your brain clean.)
Dreher, an Orbanist, is worried about the rise of antisemitism (!) on the Gen-Z right. He wants to warn them, especially Vance.
Dreher, an Orbanist, is worried about the rise of antisemitism (!) on the Gen-Z right. He wants to warn them, especially Vance.
What I Saw And Heard In Washington
Groyperism's Spread Among Generation Z Conservative Apparatchiks Is Real
roddreher.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Here’s an interesting artifact of the right-wing mind. (Warning: this is incredibly racist, transphobic, etc. so don’t read it if you want to keep your brain clean.)
Dreher, an Orbanist, is worried about the rise of antisemitism (!) on the Gen-Z right. He wants to warn them, especially Vance.
Dreher, an Orbanist, is worried about the rise of antisemitism (!) on the Gen-Z right. He wants to warn them, especially Vance.
Finkelstein is one of those guys who thought wokeness had gone too far when it came for his own sexism, so now he pals around with fascists under the thinnest possible veneer of “anti-Israel” critique
Norman Finkelstein, the fuck is wrong with you?
This is the second time he's gone on Candace Owens' show, and look how she frames the interview in her tweet.
This is the second time he's gone on Candace Owens' show, and look how she frames the interview in her tweet.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Finkelstein is one of those guys who thought wokeness had gone too far when it came for his own sexism, so now he pals around with fascists under the thinnest possible veneer of “anti-Israel” critique
the people who made this are such clowns that they included the time Peter Stuyvesant seized Jewish property, had it sold at auction, and petitioned the Dutch East India Company to expel the Jews in the years of “greatness”
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
the people who made this are such clowns that they included the time Peter Stuyvesant seized Jewish property, had it sold at auction, and petitioned the Dutch East India Company to expel the Jews in the years of “greatness”
Remember this?
I said after 2016 that I would never be overconfident again.
Then they ran… this… campaign. Still can’t believe we lost to this
I said after 2016 that I would never be overconfident again.
Then they ran… this… campaign. Still can’t believe we lost to this
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Remember this?
I said after 2016 that I would never be overconfident again.
Then they ran… this… campaign. Still can’t believe we lost to this
I said after 2016 that I would never be overconfident again.
Then they ran… this… campaign. Still can’t believe we lost to this
Schumer either planned it or lost control of the caucus. It doesn’t matter. He needs to be out as leader now, and primaried now. Primary all of them with people who will one day vote to abolish the senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Schumer either planned it or lost control of the caucus. It doesn’t matter. He needs to be out as leader now, and primaried now. Primary all of them with people who will one day vote to abolish the senate.
This is indeed the question people should be asking their senators as they call them on the phone to yell at them
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is indeed the question people should be asking their senators as they call them on the phone to yell at them
action comics #1, the first appearance of superman, is fun and exciting. he saves an innocent woman from being executed, and stops a domestic abuser and a corrupt war profiteer.
detective comics #27, the first appearance of batman, is boring AF and makes you wonder how he got popular.
detective comics #27, the first appearance of batman, is boring AF and makes you wonder how he got popular.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
action comics #1, the first appearance of superman, is fun and exciting. he saves an innocent woman from being executed, and stops a domestic abuser and a corrupt war profiteer.
detective comics #27, the first appearance of batman, is boring AF and makes you wonder how he got popular.
detective comics #27, the first appearance of batman, is boring AF and makes you wonder how he got popular.
Mamdani is going to impose Sha Na Na law. Everyone will be forced to wear gold lamé, have pompadour haircuts, and go to the hop
Mamdani is going to impose shangri-la law. Everyone will be blindfolded and forced to play Marco Polo
Mamdani gonna implement Shaaloani law. All disputes settled via shootout duels using non-lethal rounds with all the authenticity of a spaghetti western directed by Japanese anime enthusiasts.
(This is a timely Final Fantasy XIV reference)
(This is a timely Final Fantasy XIV reference)
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mamdani is going to impose Sha Na Na law. Everyone will be forced to wear gold lamé, have pompadour haircuts, and go to the hop
Reactionary centrist discourse is OBSESSED with this trope that the left is reducing everything to “oppressors and oppressed.”
I mean, they really think they’ve got something there
I mean, they really think they’ve got something there
bezos somehow made an editorial page worse than the one at the wall street journal
“Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani”
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reactionary centrist discourse is OBSESSED with this trope that the left is reducing everything to “oppressors and oppressed.”
I mean, they really think they’ve got something there
I mean, they really think they’ve got something there
Exciting news here. With the big wins in the VA election, activists from U.Va. and elsewhere are on the verge of enacting major reforms to their state's higher-ed board. This is urgently needed not just in VA, where the governor stacked the board with GOP apparatchiks, but across the country.
Spanberger, Callsen and Laufer outline legislative priorities following election victories
As the campaigns drew to a close following sweeping Democratic victories, attention now turns to how Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger and Charlottesville-area Dels. Katrina Callsen and Amy Laufer will sh...
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Exciting news here. With the big wins in the VA election, activists from U.Va. and elsewhere are on the verge of enacting major reforms to their state's higher-ed board. This is urgently needed not just in VA, where the governor stacked the board with GOP apparatchiks, but across the country.
The whole difference is how homogeneous your society is. Big social programs are easier when the majority population thinks "people like me" are benefiting, and harder when the majority population thinks "people like them" are benefiting.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The whole difference is how homogeneous your society is. Big social programs are easier when the majority population thinks "people like me" are benefiting, and harder when the majority population thinks "people like them" are benefiting.
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Controversial interpretation of the late Marx right here. I don’t know that it’s really appropriate to describe non-extractive societies prior to primitive accumulation as “working” or “not working” per se. It’s great that the president is getting into theory though
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Controversial interpretation of the late Marx right here. I don’t know that it’s really appropriate to describe non-extractive societies prior to primitive accumulation as “working” or “not working” per se. It’s great that the president is getting into theory though
Controversial interpretation of the late Marx right here. I don’t know that it’s really appropriate to describe non-extractive societies prior to primitive accumulation as “working” or “not working” per se. It’s great that the president is getting into theory though
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Controversial interpretation of the late Marx right here. I don’t know that it’s really appropriate to describe non-extractive societies prior to primitive accumulation as “working” or “not working” per se. It’s great that the president is getting into theory though
me in 2030: “sigh. quadrillionaires should not exist”
(sigh) trillionaires should not exist
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
me in 2030: “sigh. quadrillionaires should not exist”
(sigh) trillionaires should not exist
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
(sigh) trillionaires should not exist
He’s just going to be back on the streets throwing more sandwiches. Where’s Dirty Harry when you need him
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
He’s just going to be back on the streets throwing more sandwiches. Where’s Dirty Harry when you need him
genuinely fun to try to think about what aspect of being present at a Shabbat dinner would violate this man's faith.
i suspect it's kind of like when people said "miscegenation" was against Christianity
i suspect it's kind of like when people said "miscegenation" was against Christianity
When your "I'm not antisemitic, it's just that ..." defense is "if we push back too hard on antisemitism I might have to eat dinner with some Jews and that would contradict my faith" ...
You're not beating the rap guys
You're not beating the rap guys
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
genuinely fun to try to think about what aspect of being present at a Shabbat dinner would violate this man's faith.
i suspect it's kind of like when people said "miscegenation" was against Christianity
i suspect it's kind of like when people said "miscegenation" was against Christianity
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I actually unironically love the Soros family, I don't give a shit how much cred this loses me, their contribution to the world has been a overwhelming net positive
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I actually unironically love the Soros family, I don't give a shit how much cred this loses me, their contribution to the world has been a overwhelming net positive
I guess we’ve all forgotten about Betteridge’s Law of Headlines
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I guess we’ve all forgotten about Betteridge’s Law of Headlines
The absolute chutzpah of these newspaper editorial boards.
You spent a whole year issuing dire warnings. No one cared. They wrote you off as biased, out of touch stooges. And now you come along telling a man who got over 50% in a three-way race what he needs to do.
You spent a whole year issuing dire warnings. No one cared. They wrote you off as biased, out of touch stooges. And now you come along telling a man who got over 50% in a three-way race what he needs to do.
i try not to be hyperbolic but this NY daily news editorial board piece saying mayor-elect mamdani better support israel OR ELSE is one of the most appalling things i’ve ever read
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The absolute chutzpah of these newspaper editorial boards.
You spent a whole year issuing dire warnings. No one cared. They wrote you off as biased, out of touch stooges. And now you come along telling a man who got over 50% in a three-way race what he needs to do.
You spent a whole year issuing dire warnings. No one cared. They wrote you off as biased, out of touch stooges. And now you come along telling a man who got over 50% in a three-way race what he needs to do.
The dialectic of American politics:
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The dialectic of American politics:
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
In his victory speech, Mamdani claimed fighting antisemitism as HIS issue. He ranged it right alongside fighting Islamophobia.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
The ADL is terrified that the Mamdani administration will continue to demonstrate that a genuine, tangible commitment to the well-being of Jews in America can coexist alongside staunch opposition to the policies of a country on the other side of the planet. It hurts their bottom line
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In his victory speech, Mamdani claimed fighting antisemitism as HIS issue. He ranged it right alongside fighting Islamophobia.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
Zohran’s victory speech: we’re gonna protect trans people! we’re gonna fight the scourge of antisemitism! we’re gonna empower ordinary people to take city politics back!
People having a normal one: this is the posthumous victory of Yahya Sinwar
People having a normal one: this is the posthumous victory of Yahya Sinwar
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Zohran’s victory speech: we’re gonna protect trans people! we’re gonna fight the scourge of antisemitism! we’re gonna empower ordinary people to take city politics back!
People having a normal one: this is the posthumous victory of Yahya Sinwar
People having a normal one: this is the posthumous victory of Yahya Sinwar