Category Archives: Hebrew
Lenin on the Socialism of Fools
Lenin himself on the socialism of fools. Are you listening, fools? C’mon, listen closely, it’s The Man himself speaking. Anti-Semites say he was Jewish himself. He was 1/4 Jewish on his father’s side. That’s not enough to be a Jew … Continue reading
Filed under Afroasiatic, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism, Economics, Ethnic Nationalism, Eurasia, Europe, Europeans, Germany, Hebrew, Jews, Judaism, Language Families, Latvians, Linguistics, Nationalism, Political Science, Race/Ethnicity, Racism, Regional, Religion, Russia, Semitic, Socialism, The Jewish Question, USSR
The Resurrection of Hebrew in Israel
A commenter asks about the creation of Hebrew for the modern Israeli state: You know Robert, I have always wondered about how Hebrew was revived between the 19th and 20th centuries. After all, Yiddish had been such an important language … Continue reading
Filed under Afroasiatic, Ethnic Nationalism, Europeans, Hebrew, History, Israel, Jews, Judaism, Language Families, Linguistics, Middle East, Modern, Political Science, Race/Ethnicity, Regional, Religion, Semitic, USSR
The Past Was Not Always Worse, and the Future is Not Always Better
There is a thread about Hebrew going in the comments. It started out with a reactionary arguing, in the post against reaction, that the revival of Hebrew was a reactionary act. Well, not really. Revival of ancient, dying, endangered, or … Continue reading
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More On The Hardest Languages To Learn – Non-Indo-European Languages
Note: Unbelievably, the PC nutjobs have accused this post, a Linguistics post of all things, of racism. See here for my position statement on racism. Caution: This post is very long. It runs to 75 pages on the Net. This … Continue reading
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