Showing posts with label Rosh Hashanah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rosh Hashanah. Show all posts

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Antisemitism: The Eternal Wildcard of False Semites | Alberto García Watson

Ah, antisemitism, that magic word which, as if by enchantment, freezes any conversation and turns an awkward debate into a summary trial. Utter it, and the room falls silent, as if someone cast a medieval spell. Who needs arguments, evidence, or history when you wield a term armored by over a century of weary repetition?

שנה טובה .זֶה חֲלִיפָתִי, זֶה תְּמוּרָתִי, זֶה כַּפָּרָת
 » A happy New Year! This is my exchange, this is my substitute [Tsar Nicholas II as a rooster], this is my atonement. «
Eastern European Jewish Rosh Hashanah greeting card, 1900s. 

Historian Felix Morgenstern reminds us of what seems too obvious to need explaining: there are Semitic Jews, yes. But so are Arabs, Assyrians, Ethiopians, and other peoples who’ve spoken Semitic languages and lived in the region for centuries. In other words, the Semite club has many members. Or rather, it did. Because when political neolanguage arrived, someone decided to close the membership registry and leave only one guest on the list.

Thus, antisemitism doesn’t mean what it sounds like—hatred toward Semitic peoples—but something far more selective: hatred toward one group, excluding all others. Arabs? Left out. Palestinians? Invisible. Ethiopians? Better not mention them. It’s like being sold a ticket to “the concert of all jazz artists”… only to hear a single out-of-tune clarinet.
 
 שנה טובה תהיה לנו. נגשים את חלום הדורות לבנות את הארץ
May we have a good year! May you succeed in your endeavor to ascend to the Land of Israel! 
Central European Jewish Rosh Hashanah greeting card, 1920s.

Why this strange semantic amputation? Because the word was never meant to be precise. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, the term was coined in 1879 by a German, Wilhelm Marr, a professional agitator and creative hate-marketer who thought “Jew-hatred” sounded too crude. So, he wrapped it in pseudo-scientific cellophane and baptized it with the serious tone of a philological treatise. And thus, a propaganda act became a moral category. The trick was so good we’re still using it a century and a half later.
 
Oh, well, then. 
 
But here’s where the story gets even more ironic: most modern Israelis aren’t direct descendants of the ancient Hebrews of the Holy Land but Ashkenazi, descendants of Eastern European Jewish communities, many of whom trace their origins to the Khazars, a Turkic people who converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages. In other words, much of modern Israel is made up of medieval Caucasian converts who today hand out “authentic Semite” badges.
 
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This is why they seek to destroy Palestine, why they want to neutralize Iran and anyone who could defend Al-Quds:
They want full control over Jerusalem, demolish the holy sites of Islam, and replace them with their Third Temple
to welcome their false messiah, the Antichrist, the Dajjal. And in America, this agenda is no secret. «
September, 2025.
 
Rosh Hashanah 2023 vs Rosh Hashanah 2025: 
Gaza City, then and now.

Israeli fighter jets destroy Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City. Hundreds of displaced
Palestinians set up tents nearby — only to be forced to evacuate again.
September, 2025.
 
Circulating footage shows US military personnel protesting
against Washington's backing of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
September, 2025.
 
False Semite Israeli ZioNazi, addressing children in Gaza,
announces further mass slaughter of them and their parents.
September, 2025. 
 
Meanwhile, Palestinians—rarely included in the equation—have, according to multiple genetic studies, far greater biological continuity with the ancient Hebrews of the region. That is, those labeled “antisemites” carry in their DNA the memory of biblical Semites, while those accusing them, in most cases, lack significant genetic ties to the Holy Land. A historical joke so cruel even Aristophanes wouldn’t dare write it.

 Jewish tradition, Israeli pride. The Israel Forever Foundation.
September, 2025.
 
Morgenstern sums it up with academic precision and restrained sarcasm: “The only thing I refuse to tolerate more than prejudice, intolerance, and racism… is deliberate ignorance and the bastardization of language. If you don’t know what something means, don’t repeat it.” And yet, it’s repeated. And repeated. And repeated. 
 
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Ethnic cleansing didn’t work. Siege didn’t work. Now—genocide. «
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, August 5, 2025.
 
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Nothing is more despicable than playing the Holocaust card to justify the daily Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. «
Norman Finkelstein, Case Western University, Ohio, 2008.
 
The word antisemitism is deployed in political speeches, news headlines, and institutional statements like an untouchable wildcard. And every time it’s used, the same thing happens: a deceitful definition is reinforced, erasing millions of legitimate Semites from the map. The irony is too great to ignore:

A word that should include all Semitic peoples excludes nearly all of them.
A narrative that claims to defend historical memory twists it to erase entire genealogies.
And a term born as a disguise for hatred is now used as a moral weapon to silence any criticism.

» Any people who have been persecuted for two thousand years must be doing something wrong. «  
 
So, the next time you hear antisemitism from a politician, journalist, or pundit, ask yourself: What are we really talking about? Hatred of Semites… or a linguistic monopoly that shields a narrative? Because if there’s anything more discriminatory than open hatred, it’s hatred disguised as respectable language. And antisemitism is precisely that—a term that, under the mask of fighting intolerance, perpetuates the greatest historical irony: turning its back on the true Semites. 
 
In short, a semantic error from the 19th century became a 21st-century dogma. That’s why, if the word were used honestly, the greatest act of antisemitism today would be the genocide of the Palestinian people—pure Semites—at the hands of those who monopolize the term for themselves.

 

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

“Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur” | Hurst Cycles Suggest Otherwise

The Wall Street adage “Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur” suggests that traders can profit by shorting the S&P 500 at the start of Rosh Hashanah (Monday, September 22, 2025) and covering to go long on Yom Kippur (Wednesday, October 1, 2025), capitalizing on a historical tendency for market declines during this period. And statistics bear this out. 
 
"Sell Rosh Hashanah at the high of the day, and cover on Yom Kippur at the low" 
vs. "Buy Rosh Hashanah at the low of the day, and cover on Yom Kippur at the high." 

The table above examines the performance of the S&P 500 from 1970 to 2024, analyzing extreme prices ("Sell Rosh Hashanah at the day's high and cover at Yom Kippur's low" vs. "Buy at Rosh Hashanah at the day's low and cover at Yom Kippur's high") and calculates percentage returns for each year, averages, medians, and counts positive/negative years to evaluate the profitability of each strategy:  

Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur: Average profit 2.31% (median 2.10%), positive in 51/55 years (92.73%).
Buy Rosh Hashanah, Sell Yom Kippur: Average loss 1.42% (median 0.79%), negative in 41/55 years (74.55%). 
 
However, will this year be different, and, contrary to negative seasonality, ‘Buy Rosh Hashanah, Sell Yom Kippur’ be the better option?  
 
Statistically, clearly not—but Hurst cycles analysis suggests otherwise: The 20-week, 80-day, and 40-day cycles bottomed on Monday, September 1, and are pushing higher into early October. The S&P 500 may have already peaked today or could top around tomorrow’s FOMC press conference, before declining into a 20-day cycle trough later this week (New Moon/Fall Equinox) or early next week, and then resuming the uptrend into the major 40-week cycle top around October 6 (±2-3 days)(see also David Hickson’s Bitcoin cycle analysis).
 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Sell Rosh Hashanah & Buy Yom Kippur 2023 | Jeff Hirsch

Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur is aligning quite well this year with late September seasonal weakness and the notoriously treacherous week after quarterly options expiration, AKA Triple Witching (Fri, Sep 15th). It’s a few days before FOMC (Tue-Wed, Sep 19-20) with a market jittery on hotter inflation data.
 

Rosh Hashanah lands on Saturday 9/16 this year so we close the day before. This is right at the mid-month peak of the typical September pattern. Yom Kippur falls on 9/25 (Mon) which is the 16th trading day of the month, right around the seasonal monthly low point.


The thesis is that folks sell positions on Rosh Hashanah the first of the Days of Awe to rid themselves of financial commitments and then return to the market after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is no coincidence that this coincides with the seasonal September/October weakness. The market has been tracking the 4-year cycle and seasonal trends to a T this year and the past 3. So this should make a great entry for the Q4 pre-election year rally.

 

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Russell 2000 Index vs SoLunar Map │ Rosh Hashanah and Equinox

The Russell 2000 vs the major 118.12 Calendar Day SoLunar Cycle.

Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset of Wednesday, Sep 20 (New Moon), and ends at nightfall on Friday, Sep 22. The fall (autumnal) equinox is on Friday, Sep 22 at 10:48 am EDT (see also HERE). Greed reached an extreme level on Sep 19 (Tue), and the S&P500, the Russell 2000, and the Nasdaq generated Narrow Range Inside Day Patterns (ID/NR4 and ID/NR7 - HERE + HERE).

Buy Rosh Hashanah, Sell Yom Kippur
[evening of Friday , Sep 29] ? │ Jeff Hirsch
DJIA, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Up 7 of Last 8 Years
Day before Rosh Hashanah │ Jeff Hirsch

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur | Jeff Hirsch

Source: Jeff Hirsch's Almanac Trader
One saying for equities on Wall Street has historically been to “sell Rosh Hashanah" (Oct 3-4, 2016 (Mon-Tue)), and to "buy Yom Kippur" (Oct 12, 2016 (Wed)). Or was it vice versa?

Jeff Hirsch presents the data back to 1971: "When the holiday falls on a weekend the prior market close is used. It’s no coincidence that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur fall in September and/or October, two dangerous and opportune months. We then took it a step further and calculated the return from Yom Kippur to Passover.

[...] Perhaps it’s Talmudic wisdom but, selling stocks before the eight-day span of the high holidays has avoided many declines, especially during uncertain times. While being long Yom Kippur to Passover has produced more than twice as many advances, averaging gains of 7.0%. It often pays to be a contrarian when old bromides are tossed around, buying instead of selling Yom Kippur – and selling Passover." 

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Sell Rosh Hashanah - Buy Yom Kippur

Jeffrey A. Hirsch turns around the old Wall Street adage “Buy Rosh Hashanah, Sell Yom Kippur.” The wiser course of action these days is to “Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur, Sell Passover.” He explains that “the basis for the new pattern is that with many traders and investors busy with religious observance and family, positions are closed out and volume fades creating a buying vacuum.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of 1 and 2 Tishrei (2012 = September 16 (at sundown) - 18).

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, falls on the Hebrew calendar date of 10 Tishrei (2012 = September 25-26)