Jewish Machismo Shaped Conservatism

Ronnie A. Grinberg argues that post‑WWII New York intellectuals—many Jewish, some not—cultivated a 'secular Jewish masculinity' defined by verbal combativeness and polemical aggression. This style became an ethos for public argument and left a mark on American conservatism through figures like Podhoretz and Decter. — It reframes how ideological movements inherit tone and tactics, linking gendered intellectual styles to the evolution of conservative discourse.