Faux-Hebrew typography, the use of Hebrew-like lettering in non-Hebrew contexts, has a long history in Jewish culture.

Camp Massad in the Poconos, founded by the Shulsinger family in 1941, aimed to instill Zionism in American youth through a Hebrew-immersive experience, emphasizing a departure from Old World Jewish practices and the meek diaspora Jew.

The text discusses the relationship between the author and Norman Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary magazine, focusing on Podhoretz's controversial views on race, Judaism, and the coverage of the trial of Adolf Eichmann by Hannah Arendt.