‘Together’: Israel’s Liberal Plutocracy Party
The Bennett-Lapid merger seeks to revive the spirit of the ‘change government’ & prevent Israel from transforming into a more deeply Jewish state.
Awarding the Emperor an Independence Day Prize
The image of Israel awarding its highest civilian honor to Donald Trump projects the very opposite of Jewish independence & empowerment.
A ‘Good Republican’ Won’t Save the Jews
Aligning the US Jewish community with American conservatism ultimately advances the ideological & civilizational tilt of Israel’s historic adversaries.
The Shallow Application of Memory
On Purim, Jews don’t celebrate the overthrow of a hegemonic empire but instead commemorate mere survival within that empire’s ideological confines.
That Anti-Semitism Commercial Reinforces Anti-Semitism
Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ad is an extravagant caricature of the US Jewish community’s many fruitless efforts to fight anti-Semitism while unwittingly reinforcing anti-Jewish tropes.
Developing a Jewish Line on Iran
While Jews have good reason to seek the fall of the Ayatollah’s regime, calling for a return to something resembling Iran under the Shah is essentially supporting the interests of Western oil companies.
Are US Jews Ignoring the Small Shofar?
The tragedy of Jews on the American right isn’t that the empire is crumbling — but that they built their identities on the assumption that it never would.
Netanyahu Antagonizes ‘Jewish American’ Contradictions
Because Jews now enjoy self-determination in the land of our ancestors, we can choose to drop the project of American success in exchange for the more rewarding one of rebuilding our civilization.
When Zionists Celebrate Israel’s Defeat
We are elated to see our captives return. But we can’t fool ourselves into thinking that we attained victory.
When Jews Celebrate a Modern Crusader
The behavior of the Jewish right in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination betrays a dangerous assimilationist impulse that needs to be called out.
Is it Problematic to Say ‘West Bank’?
We can defang the term ‘West Bank’ of its political connotations by simply using it in contexts that obviously describe the Jewish heartland.
Shadowed Dreams
A shadow cast on a dream, a purist’s nightmare. The heretic sees black, the delusional, white. Prophecy silenced in shades of grey. Like dreamers,…