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The weeping antisemite
At JNS, I explore the issue of hate masquerading as empathy.
Aug 3
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Benjamin Kerstein
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July 2026
Are human rights real?
For the Jews, they have become a very bitter joke.
Jul 31
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Benjamin Kerstein
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America’s upper-middle class antisemitism
The Jewish community has become the “safety valve” for this lumpen class’s discontents.
Jul 27
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Benjamin Kerstein
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The assassination of memory
In a world determined to forget, to remember is a revolutionary act.
Jul 24
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Benjamin Kerstein
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Bibi’s war on unity
The prime minister’s propensity for fomenting division threatens Israel itself.
Jul 20
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Benjamin Kerstein
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Anti-Zionism is the most racist ideology in the world
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a Jew on the rack—forever.
Jul 20
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Benjamin Kerstein
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The American Jewish disillusionment
My latest column at JNS explores the end of American Jewish delusions and counsels against despair.
Jul 13
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Benjamin Kerstein
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The ‘settler-colonial’ libel is cultural genocide
The idea of the messianic return has been essential to Jewish identity for millennia.
Jul 3
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Benjamin Kerstein
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June 2026
The Democrats’ betrayal of the Jews
America is still a fine place and worth fighting for. Whether it will remain so is the question American Jews must now confront.
Jun 26
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Benjamin Kerstein
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Netanyahu should never have trusted Trump
The prime minister ought to have remembered the wisdom of “The Godfather Part II.”
Jun 22
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Benjamin Kerstein
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Bibi’s hubris
This time, Netanyahu flew too close to the sun.
Jun 17
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Benjamin Kerstein
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The failure of progressive Judaism
We must ask, “What went wrong?”
Jun 11
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Benjamin Kerstein
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