War with Iran

Antisemitism as an organizing target for grievance coalitions

September 9, 2026

For the past few years, I have been struggling to comprehend how the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel turned so many liberal and progressive groups against the Jewish state. Ruth Wisse has an answer that deeply resonates with me. And she wrote about it nearly 35 years ago, in her 1992 book If […]

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Living in Limbo Land

July 26, 2026

“You look pregnant,” my daughter Merav joked upon seeing my belly. But with my belly full of either gas or fluid, either I needed surgery or cancer treatment was back as an opt

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The Iran war is about China, not Israel

March 22, 2026

Every significant American foreign policy decision, from the pivot to Asia to the tariff wars…is ultimately about countering Chinese hegemony

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Missiles. Trump. Halacha

March 7, 2026

There was something surreal in Israel’s bomb shelters this past Shabbat. Many Sabbath-observant residents had their phones in their hands.

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