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Nov 30, 2023, 11:16 PM

Happy hostage games: And may the odds be ever in your favor

In the dystopian universe created by Suzanne Collins, “tributes” from each of the 12 districts of Panem battle it out to the death in a televised spectacle called the Hunger Games for entertainment of the elites. Every year, as...

Nov 28, 2023, 12:40 AM

The Lunatics are in Charge of the Asylum

Пусть Жираф был неправ, Но виновен не Жираф, А тот, кто крикнул из ветвей: - Жираф большой - ему видней! So the Giraffe was a big dolt, But the Giraffe was not at fault 'Twas he who called out from the tree Giraffe is tall -...

Nov 21, 2023, 1:09 AM

On Fear: An Open Letter to My Children

My dearest child - I know you're afraid Of violence threatened and undisguised hate; I too am afraid though I hide it instead – Some monsters are real – unlike under your bed. Your necklace is hidden under your shirt. One minute you're brave,...

Nov 17, 2023, 10:58 PM

Anti-Zionism is Not Anti-Semitism and Other Fairy Tales

The constant refrain for many years prior to the horrific terrorist attacks on October 7 and repeated ad nauseum since then by Hamas apologists and supporters has been that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. Anti-Zionism, it is said, is merely...

Nov 14, 2023, 3:42 AM

The Erasure of Jews Continues Apace

The erasure of Jews is becoming an acceptable norm in the US and on university campuses in the wake terrorist atrocities perpetrated in Israel on October 7. While often practiced in vaunted halls of the United Nations and in...

Nov 10, 2023, 7:26 AM

#FeministsforRape and Other Observations

In the current Through-the-Looking-Glass world, absurdity has become the norm. Israel has been accused of the unspeakable crimes of . . . protecting LGBTQ rights (you can’t do that – that’s #pinkwashing!), substantial participation by Arab citizens in all...

Nov 8, 2023, 7:09 PM

The Terrorist’s Alphabet Book: From A to Z

A is for Anti-Jew venom in which we believe. B is for Butchery to which we will cleave. C is for Civilians we use as a shield. D is for Double Standards -- they get Jews killed. E is for Enablers, you know...

Nov 3, 2023, 11:13 PM

But Whither the Jews? Penn Carey Law’s Shameful Silence.

Earlier this past summer, Dean Sophia Lee of Penn Carey Law expressed vocal disappointment on behalf of the law school in connection with the US Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. She proclaimed that "...

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Benjamin Folkinshteyn is an attorney in private practice in the Greater New York area. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.