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Jun 9, 2026, 11:09 PM

Chilling Echoes

J.D. Vance, speaking on behalf of President Donald Trump, is beginning to sound more like Barack Obama than Barack Obama himself. Obama wanted more daylight between the United States and Israel. Trump now wants more "space." Obama pursued a long-term...

Jun 8, 2026, 7:22 PM

President Trump’s Achilles’ Heel

The enemies of Israel, and of President Donald Trump, have identified and exploited what may be his greatest vulnerability: his ego. Few accusations provoke him more than the suggestion that Israel is manipulating the United States or leading America...

Jun 7, 2026, 4:43 PM

History has never been kind to Jews who place their security in the hands of others. While liberal ideals like tolerance, equality, and universal human rights are noble aspirations, they have too often collapsed when Jews become the targets...

Jun 5, 2026, 5:48 PM

Jews Against Jews

Opposition to Jews by Jews is an old story. Jewish history is filled with examples of Jews who turned against their own people, often with consequences far graver than they imagined. Today, that resistance often comes wrapped in Jewish-sounding names...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:35 AM

The Mayor Who Stayed Away

As so many in the Jewish community and beyond have asked: Is it acceptable for the mayor of the largest Jewish city outside Israel to boycott the Israel Day Parade? For more than six decades, New York City mayors, regardless...

Jun 2, 2026, 11:56 AM

The Art of Sloganeering

Israel’s critics have refined a modern political weapon: sloganeering, the reduction of complex conflicts into instantly consumable labels. “Apartheid,” “Genocide,” and “Colonizer.” They are not analytic terms; they are rhetorical shortcuts engineered for repetition, not examination. In an attention economy that...

May 27, 2026, 3:53 PM

Jewish Demography

For those who disparage Jews with the shout, “Go Back to Poland,” you do both yourself and history a disservice. Yes, Jews have lived as sojourners in many lands across centuries of exile and persecution. But a people dispersed...

May 26, 2026, 1:40 PM

Senator Van Hollen’s (D-Maryland) War Against Israel

A recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen presents a striking irony as he urges Democrats to “change course on Israel.” He argues that the Democratic Party has offered reflexive and unconditional support to...

May 25, 2026, 11:58 PM

The Nub of the Problem

Although there are other long-running, severe conflicts in the world, such as those in Syria, Yemen, parts of Africa, Myanmar, and elsewhere, the Israel–Palestinian Arab conflict often receives unusually intense attention in Western discourse. I think the obsession with Israel...

May 25, 2026, 3:32 AM

The Secretive Warriors

As a staunch supporter of Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and a proud United States Army veteran trained as a cryptographer, I have often wondered about the similarities and differences between how America and Israel prepare the men and women...

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About Me

Since retiring from IBM Steve Wenick has served as a freelance book reviewer for HarperCollins Publishing and Simon & Schuster. His articles, reviews, and letters have appeared in The New York Times, The Jerusalem Post, The Algemeiner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Attitudes Magazine, and The Jewish Voice of Southern New Jersey. Steve and his wife are residents of Voorhees, New Jersey.