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Jul 3, 2026, 6:30 PM

Treasure Trove: Jabotinsky’s 1964 Return Home

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Ze’ev Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was the founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement, the Betar youth movement and the Jewish legion of soldiers who fought for the British in World War I (See In 1940 he visited the United States...

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 28, 2026, 12:55 AM

Don’t Fall for the DSA Branding Machine

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American Jews — and anyone who still believes politics should be judged by truth rather than branding — should pay close attention to what happened in New York. What we are watching is not a normal progressive shift and not...

Jun 28, 2026, 12:55 AM

Mamdani and the Politics of ‘Monsters’

When rhetoric, historical memory, projection, and political obsession collide Every generation promises itself that it would recognize the warning signs before history repeats itself. Yet history rarely announces itself with jackboots and concentration camps. It begins with something far less dramatic:...

Jun 26, 2026, 8:38 PM

On ‘monsters’ and ‘dark money’ – Mamdani’s use of antisemitic tropes

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference on June 22, 2026. (Screenshot from YouTube)

At a rally held on June 18 in Brooklyn as part of the Democratic primary campaign in New York State for this year’s midterm congressional elections, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, citing a widely circulated mistranslation of a Gramsci...

Jun 26, 2026, 6:52 PM

Treasure Trove: Pin the Pickle on the Jewish People

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Over 100 million plastic pickle pins have been handed out by the H. J. Heinz company since they were first introduced as a marketing promotion at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. This particular pin was...

Aaron T. Walter

Jun 26, 2026, 6:35 PM

The Democratic Party Risks Being Consumed

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at an event for Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, in New York City, June 23, 2026. (AP/Seth Wenig)

History rarely repeats itself exactly. More often, it rhymes. Many commentators searching for historical parallels to today's Democratic Party instinctively reach for the French Revolution. They imagine the Jacobins overthrowing the Girondins, moderates swept aside by ideological zeal, and political...

Elkana Bar Eitan

Jun 26, 2026, 3:45 PM

The End of the New York Era

I believe we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the New York era. My fear is not simply about politics or elections. It is about the future of one of the greatest Jewish communities in history. For...

Barry Mellinger

Jun 25, 2026, 11:11 PM

Mamdani’s Jews

The deal between those who need a Jew they can point to, and the Jew who has decided to burn the house down. Not a conspiracy. Not a coincidence. A deal, with two parties, two pathologies, and a machine that...

Sheldon Kirshner

Jun 25, 2026, 10:21 PM

Israel Demonized In Democratic Party Circles

Three left-wing candidates endorsed by New York's anti-Zionist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won Democratic Party primaries on June 23, upending politics in the city and underscoring Israel's rapidly declining image and standing in the United States. In what was described as...

Jun 25, 2026, 8:57 PM

The Blind Spot of the ‘Moral’ Movement

There is a film from 1995 called The Last Supper. It is a dark comedy, almost too strange to explain without making it sound ridiculous. A group of liberal graduate students invite people they consider dangerous, hateful, or bigoted...

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