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Tony D. Senatore

Jul 2, 2026, 10:31 PM

The Road to Democratic Socialism Runs Through Conservative Inaction

As we approach the midterms, it has become clear that democratic socialism is on the rise in the United States. In an article published by The Hill, Political commentator Bill O'Reilly said Monday that the rise of socialism in...

Peter Himmelman

Jul 2, 2026, 8:50 PM

How Soviet Anti-Zionism Outlives the Soviet Union

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I must have been in seventh or eighth grade when my older cousin Jill came to Hebrew school carrying a sign that read, “Zionism Is Not Racism.” Busy with my guitar and girls, I had little idea what my...

Menachem Rosensaft

Jul 1, 2026, 4:57 AM

Genug shoyn – enough already

Genug shoyn! That's Yiddish for enough already. Let's all take a deep breath and cut people some slack. The hyperbolic outrage on the part of Israeli diplomats at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's most recent comments regarding Israel camouflages an unwillingness...

Jun 30, 2026, 7:44 PM

What Makes a Good Society?

I hesitated before writing this. With so much suffering in the world this week, speaking about Israel may seem almost inappropriate. France mourns the victims of a deadly heatwave. Zimbabwean migrants have once again found themselves searching for food, shelter and...

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...

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...

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...

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