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The Antisemitic Influencer Problem March 13, 2025
In 1991, a motorcade carrying a Jewish rabbi cruised through Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. After getting separated from the group, one of the cars ran a red light and collided with another vehicle, which swerved onto the curb and hit two bla...
Kanye West and the Persistence of Stigma March 06, 2025
Just before Valentine’s Day, Kanye West began his latest bout of public insanity by reactivating his dormant X account and declaring that Sean Combs is innocent, Adolf Hitler was “so fresh,” and Kanye himself would never be “apologizing for my Jewish...
The Peace of Fields February 05, 2024
The virulence and ubiquity of leftwing antizionism and antisemitism after the October 7 attacks on Israel stunned American Jews. Campuses, most spectacularly the Ivies, let loose mobs of Islamist sympathizers cheering for the thugs who had just gunne...
Elon Musk’s Crank Playground November 21, 2023
No one on earth loves Twitter—sorry, “X,” or whatever—more than Elon Musk. It isn’t just that the Tesla boss loves to tweet—and, especially, to reply. By all accounts, Musk has always viewed the platform as something more than a place to promote his ...
Tenured Barbarians November 20, 2023
It’s been many years since we have had occasion to mention Rashid Khalidi—enthusiast for the Palestinian cause, bosom buddy of Barack Obama, and the Edward Said (!) Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University—in this space. Back in June 2...
