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Benjamin Kerstein

Benjamin Kerstein is a writer, editor and novelist, and a fellow at the Z3 Institute. His latest work is Self Defense: A Jewish Manifesto (2025).

If the Jews do not defend themselves, second-class citizenship, and far worse, will become the norm.
The crisis prompted by the president’s cognitive decline was the inevitable result of a movement that refuses to face unpleasant facts.
The prime minister may be something close to a great man, but his persistent refusal to take responsibility for his failures could be his undoing.
When we refuse to acknowledge our opponents’ moral right to make an argument, they almost always self-destruct.
The community deserves better than a leadership mired in decadence and denial.
When any terrorist movement is permitted to grow until it reaches critical mass, no society can survive what follows.
A tiny, privileged minority of diplomatic elites has done more than enough damage for one century.
The Turkish president accuses Israel of crimes against humanity while refusing to acknowledge the crimes of his own country.
The Democrats should start worrying about what it might be like not to have the Jews to kick around anymore.