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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.
A pro-Hamas real estate mogul threatens Biden’s life and nobody cares.
A treaty is required to define terrorists as “unlawful combatants” and enable states to fight them effectively.
The reaction to a man’s self-immolation indicates that next time, the desire for death will not take the form of suicide but murder.
They are Manichean cultists who believe that the Jews are a satanic metaphysical force.
It may be that it is the fate of the Jewish people to go through this again and again, but we can still rebel against it.
An international elite beholden to nihilistic empathy cannot meet the challenge of the moment.
The community must acknowledge that the American silent majority is a formidable weapon against an antisemitic elite.
From ancient Rome to today’s progressive antisemites, the term “Palestine” has always been a means of erasing the Jews.