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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).

The speed, intensity and vapidity of social media actually work to Israel’s advantage.
We have a limited window of opportunity to change our reality for generations.
A new compact between religious and secular Israelis must be forged, and soon.
Perhaps the fragile truce between religious and secular Israelis cannot hold any longer.
Debunking the post-Musk myth of the beautiful Twitter.
The accords were a disastrous mistake, but no one has any better ideas.
As a result of a small thought experiment, I find myself less plagued by the idea that I may not “see” the Palestinians.
Whatever one thinks of him, Ben-Gvir expresses a Jewish rage that has been long repressed.
The systemically antisemitic City University of New York is trying to purge Jewish professors because it is a true believer in racist conspiracy theories.
What do you do when one of your favorite writers supported killing Jews?
Hollywood has long cast Jewish actors according to stereotype, but this may finally be changing.
The Israeli government must give up on any further judicial reforms.