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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).

Betrayal is always a possibility, no matter which side of the partisan divide the Jews are on.
To see the Jews as more than human is no more realistic than viewing us as less than human.
For centuries, the Jews have existed on what Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu called “desperate ground,” but perhaps something more is possible.
The anti-Israel congresswoman and her allies have accorded themselves the right to decide who is a Jew.
Those who accuse Israel of apartheid want to make the Jews second-class citizens of the world.
The Zionist founder’s photographs may tell us more about him than any of his writings or accomplishments.
The apartheid libel isn’t just inaccurate, it’s an indefensible evil.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas had to belittle the Holocaust because if he didn’t, he’d have to face the dark side of his people’s history.
In that horrific moment in 1972, we were taught that the world had not changed, and Jewish lives still did not matter.
Jews who want to fight anti-Semitism must overcome the left-right divide and form a popular front against our enemies.
Yes, we pay high taxes, but Israel’s social-market economy is essential to the solidarity we need to survive.
Jews who presume to preach righteousness to Israel need to check their privilege and recall the essential commandment: Remember.