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Andrew D. Lappin

Andrew D. Lappin is a redeveloper of urban industrial properties. He is a board member of the Ember Foundation, the Middle East Forum, NGO Monitor and Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA).

New York mayoral candidate and state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-N.Y.) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City, June 24, 2025. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images.

‘Time to smell the kosher turkey bacon’

The nomination of Zohran Mamdani, a known anti-Zionist, as the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City best exemplifies the underlying political avalanche about to hit the Jewish community.

Andrew D. Lappin

June 28, 2025

Doha, Qatar. Credit: GooseB/Pixabay.

US diplomacy in the shadow of Qatar

U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff's ties to Gulf state businesses raise increasing concerns about his role in a proposed ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

Andrew D. Lappin

May 30, 2025

American comedian Bill Maher. Source: YouTube.

To the pondering Jew

The two-state solution had, even before Oct. 7, lost all diplomatic relevance. After that day, it has been irrevocably relegated to the dustbin of bad ideas.

Andrew D. Lappin

Oct. 2, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden laughs with former President Barack Obama during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024. Credit: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images.

Time to throw out the progressive tub

Barack Obama, the godfather of progressivism, continues invisibly to push buttons and pull levers.

Andrew D. Lappin

July 4, 2024

Gen. John R. Allen speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016. Credit: Jef Parker via Wikimedia Commons.

American Jews must see the elephant in the room

The Democratic Party is swiftly becoming institutionally antisemitic.

Andrew D. Lappin

June 16, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 20, 2023. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Why won’t Biden call out Iran?

A guardrail seems to have been erected around the subject of the Iran-Hamas axis.

Andrew D. Lappin

Oct. 12, 2023

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Liberate Western civilization from pre-medieval perversion

It is now time to fulfil our obligation to protect ourselves, our families and our communities.

Andrew D. Lappin

Oct. 9, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on Sept. 19, 2023 at the United Nations General Assembly. Credit: UNGA/screenshot.

Biden must wake up and shatter the jaws of autocracy

The murderous assault on Israel shows that handing Iran $6 billion was a monstrous mistake.

Andrew D. Lappin

Oct. 8, 2023

Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). Source: Facebook.

Shame on Schneider for backing Omar

In his eagerness to maintain the facade of Democratic Party unity, the Jewish rep from Illinois unwittingly ignored the gross imbalance that exists between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Andrew D. Lappin

July 26, 2021