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Benjamin Kerstein

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Benjamin KersteinMay 23, 2022

The emergence of the Congressional Pogrom Caucus

The “Nakba” resolution is only the next step in the quest to institutionalize anti-Semitism in American politics.

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Benjamin KersteinMay 16, 2022

Jewish democracy and its incommensurables

Israel is dedicated to two principles—Judaism and democracy—that cannot be judged by a universal standard; yet this may be its greatest strength.

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Benjamin KersteinMay 8, 2022

‘Harvard Crimson’ hatred of Israel proves anti-Semitism is a privileged ideology

The newspaper and its staff support BDS because Zionism has always been a movement of unprivileged Jews, and thus cannot be tolerated.

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Benjamin Kerstein and David MeyersAugust 22, 2019

Is Donald Trump hurting Israel?

It seems clear that the president is effectively making Israel—and indeed, all Jews—a moral issue in the United States, which they have never been before. He is turning philo- and anti-Semitism, Zionism and anti-Zionism into questions of patriotism and loyalty.

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