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Stephen M. Flatow

Stephen M. Flatow is president of the Religious Zionists of America. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995, and author of A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror. (The RZA is not affiliated with any American or Israeli political party.)

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America learned to seize Iranian assets, but not to keep them
A case in point is the announced settlement between the U.S. government and the Iranian-linked Alavi Foundation over a Manhattan skyscraper.
Mar. 31, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Pins worn by actor Javier Bardem during the 98th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images.
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Actors turned politicos
The question is why the Academy Awards have become a stage for geopolitical pronouncements at all.
Mar. 17, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Henry Ford and President Warren Harding
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From Henry Ford to Tucker Carlson: The politics of ‘just asking questions’
There is a clear line between legitimate debate and the revival of a familiar historical trope: the suggestion that Jews are manipulating great powers into wars for their own purposes.
Mar. 10, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Megillah Reading
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A father thinks of Purim in a time of war
The great post-Megillah revolution of Jewish history is sovereignty.
Mar. 3, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
US Qatar military air force
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Qatar’s ‘indispensable ally’ problem is really Washington’s transparency problem
If Doha is confident in its role as a stabilizing partner, then it should welcome rigorous examination.
Feb. 24, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Parchment Paper
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A constitution that cannot bring itself to mention ‘Israel’
Peace requires more than institutional architecture. It requires intellectual honesty.
Feb. 17, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Falafel
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When an ‘Israeli’ menu item suddenly becomes distasteful
A falafel flap exposes the new rules of student speech on American college campuses.
Feb. 10, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Noah Wyle, winner of the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series–Drama award for "The Pitt," in the press room during the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Wire Image.
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What a TV doctor teaches about Jewish values
A prime-time drama shows how Judaism has shaped American medicine—not through quotas or slogans, but through a professional culture that prizes life, dignity and obligation.
Feb. 3, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Scott Wiener, a Democratic state senator in California, speaks during the CDP State Convention: Tax Fairness for All Families in Anaheim, Calif., on May 31, 2025. Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for Economic Security Project, Inc.
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When Jewish politicians fail the antisemitism smell test
Words like “genocide” and “apartheid” are not neutral descriptors. They are legal claims implying criminal intent to destroy a people.
Jan. 27, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
IDF Near Gaza
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Post-war, who governs Gaza matters more than who talks peace
Order requires the defeat not only of an armed force, but of the ideology and power structures that sustained it.
Jan. 21, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Mamdani Letitia James
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When the state polices Jewish activism, lines must be drawn
Today’s target may be Betar. Tomorrow’s could be a campus Hillel, pro-Israel nonprofit or Jewish defense group that refuses to be polite.
Jan. 15, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini
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Victims watch as the mullahs crumble, and wonder if justice will finally catch up
The fall of a regime does not erase the crimes it committed, and it should not erase the judgments that follow.
Jan. 13, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
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