Latkes or Hamantashen? It's a trick question. The answer is always sufganiyot.

Really enjoyed having this conversation about American antisemitism, Israel, and much more with @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social and the listeners of @wnyc.org. Lots of hard questions, which is how you get the most interesting answers. Listen here:

Really enjoyed having this conversation about American antisemitism, Israel, and much more with @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social and the listeners of @wnyc.org. Lots of hard questions, which is how you get the most interesting answers. Listen here:

This is like a nesting doll of antisemitism and racism, 10/10, no notes

"the research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

My latest: Contrary to popular perception, American antisemitism is not primarily a partisan problem—it is a generational one. "The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic." Gift link:

"American anti-Semitism is not primarily a partisan phenomenon, as it is often framed in popular discourse, but a generational one." By @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

“This finding flies in the face of the folk wisdom that prejudice is the province of the old and will die out with them. That maxim may be true of some bigotries, but anti-Semitism is not one of them.”

My latest: Contrary to popular perception, American antisemitism is not primarily a partisan problem—it is a generational one. "The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic." Gift link:

Sometimes, it is very hard to find the words—but Jewish tradition already has. We sing Maoz Tzur when we light the menorah, but if you listen to the lyrics, it is not a celebratory song, but rather one about pain and perseverance. This is my version, which attempts to bring out those resonances.

Sometimes, it is very hard to find the words—but Jewish tradition already has. We sing Maoz Tzur when we light the menorah, but if you listen to the lyrics, it is not a celebratory song, but rather one about pain and perseverance. This is my version, which attempts to bring out those resonances.

Happy Hanukkah x 1 חג אורים שמח Never let them steal your joy.

slay the spire is 75% off on steam. good game if you missed it so far.

Writer @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social says #Antisemitism conspiracy theories offer bad answers to good questions. He favors engaging people who have been misled rather than writing them off. Full discussion here: youtu.be/0OIm-j4pMho?...

"The stark reality is that for years, Netanyahu has not been leading Israel but rather has been led by those whose support he needs to survive, and his nation has suffered for it, slowly shredding its internal cohesion, democratic legitimacy, and international freedom of action."

You can't understand what has happened in Israel over the last few years without understanding how Benjamin Netanyahu has brazenly prioritized his own political power and survival over the preferences of the Israeli public: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

I wrote about Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to call off his own corruption trial, which is really the story of how one incredibly compromised man has repeatedly sacrificed his country's national interest and its people's preferences rather than cede power. Gift link:

"Netanyahu presents himself as paying a price for Israel, but in actuality, Israel’s people are paying the price for his unwillingness to cede power."

In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:

I wrote about Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to call off his own corruption trial, which is really the story of how one incredibly compromised man has repeatedly sacrificed his country's national interest and its people's preferences rather than cede power. Gift link:

This isn't a foreign psy-op, and it's not the product of social media bots. It's a homegrown menace, and it's getting worse. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:

When another boy has a box

Yep, it's very real. People who don't realize I'm Jewish have said all kinds of bizarre things to me. One recently "confided" in me his theory that the Jews killed JFK to prevent him from stopping the building of the Dimona nuclear program in Israel.

“The notion that American anti-Semitism is an outside influence operation rather than a homegrown menace is a comforting story. Unfortunately, it’s not true,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.socialwrites. “Foreign actors may exploit our divisions, but they don’t create them”:

No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:

In less than 24 hours, we now have volunteers staffing campaign offices in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

brb preparing my 2028 presidential platform of rebooting Better off Ted and Pushing Daisies

Some conspiracy theories are adjacent to the truth. Many are bad answers to good questions. But people who assume conspiratorial explanations are correct by default are deeply deranged and the more influence such people have over a society, the more deranged that society will be.

Some conspiracy theories are adjacent to the truth. Many are bad answers to good questions. But people who assume conspiratorial explanations are correct by default are deeply deranged and the more influence such people have over a society, the more deranged that society will be.

I talked Fuentes, Tucker, and the structural factors driving American antisemitism with Yehuda Kurtzer for 50 minutes. That might sound long, but when you realize that it's about 100 minutes worth of words, it's pretty good value for your time.

If you haven't already read @damonberes.com on the coming era of AI-enabled anti-social media, where frictionless chatbots replace real-world connections and lead to the atrophy of human social skills and communities, you should: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

In light of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s apparent ideological turnabout, “I thought I’d suggest some lines of inquiry for Greene’s next media appearance,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/xGIxQsHd

As I wrote in 2022, expecting Trump to gatekeep antisemites on the right like Fuentes and Carlson mistakes a cause for the cure: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

As I wrote in 2022, expecting Trump to gatekeep antisemites on the right like Fuentes and Carlson mistakes a cause for the cure: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

So, uh, this was well-timed

So, uh, this was well-timed

I wrote about why you absolutely do not have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene, and posed a few basic questions that her interlocutors ought to be asking her, like: who won the 2020 election?

"There is a difference between an honest evolution, which entails accountability, and shallow opportunism, which offers none." I wrote about the very premature and highly credulous rehabilitation of Marjorie Taylor Greene:

I wrote about why you absolutely do not have to hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene, and posed a few basic questions that her interlocutors ought to be asking her, like: who won the 2020 election?

It's time to play that classic game, "Who said it: antisemitic Elmo or Candace Owens?"

It's time to play that classic game, "Who said it: antisemitic Elmo or Candace Owens?"

Steve Bannon was doing a documentary on Epstein, reportedly compiling 15 hours of interview footage with him. I think we can all agree that Bannon should release his Epstein files. Wonder why he hasn't?

Tucker Carlson has hosted Hitler apologists on his show. Now he says Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor who tried to kill Hitler, was not being Christian. He isn't making a theological argument. He's just morally inverting World War II and the Holocaust, to make space for their villains to rise again.

"Since the 1970s, America has over-regulated the physical world and under-regulated the digital space... We made it hard to build physical-world communities and easy to build online casinos." Another essential dispatch from @dkthomp.bsky.social:

For some Americans, foreign actors “stand in the way of prosperity or otherwise corrupt the country,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues. “But when lashing out becomes a substitute for looking inward, such criticism devolves into conspiracism.”

I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:

I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:

The ICC one is pretty bad. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...