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Did you hear the one about the pro-Palestine Jewish comic who tried to reason with an antisemite?

Lucas Zelnick’s pleading with the heckler was too grating even for the audience. These days, we no longer crack dumb jokes or engage in dialogue at any cost. These days, we fight back

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Lucas Zelnick (Image: Lucas Zelnick/Instagram)

Barack Obama speaks during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Centre in John Lewis Plaza on June 18, 2026 (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Professor Obama’s lecture suggests a worrying future for Democrat Zionists

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference on September 14, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

America’s Jewish leaders have failed their community

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Ed Sheeran (L) and Macklemore perform on September 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Image: Getty Images)

Sorry, Ed Sheeran had every reason to know about Macklemore’s anti-Israel vitriol

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Why are Jews defending Mark Ruffalo?

For Jewish progressives, acting in a way that is ruinous to other Jews is acceptable as long as it affirms their commitment to abstract leftist virtues

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September 9, 2026 17:00

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Mark Ruffalo attends "Hal & Harper" premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

Why do Marvel stars root for a real-life villain?

A petition calling for Marwan Barghouti’s release was signed by more than 20 MCU celebs, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo, and Ian McKellen. It’s a travesty that actors made rich by the genius of Jewish comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby cheer for a Jew killer

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August 25, 2026 17:42

Stan Lee and the Marvel characters he created (Image: Marvel)

Blaming everything on the Jews – the Democrats’ descent into utter madness

The party has traded bread-and-butter politics for an obsession with Israel, elevating candidates like El-Sayed because of, not despite, their extreme outlook and caring more about ‘Palestine’ than the average American pay cheque

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August 13, 2026 14:00

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a rally at The Congregation on August 3, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The best answer to antisemitism? Read the Torah

The Simchat Torah Challenge attracts young Jews long assumed adrift, inspiring them not through a social cause but by reconnecting them with the book that has held us together for millennia

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July 31, 2026 15:11

Simchat Torah celebration in Netanya (Image: Getty Images)

Israel’s true friend Senator Graham leaves a legacy of rare grace and dignity

The gentleman from South Carolina was a man who cared very deeply about his country and believed profoundly in the possibility of practising politics for the common good

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July 14, 2026 16:59

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference on August 28, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel (Image: Getty Image)

The Democrat Party is in the grip of a band of lunatics – but the crisis is also an opportunity

As the party lurches to the far left and obsesses about Israel, a new mainstream coalition could gain ground among Jews, African Americans, Hispanics and Chinese Americans

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July 1, 2026 12:54

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks during a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rally at King's Theater on June 18, 2026 in New York City. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani ahead of next week's primary, and the start of early voting on Saturday, as the pair campaigned for Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, who are challenging incumbents in Democratic primary contests. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

With his admittedly crass dog rape joke, Elon Gold made it clear that the era of polite and flustered Jews eager to engage their detractors in civil conversation is over

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June 17, 2026 15:24

(from left) Shuli Rand, Gidi Dar, and Elon Gold attend the "The Wedding Entertainer" premiere during the 2026 Tribeca Festival at Village East Cinema on June 04, 2026 in New York City. (Image: Getty Images)

Want a great kosher eating experience? Go to Miami!

It’s no surprise that a Miami kosher restaurant has its first Michelin star, the region boasts great choice for observant diners – and their not so religious friends

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June 3, 2026 11:27

Israeli restaurant Mutra in Miami, Florida (Credit: Filipe Fortes)

The Reb in Chief for Yiddishkeit: Donald J Trump

The President issued a proclamation like none other: to make Shabbos great again. Our overpaid, sclerotic organisations reacted precisely as you’d expect – by doing absolutely nothing. But young Jews across the country went all-out for Shabbat

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May 21, 2026 15:21

President Trump meets with members of the American Friends of Lubavitch (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

In today’s Democratic Party, calling Israel a genocidal pariah is a vote winner

Hence the overwhelming partisan support for Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner, who repeatedly dabbles in such accusations and had a tattoo on his chest that eerily resembled the SS head and skull symbol

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May 6, 2026 14:10

Former US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (Image: Getty)

When it comes to Jews, Democrats are ‘kaput’

All but seven of the party’s Senators voted against the sale of bombs and military bulldozers to Israel. Some may gripe about anti-Jewish sentiments being a bipartisan plague. They are not, not by a long shot

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April 22, 2026 10:46