Benjamin Kerstein

Tel Aviv

Writer at No Delusions, No Despair

Benjamin Kerstein is a fellow at the Z3 Project and author of No Delusions, No Despair https://t.co/1LQQ9O8o5T

Articles

Iran and the disestablishmentarians

5 days ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

“Gentiles don’t know how to worry,” Stanley Kubrick once said, perhaps unfairly. Nonetheless, there’s some truth in it. There is even more truth in its counterpart: Jews don’t know how to take good news. I’m no exception, unfortunately. Over the weekend, the United States removed the most serious existential threat to Israel’s future. With it, by definition, went the most serious existential threat to the Jewish people’s future. I remain glum about the fact that I ought to be euphoric.
Iran, antisemites, and the new denialism

1 week ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

The crush of events and the fluidity of war have made it extremely challenging to write much of anything on the current state of the Israel-Iran conflict. I have no interest in engaging in armchair generalship, making premature declarations of victory, or issuing defeatist prophecies of gloom and doom. So, I will only offer a few brief observations:It seems that, on the whole, many people are extremely ill-informed and, to be blunt, stupid about the war.
No Delusions, No Despair

1 week ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

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Thoughts on the desolation of Iran

1 week ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

I’ve been unusually quiet recently for obvious reasons. Needless to say, it hasn’t been an easy time, though infinitely easier than for the people of Israel—including many friends—most of whom would likely pay a million dollars for a decent night’s sleep at the moment. This doesn’t even include those who have already fallen at the hands of the Iranian Amalek. It’s also far too easy to dash off one’s thoughts during the initial hours of a war, usually fueled by battle euphoria or existential dread.
No Delusions, No Despair

1 week ago | open.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

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How the ‘anti-Nazis’ went Nazi

2 weeks ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

By now, it should be clear to all Americans that they are facing something like a neo-Nazi movement in all but name. This antisemitic movement, led by the Red-Green Alliance (RGA) between radical Muslims and radical progressives, embodies almost all aspects of Nazism. In particular, its sole unifying principle is the supreme Nazi imperative: kill Jews. This constitutes a terrible irony. Terrible for obvious reasons, but ironic for another.
No Delusions, No Despair

2 weeks ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

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Will we finally get a Jewish org that fights?

2 weeks ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

After banging your head against the wall for decades, it’s sometimes difficult to believe that you might not have to anymore. I had this distinct feeling last week when I read Jewish philanthropist Rachel Sapoznik’s article in the New York Post announcing her intention to start a new national Jewish organization.
American Jews, don’t let it happen

3 weeks ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

Now that the Free Palestine Nazi movement has made its decision to forgo its façade of “peaceful” protest and unleash a full-scale terrorist campaign against American Jews, it seems time for some kind of reckoning with what is actually happening. Put simply, the American Jewish dream is not quite over, but it is in very serious danger.
The Arc of History?

3 weeks ago | benjaminkerstein.substack.com | Benjamin Kerstein

One of the most widely embraced ideas in contemporary progressivism is the concept of an “arc of history.”In essence, history itself is gradually progressing toward moral perfection, albeit at a slow and relentless pace. In many ways, this is the ani ma’amin, the catechism of progressivism: Everything is moving toward something superior and ultimately utopian. As Barack Obama put it, “The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice.” That is the whole of the law.