After the Ayatollah
March 2026
After the Ayatollah
The death of Ali Khamenei and the end of political Islam’s century-long experiment in power.
By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Monthly Essays
How the Communist Party Created Jewish Anti-ZionismFebruary 2026
How the Communist Party Created Jewish Anti-Zionism
One-hundred years of betrayal, beginning with directives from Stalin.
By Harvey Klehr
Despair Not!January 2026
Despair Not!
Understanding and defeating the assault on Jewish moral self-confidence.
By Ruth R. WisseResponses
The Confessions of PhilologosDecember 2025
The Confessions of Philologos
The author of the great Jewish language column examines his alter ego.
By Hillel HalkinResponse
The Mind and Man Behind Philologos
By Hillel Halkin, Jonathan Silver, Andrew Koss
The Strategic Fruits of Israel’s Military VictoryNovember 2025
The Strategic Fruits of Israel’s Military Victory
Israel contra mundum.
By Arthur HermanResponses
American Jewry’s Anti-Semitism ReckoningOctober 2025
American Jewry’s Anti-Semitism Reckoning
The post-October 7 explosion of hostility challenges decades of Jewish communal strategy.
By Jack WertheimerResponse
American Jews and the Rise of Anti-Semitism: What We’ve Learned and What Comes Next
By Jack Wertheimer, Jonathan Silver, David L. Bernstein
There Never Will Be a Palestinian State. So What’s Next?September 2025
There Never Will Be a Palestinian State. So What’s Next?
October 7 was not Palestine’s independence day, but the final nail in the two-state solution’s coffin. Is confederation with Jordan all that remains?
By Elliott AbramsResponses
Jordan Might Not Want Confederation with Palestinians, and Might Not Survive It
By Rafi DeMogge
With Israel-Jordan Relations at an All-Time Low, the Countries Aren't Likely to Cooperate in the West Bank
By David Schenker
Why the Two-State Solution Is Dead—and What Comes Next
By Elliott Abrams, Jonathan Silver
The Central Obstacle to Peace between Israel and the Palestinians Isn't Politics
By Mordechai Kedar
No One Knows What’s Next, But It Cannot Be the Old Two-State Solution
By Elliott Abrams
A College Guide for the PerplexedAugust 2025
A College Guide for the Perplexed
With anti-Semitism on the rise and the humanities in decline, how can young Jews pick the right university?
By Eric Cohen, Samuel HelyarResponses
The Future of Higher Education and the Jews: A Symposium
By The Editors
How Jewish Studies Became a Tool of Adversarial Culture
By Ruth R. Wisse
The Future of Universities Must Be Built on Firm Values
By Daniel Diermeier
Western Civilization and the Jews: A Shared History
By Steven H. Frankel
The Quest for Wisdom, Truth, and Virtue at the University of Dallas
By Jonathan J. Sanford
Universities Need Teachers Who Want to Teach, and Students Willing to Learn
By Bella Brannon
Saving American Universities Requires Cracking Down on Foreign Funding
By Danielle Pletka
Jews Shouldn’t Give Up on Universities, and Neither Should America
By Eitan Webb
The Moral Collapse on Campus Is a Result of the Hollowing Out of the Humanities
By Alexander S. Duff
Return American Universities to Their Religion-Friendly Roots
By Liel Leibovitz
To Make the Academic Desert Bloom, Look to Religion
By Ari Berman
The Universities and the American Crisis
By Ben Sasse
The Campus Intifada Is a Golden Opportunity for Those Who Study Israel Seriously
By Avi Shilon
With No Easy Fixes for Middle East Studies, It’s Time for New Programs
By Robert Satloff
The Perverse Microeconomics of the American University
By Michael Hochberg
