Kanye West, J.D. Vance, and Identifying the Threats to the Jews
At some point, it doesn’t matter how a person becomes your enemy.
January 29, 2026
The Media’s Israel Obsession Is at the Root of Other Distortions
The illusion of centrality.
The likes of Tucker Carlson and Kanye West feed off the constant barrage of stories in the media about Israel that are false, misleading, or simply give undue attention to its failings. Part of this is the result of the information warfare that was the subject of a recent Mosaic article. But, Samuel Hyde observers, there is another factor in reporting on Israel that goes much deeper than any particular flawed story or persistent but inaccurate narrative: “the sheer scale of attention.” Indeed, this “systemic fasciation, bordering on obsession” mirrors the obsessiveness that is the hallmark of the anti-Semite, who sees Jews everywhere:
January 29, 2026
Even Dead Palestinians Aren’t Spared Hamas’s Depredations
A Gazan’s perspective on the return of Ran Gvili.
The Media’s Israel Obsession Is at the Root of Other Distortions
The illusion of centrality.
How Archaeologists Uncovered the History of T’filin
Two-millennium-old parchments.
Mark Twain, Man of God
Although hailed by atheists, the philo-Semitic humorist was in fact deeply religious.