Why Abdul El-Sayed’s Beliefs and Associations Matter
The Democratic Senate candidate plays coy in response to questions about his Muslim Brotherhood affiliations.
October 22, 2026
Why Abdul El-Sayed’s Beliefs and Associations Matter
The Democratic Senate candidate plays coy in response to questions about his Muslim Brotherhood affiliations.
Thanks to recent investigative reporting, the Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been coming under increasing pressure over his past connections to, and expressions of support for, the Muslim Brotherhood. His response, Abe Greenwald writes, has been a sort of verbal jiu-jitsu aiming to deflect the questions with an accusation of Islamophobia or racism against the questioner—an approach also adopted by his defenders. Greenwald imagines how a questioner could best handle this counterattack:
October 22, 2026
Israel’s New, More Aggressive “Konseptzia”
After the disaster of October 7, has Israel developed a new understanding of its security?
New York Opts into the Federal Scholarship-Tax-Credit Program
The decision may have a profoundly positive effect on Jewish education in the state.
Why Young Americans Are Living Life Alone
Dating, marriage, and fertility are all in decline.
A Persian-Arabic Lexicon in a Collection of Afghan Jewish Documents
A study sheet for a medieval official?