Amanda Unvarnished

In the aftermath of Hamas’s brutal October 7 massacre, a number of chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and other student groups issued statements praising as “resistance” Hamas’s killing of babies, raping of women, and seizing of hostages — all of which violate the laws of war, not to mention basic human norms. We share […]

Of all the immediate reactions by Jewish thinkers to the massacres of October 7, was there anything more pathetic — I mean this in both the pitiable and derisive sense of the word — than the one from Joshua Leifer, a contributing editor for the far-Left publication Jewish Currents? “The loss, the tragedy — incomprehensible,” he wrote on X, formerly known […]

October 10, 2023 The events of the past several days have provided a tragic reminder of the enduring threats to Israel and the Jewish people. We pray for the safety of Israel’s soldiers and civilians of all backgrounds who are under attack, for the safe return of captives, for healing of the injured, and for […]

After a hostile takeover by conservatives of Florida’s tiny public honors college, so many students sought to transfer, a Massachusetts college took on 35 this semester alone.

It turns out that 'white people' often means Jews

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