Stephen Wise

I don’t know what the future holds — but no matter who leads the American or Israeli government, the ideological battle with antizionists will continue for decades to come...

We in the Jewish community need to be honest with ourselves: we have entered a new political era. As my friend @FranklinFoer has said, the "Golden Age of American Jews is Ending."

Democracy is a miracle and the American people have spoken.

Deep down, we know that the return of legitimated, tolerated, excused, contextualized, intellectualized and often violent antisemitism — and loathing of Israel — is a flashing warning sign of the decay of something uniquely precious about America, itself.

Mario Nardone lived one floor below me. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was on the way down from the 84th floor of the second tower when he stopped to use the restroom…

Religion has the power to destroy and the power to uplift. Twenty-five years after 9/11, the only question is which one we choose.

Have any of @NYCMayor's #Jewish staffers educated him that Tisha B'Av commemorates the destruction of the ancient Jewish state and the loss of Jewish sovereignty? And have they taught the Mayor that the dream of national restoration began immediately upon the destruction - a dream that came to fruition nearly two millennia later in the mid-20th century when the State of #Israel was established? Had they informed the Mayor about #Judaism, they would have spared him embarrassment, and the impression of being ignorant, or worse, hypocritical. Mayor Mamdani: If you wish to express identification with the Jewish community, mean it. Otherwise, spare us your holiday greetings.

How a country treats its Jews is the ultimate test of its health and moral vigor. We've lost ground — and we must recapture it, for the good of the Jews and the country we love. My full convo with @FranklinFoer on the golden age of American Jews — and what comes after the fall: youtu.be/0PPj4t-_Q1o

My guess is that @bradlander knows that the “genocide” smear is a lie, an ancient blood libel dressed up for modern consumption. If I am right, it begs the question, why does he — a self-proclaimed liberal Jewish Zionist — continue to spread this fabricated falsehood that empowers our ideological adversaries and militant enemies who seek the destruction of the Jewish state and the Jewish people?  As a liberal Jewish Zionist myself, I hope that once the campaign is over — whether Mr. Lander is elected or not — that he uses his platform to speak truth to power. nytimes.com/2026/06/17/nyreg…