Author: David Rutman

A confession: I often fall asleep in Shabbat services. I try not to, but the rhythmic cadence of the cantor’s voice, the warm light, and the exhaustion of a long week usually win. But at synagogue recently, I sat wide awake, unable to shake a strange idea out of my mind. Because it was a […]

In 1995, Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi addressed supporters in the Ohio with a prediction. The West, he stated, would not fall “through the sword” but would collapse under quiet Islamist infiltration. Through the patient, legal work of building influence inside a society’s institutions to undermine them – “we will conquer Europe, we will conquer […]

New York Magazine’s 31-page package on Arab and Muslim life in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s New York, branded “Habibi City” (published on August 10, 2026) has already drawn condemnation for the obvious reason: it frames Zionism, the belief that Jews have a right to sovereignty and self-determination in part of their indigenous homeland, as a species […]

Many elected officials, candidates, political analysts and podcast hosts affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, and related far-leftist ilk, probably don’t kiss their mothers very often. I say this not only because their parents must be embarrassed that they raised kids so woefully ignorant of history, hateful of America and its freedoms, resentful of […]

For more articles from The Media Line, click here. Nikolai Mladenov’s newly announced Gaza agreement offers a rare glimmer of hope amid years of bloodshed and despair. At its core is a straightforward proposition: the phased disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian terror organizations in exchange for the eventual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the […]

I read Elly Katz. I’ve published Elly Katz. But I’ve never met Elly Katz, so I never got to see her disability. Elly had Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a rare connective tissue disorder that lacks a cure. What I knew very well about Elly was what she wrote. But those words, in an odd way, gave […]

Everyone has a breaking point. For UCLA Professor Judea Pearl, that breaking point came when a new report revealed an alarming rise in the boycott of Israeli academics across Europe and other Western countries, including the United States. Among the most egregious examples, BDS activists are pushing to sever ties between the European Union and […]

Recently I heard someone say that one of the biggest challenges of our time is being forced to choose between truth and tribe. It resonated me with on a deep level. I have identified as a liberal for most of my adult life because I care about equality of opportunity, individual rights, and racial justice. […]

Senator John Fetterman sat on stage in front of a packed room at Israel on Campus Coalition’s 2026 National Leadership Summit on Tuesday, August 4 in Washington, D.C., speaking about his unwavering support for the Jewish state. “I’m proud to be here today,” he told the audience. “It’s been very clear that if people or […]