Ron’s Substack

In choosing South Africans over Afghans, Trump valorizes race over service

A poll finds that a majority of Jews – but not a huge majority – disapprove of how Trump handles antisemitism

Longing in the Lower East Side, dreaming in Hebrew

A lullaby by the sea

Trump’s arrests of Israel critics sets the stage for a battle for the American Jewish soul

For American Jews, Donald Trump is the sinister stranger on the train

Just say Jewish, 1970s soft rock edition

For some of Trump’s hires, the antisemitism may be the point.

Trump’s dressing down of Zelensky is not just bad for Israel. It’s bad for the Jews.

Steve Bannon, the Jews who praise him and the hatred that breeds depraved indifference

Elon Musk, generational trauma and the "Get over it" presidency