Jarad Bernstein

The Iranian regime devastated Arad and Dimona by deliberately striking civilians with missiles. Over 100 people were injured, including children. A blatant war crime. Pure terrorism.

A terrorist came to murder American Jewish children and much of the "mainstream" media responded to the story by humanizing the would-be murderer. Bear witness to his deadly intent, because they won't.

Joe Kent writes that his wife was killed in a war “manufactured by Israel.” He’s referring to the Syrian civil war. The fact that such a deranged conspiracy theorist was anywhere near America’s national security apparatus should horrify every American.

An Iranian missile exploded over Jerusalem’s Old City. Its fragments fell on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Armenian Patriarchate, the Jewish Quarter and on the Temple Mount near the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Iranian regime is firing missiles toward Jerusalem’s holy sites, endangering Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. Israel, meanwhile, acts to protect worshippers of all faiths in its capital city.

Just a little light damage. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along now.

There are two positions from which one can approach the Mahmoud Khalil situation. One is the civil liberties perspective, being concerned in a content-neutral way about free speech and due process. But Mamdani is the other—supportive of Khalil *because* of his particular views. And they are TERRIBLE views. Khalil was a student leader of an organization, the Columbia University Apartheid Divest, that unabashedly cheerleads and embraces Hamas' most violent acts. They referred to October 7th as a "heroic struggle." They published "A Tribute to Yahya Shinwar." They support "liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance." October 7th was when Hamas, led by Shinwar, entered Israel and murdered as many unarmed civilians as they could find, face-to-face, with small arms. Khalil himself supports "armed resistance" and justifies or downplays Palestinian violence. He has forcefully defended calls to "Globalize the Intifada," and minimized that the Second Intifada was itself largely a campaign of suicide bombings against Israeli civilians. Offering the most milquetoast denunciation of killing civilians in an interview, he immediately pivoted to justifying 10/7. After all, Palestinians, in his words, need not be "perfect victims." But we have many reasons to believe Mamdani shares all these views. As a longtime activist who has accused Israel of being responsible for NYPD police violence, as himself a defender of the "Globalize the Intifada" phrase. As the husband of a woman who liked posts celebrating 10/7 on social media as it was happening. And now Mamdani hosts Khalil, not simply to defend his rights but to affirm, casually, the "genocide" slander again the Jewish State—it is simply deplorable, and unacceptable for the Mayor of New York.

In a normal world, this is who the Mayor of New York City would have hosted for dinner at his home, instead of a man who sympathizes with the folks throwing the bomb.

@barstoolsports Hi @RHS76! Nice little mention on the barstool account. 😂

An Iowa High School Girls basketball game had an ending you need to see to believe This is March.

@iJordanMoore Depending on which year you want to talk about, Oakland: A’s, Raiders, Warriors.

I love ballparks in the heart of downtown but I get why that’s not always realistic anymore. Philly nailed the alternative: every team in one sports complex, tons of parking, elite tailgating, built-in bar scene & the city skyline in the background. No other city does sports like this (maybe Detroit in a sense). Super efficient setup for a major city.

Read this piece I co-authored with my colleague in the Quad Cities. It is wonderful to have bipartisan support among lawmakers on this legislation!

In his first visit to the Hawkeye State, Consul General @EladStr will give a speech today to the Iowa House of Representatives, an honor few foreign diplomats receive. Watch live in the link starting 8:30am CST. 🇮🇱🇺🇸 legis.iowa.gov/dashboard?view…

@ddale8 @scontorno I mean, if you are looking at E85, it’s accurate. But not many cars can run on E85 and not many people, even in Iowa, use E85. (Nitro is a branded debit card at Maverik, offering deeper discounts thank their Adventure Club program.)

In an unusual moment, President Trump was fact-checked by a woman in the crowd at his Iowa speech yesterday, reports @scontorno, who was on scene. When he claimed gas is $1.95 or $1.85 in Iowa, the woman shouted, "No, $2.63!” 
It was $2.69 at the station right outside the venue; the state average was $2.57; GasBuddy found just 4 stations out of 2,036 in the state selling for under $2. cnn.com/2026/01/28/pol…

Lots of Jews noting correctly neither the Holocaust nor Jews mentioned here. Also worth noting the Holocaust did not begin with "apathy and silence." It began with lies about Jews that millions eagerly ate up out of sincere belief or because it was convenient for them.

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

@manniefabian May you have a refuah shleima!

After 4 weeks of in and out of the hospital for a relatively severe health issue, I'm back to work. Full recovery will take some time still, but I'm doing OK. Thanks for all the love and support, especially from my colleagues at ToI.

This is a reference to Which Way Western Man, a 1978 book by William Gayley Simpson, one of America's most prominent Nazis. The book argues Hitler was right, claims there is a Jewish plot against white people and advocates violence against Jewish people

The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days. No one believes this is a coincidence. They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.

The arsonist who confessed to trying to burn down Mississippi’s largest Synagogue told firefighters he was targeting “the synagogue of Satan” I will note that one particular podcaster has used that term repeatedly in recent months to refer to Jews.

Remember when JD Vance denied antisemitism on the right? ..I do too.

Over 24 hours later, this did not make national news. Beth Israel Congregation in Mississippi was set on fire on Shabbat. Two Torahs were destroyed. The fire department ruled the fire arson. Police and the FBI are investigating. This is the same synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967. Regardless of the findings of the investigation, this is what it means to be Jewish in America right now: antisemitic violence and attacks on synagogues and Jews are so common that they barely register beyond local news, and the people most often naming it, mourning it, and sounding the alarm are Jews themselves. It also means this: the Jewish community in Mississippi will come together. They will support one another and be supported by Jews they don’t know around the country and the world. They will rebuild. They will continue to celebrate Jewish holidays and live Jewish life with joy. A Torah rescued from the Holocaust and kept in a glass case inside the synagogue was not damaged. I am holding on to that. Like that Torah, the Jewish people will persist, as we always have.