Author: Ben Lorber

• Trump’s Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations | Religion Dispatches

  “With Trump’s second presidency, Christian Zionism may be returning to the White House stronger than ever before. His recent nomination of Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel and Pete Hegseth as…

  

• Heritage Foundation’s Christian Nationalist ‘Project Esther’ Won’t Combat Antisemitism — But it Will Weaponize Jews | Religion Dispatches

  “On the anniversary of October 7, the Heritage Foundation released Project Esther: A National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. The 33-page document calls on the federal government to use counterterrorism, immigration,…

  

• The Wrestling Itself is the Point: A Response to Joshua Leifer | Political Theology Network

  For Political Theology Network, I wrote a review of Joshua Leifer’s new book Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life— and a…

  

• The Anti-DEI Movement and the Jewish Right | Political Research Associates

  Weaponizing Antisemitism to Defend White Supremacy “For at least two decades, defenders of Israel’s unjust policies have sought to repress the growing movement for Palestinian rights, especially on college campuses,…

  

• The Right Is Increasingly Exploiting the Horror of Genocide | In These Times

  “As the risk of all-out regional war looms in the Middle East, a less noticed move away from decades of pro-Israel consensus is beginning on parts of the Right.  While U.S. military…

  

• The New Antisemitism and Neo-McCarthyism | Political Research Associates

  “As Israel’s genocidal siege on Gaza deepens since Hamas’s October 7thattack, an inspiring wave of Palestine solidarity organizing has swept the U.S. Most recently, the establishment of student encampments on hundreds of college…

• Reportback from 3 Days at the 2024 National Conservatism Conference in Washington, DC | Religion Dispatches

  With journalist Annika Brochschmidt, I wrote a report-back from my 3 days at the far-right National Conservatism conference in Washington, DC. Read more at Religion Dispatches: PERSECUTION, BETRAYAL, AND THE…

• The Right’s Anti-Israel Insurgents | Jewish Currents

  “As Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip approaches its eighth month—bolstered so far by $17 billion in emergency supplemental aid from the US, on top of the regular $3.8 billion yearly aid…

• Current Antisemitism From the Right and the Left in the U.S. | Reconstructing Judaism

  For the blog of the Reconstructionist movement, I wrote an overview of antisemitism in America in 2024, and how to fight back. “In recent years, we American Jews have scarcely…