I hate the fact that whenever one writes something about antisemitism, it almost immediately becomes timely.
A kosher restaurant in Montreal, Canada, was burned to the ground in a suspected arson attack in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to Nöam restaurant at around 3:15 a.m. after a man was seen on video apparently starting the fire before fleeing… pic.twitter.com/8abdyivkBt
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) August 2, 2026
This summer in Montreal 🇨🇦
– June 22: A Jewish man was murdered in a Jewish neighborhood by a gunman whose manifesto contained incel and antisemitic rhetoric
– July 3: Two men stole shtraymels, the traditional fur hats worn by Jewish men, then ran away
– July 26: A woman told a… pic.twitter.com/bCcT9sk6po— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 2, 2026
This was the case with Melissa Braunstein’s article in the current issue of National Review, on combating the new antisemitism.
I had a conversation with her about it — and about some of the interesting (former) radicals she talked with — which you can watch or listen to here:
Also, if you don’t know why I recently wrote about Boy George, here is my syndicated column this week.
As happy as I am to stand with Boy George against the antisemitic onslaught he’s receiving for writing a song about October 7 (he was inspired by meeting families of people who were murdered that day at a memorial event in London), I also appreciated the opportunity his song provided for me to get to know one of the people, Jake Marlowe, who was killed that day.
#Shalom pic.twitter.com/0BfHIrThzO
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) July 26, 2026
“If you’re ever confused, I stand with the Jews. I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human.”