Out of Babel

Do Jews and their Story have a future in the Diaspora? It depends on the Stories that drive everyone else.

By Alan Mairson

"My Unified Theory of Anti-Semitism," by Gary, the 4,000-year-old man

Hating Jews is not a bizarre psychiatric disorder that afflicts crazy people. It's a survival strategy drawn from Charles Darwin's evolutionary…

Aug 11, 2025

"But wait... I thought we were on the same team!"

"Judeo-Christian values" have helped unify American conservatives for many generations. But what happens if those values are dependent on a…

Jan 8

"Ding dong, the wicked (Zionist) witch is dead!"

"STFU"

"The sad case of Tom Friedman"

"We have our Story, and we’re sticking to it."

"Zohran Mamdani and The Glorious End of An Extremely Annoying Contradiction"

"In our current abyss, the religious might have an advantage," admits the secular Jewish liberal.

Passover, Easter, Ramadan, and The Quest for Main Character Energy

If the Hebrew Bible was a movie, King Cyrus of Persia would win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. And therein lies an enormous problem.