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Benjamin Kerstein

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Benjamin Kerstein is a fellow @z3_project and author of SELF DEFENSE: A JEWISH MANIFESTO.
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The paradox of assimilation

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By Benjamin Kerstein
| No Delusions, No Despair
My new book, Self Defense: A Jewish Manifesto, is now available at Amazon via Wicked Son Books and the Z3 Project. There is no greater paradox in Jewish life than assimilation. One of the defining aspects of Jewish life in the modern era, it is nonetheless still a matter of profound ambivalence and, at times, existential fear for the Jewish people. The essential creed of assimilation is that the Jews should seek to be just like everybody else.
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The weeping antisemite

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By Benjamin Kerstein
| No Delusions, No Despair
My new book, Self Defense: A Jewish Manifesto, is now available at Amazon via Wicked Son Books and the Z3 Project. Antisemites, generally speaking, have a remarkable capacity for self-pity. Indeed, their entire worldview is based on it. Universally, they see themselves as hapless victims of Jews oppression, while their vicious invective and incitement are merely speaking truth to Jewish power.
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The weeping antisemite

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By Benjamin Kerstein
| JNS Verified
(Aug. 3, 2026 / JNS) Antisemites, generally speaking, have a remarkable capacity for self-pity. Indeed, their entire worldview is based on it. Universally, they see themselves as hapless victims of Jews oppression, while their vicious invective and incitement are merely speaking truth to Jewish power. Anyone who points out that what they are saying and doing is evil is portrayed as a monstrous oppressor attempting to silence them in service of craven Jewish ends.
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