NO DELUSIONS, NO DESPAIR
Peter Beinart and the trial
Benjamin Kerstein
November 30, 2025

…Like it or not, a Jew who joins an antisemitic cult, however useful, is never fully trusted. They are always watched for minor violations, possible deviations, and even the hint of sympathy for their own people. Along with this comes a silent contempt, the belief that, in betrayal, the Jew becomes a man without honor, without dignity, and without integrity. This makes the useful Jew immensely vulnerable, because he is never respected, and one who is not respected is easy enough to abuse. When Beinart spoke at TAU, he perhaps did not know that the verdict, the sentence, and the punishment would be so swift. There can be no doubt that he felt terribly threatened. That he saw the ostracization, the shunning, the loss of face, and the expulsion that might be coming his way. READ MORE