Sandy Eller

So this is what NY Magazine calls journalism? A brilliant Orthodox Jewish historian, from a prestigious family becomes a target not for corruption, scandal, or misconduct, but for the apparent offense of being a yarmulke-wearing, unapologetically pro-Israel intellectual with influence and a close relationship with Senator Fetterman. Spare us the sanctimony. This reads less like journalism and more like ideological enforcement wrapped in glossy prose. The script is painfully familiar: identify the religious Jew who refuses to chant the approved slogans, magnify his associations, imply something sinister, and let insinuation do the work facts cannot. And the timing is hard to ignore. Senator Fetterman has faced well reported staff turmoil and departures, with reports indicating frustration among some aides over his strong support for Israel and refusal to follow prevailing progressive orthodoxy on the issue. Who do you think fed this warped woke drivel to this activist masquerading as a journalist. Apparently, modern political tolerance stretches endlessly across every fashionable cause and identity, but still finds itself deeply unsettled by a religious Jew who wears a yarmulke, supports Israel without apology, and refuses to fit the ideological alphabet soup of the moment. Good journalism investigates wrongdoing. This screams at the manufactured sin of deviation from leftist political doctrine. How hollow and ugly. Readers know the difference between substance and assassination. And increasingly, they and we are tired of media outlets confusing ideological policing with actual reporting. Wrap the fish up. This hit job stinks to high heaven.