The recent revelation that Kamala Harris' team asked Pennsylvania's Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, whether he was an Israeli agent during the vice presidential vetting process shows the dangerous degree to which antisemitic views have infected American politics. This episode, coupled with wider concerns about rising antisemitism on both the left and the right, raises the concern that antisemitism could be impeding Jewish participation in political life at the highest levels. More broadly, it raises the question of whether the recent surge in antisemitism is a temporary phenomenon in a country that had seemingly moved past the world's oldest hatred, or a depressing return to the natural order of things?

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In the early 1960s, 3 million Jews were living under the totalitarian jackboot of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. They had little hope of living freely as Jews, or of leaving freely for somewhere else. And the world did not care about them. That began to change in 1963, when groups of plucky Jews, the first from Cleveland, began a movement to highlight their plight.

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President Trump is a man of the world. At least that's what his 2025 travel schedule suggests.

This fall, Mr. Trump made three international trips, in contrast to one the first fall of his initial term. He's also made fewer official domestic trips to meet with voters this fall compared with the fall of 2017. The president recently justified his international focus to Politico's Dasha Burns: "I've made a fortune for the United States by focusing on things outside."

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As Eric Adams's one-term mayoralty draws to a close, many New Yorkers are filled with dread about the incoming Zohran Mamdani administration. As Adams departs, it's worth looking back at his tenure to understand why he failed to win over New Yorkers—and how he opened the door for a staunchly anti-Israel police critic to take the reins as the city's next mayor.

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Having been part of the conservative movement for over 35 years, I've met a lot of the people who make the movement work. Unfortunately, given this long association, I find myself knowing more and more of the departed conservatives each year. This year was a particularly tough one, as I personally knew 10 of the luminaries who died in 2025.

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