Matthew Kassel

“I am not the Antichrist. I am a family man.” nytimes.com/2025/07/22/art…

“‘If you think your carrier doesn’t notice when you order a sex toy,’ he writes, ‘you’re wrong.’” nytimes.com/2025/07/21/boo…

“He immediately told me how many billions of dollars he had and didn’t listen to a thing I said. But I loved him. He had this libidinal Jewish energy, like a character in a Philip Roth novel.’” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

New: Minneapolis Jews sound an early alarm on Democratic Party endorsement of DSA lawmaker in mayoral race jewishinsider.com/2025/07/minnea…

New: Young Democrats of America calls Israel’s war in Gaza “ongoing genocide” in newly amended platform jewishinsider.com/2025/07/young-…

“Party officials described the draft document as focusing on the 2024 election as a whole, but not on the presidential campaign — which is something like eating at a steakhouse and then reviewing the salad.” nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/…

“He said that Mr. Baumgartner had become ill during his flight and had lost consciousness by the time of impact in a part of town popular among tourists.” nytimes.com/2025/07/18/wor…

“Trump and Barrack can say what they like about Sharaa being Syria’s George Washington. But if they do not press him harder to restrain the sectarian thugs in his own ranks, he may turn out to be a lot more like Saddam Hussein.” theatlantic.com/international/…

Eric Levine, an attorney and Republican fundraiser in New York, is co-hosting a fundraiser for Eric Adams on Aug. 13 with David Patterson and several other donors from the legal and financial communities, according to a new invitation

I am so proud of my brave, brilliant colleagues @khadeeja_safdar and @joe_palazzolo, proud to live in a country where the founders put freedom of speech in the very first amendment, and proud to work at The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/politics/trump… via @WSJ

“From the Café de Flore to the Brasserie Lipp, two famed establishments where food and culture are intertwined, Mr. Akbar plies a dying trade in a dwindling commodity. He is considered to be the last newspaper hawker in France.” nytimes.com/2025/07/18/wor…

“Murdoch, age 94, wants to have it both ways. He wants to be a newsman (that's how he sees himself) but also needs to be a businessman. He wants a muscular Journal breaking big stories but he also needs Fox News to keep printing money” view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/17528…

“Torres said he wants to give Mamdani a chance and has spoken to him over the phone and at New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s annual barbecue in the Bronx.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

NEW @J_Insider via @matthewkassel: "Gottheimer avoids confronting Mamdani over ‘intifada’ comments" "During Mamdani's breakfast w/ House Dems, Gottheimer did not raise concerns with Mamdani that he has vocalized elsewhere" jewishinsider.com/2025/07/josh-g…

Coming up on 10 years since “Trump might have finally crossed the line.”

The greatest change in Catholic life since the 1950s has been not the introduction of the new Mass, nor the declarations of Vatican II, but the virtual disappearance of confession.

“Sanders, who is Jewish, urged Mamdani to be cautious about how he approaches talking about Israel.” cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…

Must-read piece in @J_Insider via @matthewkassel on the Mamdani effect: "Jewish Voice for Peace restructures, sets its sights on the ballot box" "The anti-Israel group has switched its focus from advocacy to organizing for and against candidates" jewishinsider.com/2025/07/jewish…

“Right now, with ‘Eddington’ opening in thousands of theaters on July 18, they’re betting on Aster being a genius. Aster would hate to hear it: When I refer to him using that word at a dinner, he tells me that he wants to walk into traffic.” nytimes.com/2025/07/16/mag…