Elliot Kaufman

Articles, Essays & Reviews

About

Elliot Kaufman is a Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member and editorial writer. He has worked at the Journal since 2018. Raised in Toronto, Elliot lives with his wife and son in New York.

Selected work, excluding unsigned editorials

2025

"Welcome to the Wild World of Chess Streaming," WSJ, Dec. 31.

"Knesset Chronicles," WSJ, Dec. 28 (reviewing A. Segal).

"Norman Podhoretz, American," WSJ, Dec. 18.

"The Israeli Case for Optimism About America," WSJ, Dec. 12 (interviewing Amb. Leiter).

"The Peace Deal Proves That Netanyahu's Critics Were Wrong," WSJ, Oct. 10.

"Hamas Gets a Gentle Reproche," WSJ, Sept. 17.

"These Hostage Families Want to Fight in Gaza, Not Tel Aviv," WSJ, Sept. 8.

"'Better PR' Can Be a Trap for Israel," WSJ, Aug. 26 (interviewing FM Saar).

"A New Palestinian Offer for Peace With Israel," WSJ, July 5.

"Benjamin Netanyahu vs. Qassem Soleimani," WSJ, June 22.

"Is Harvard Worth Saving—and How?" WSJ, June 6 (symposium).

Trump Threatens Iran With the End of 'Obama's Law,'" WSJ, March 21.

"Trump's Tariffs Stir a New Patriotism—in Canada," WSJ, March 7.

"Trump's Plan to Free Palestinians From Gaza," WSJ, Feb. 5.

"Bellow After Gaza: Rereading To Jerusalem and Back," Jewish Review of Books, Winter issue.

"Jewish Identity in Crisis," WSJ, Jan. 3 (reviewing E. Abrams and J. Leifer).

2024

"The Inside Story of Israel's Comeback Victory," WSJ, Dec. 20 (interviewing PM Netanyahu).

"There's a Reason Israelis Prefer Trump Over Harris," WSJ, Nov. 1.

"'Get the Jew': The Crown Heights Riot Revisited," WSJ, Oct. 7 (film with Palladium Pictures).

-Based on an earlier essay.

"To Break the 'Moral Spine' of the Jews," WSJ, Aug. 22.

"How Israel Turned the Tide in Rafah," WSJ, July 19 (interviewing FM Katz).

When Should Israel Fight Hezbollah?" WSJ, July 4, from Tel Aviv.

"Israel Struggles Against Global Amnesia," WSJ, June 27, from Jerusalem.

"Biden's Worst Mistake of the Gaza War," WSJ, May 5.

"Iran's Threat Emerges Into Daylight," WSJ, April 19 (interviewing M. Dubowitz).

"Israel Has No Choice but to Strike Back," WSJ, April 16.

"History Goes to War in the Holy Land," WSJ, March 29, from Srigim (interviewing B. Morris).

"The View From Israel's Other Front," WSJ, March 21, from Manara.

"Hamas’s ‘Operation Ramadan’—and Ours," WSJ, March 10, from Tel Aviv.

"When Terrorists Talk, They Listen," WSJ, Jan. 12 (interviewing Y. Carmon & S. Stalinsky).

2023

"Between Iran and the Bomb," Commentary, December issue (reviewing Y.J. Bob).

"The Media, Like the Terrorists, Aim at Israel and Miss," WSJ, Oct. 18.

"What Israeli Victory Would Look Like," WSJ, Oct. 13 (interviewing Y.J. Bob).

"Peace, Deterrence and Other Gods That Failed," WSJ, Oct. 10.

"The American the Israeli Left Loves to Hate," WSJ, Sept. 29 (interviewing M. Koppel).

"Of Making Many Books There Is No End," WSJ, Aug. 3.

"Israel Looks in the Mirror," WSJ, May 14 (reviewing D. Gordis).

"Like All Other Nations?" City Journal, April 25 (reviewing N. Rogachevsky and D. Zigler).

"Israel's 75-Year Odyssey From Left to Right," WSJ, April 25.

"What's Next for Netanyahu's Judicial Reform," WSJ, March 30.

2022

"'Inconvenient Anti-Semites' in New York's War on Hate," WSJ, Dec. 16.

"O Ye of Little Faith: The Anti-Semitism of Kanye West," Commentary, December issue.

"No Good Jew Goes Unpunished," Washington Free Beacon, Nov. 26 (reviewing E. Tamkin).

"The Debate Goes On," WSJ, Nov. 26 (reviewing C. Grade, trans. R. Wisse).

"The Scandal Rocking the Chess World," WSJ, Sept. 9.

"In Defense of Policing," WSJ, Aug. 17 (reviewing R. Mangual).

"American Militant," WSJ, May 11 (reviewing S. Magid).

"Justin Trudeau's Trucker Emergency" WSJ, Feb. 15.

"Amnesty International Tries to Put Israel on Trial" WSJ, Feb. 4.

2021

"Will the Sun Ever Set on Anti-Semitism?" WSJ, Oct. 22.

"Susceptible Minds," WSJ, Aug. 25 (reviewing R. Koganzon).

"Could the Crown Heights Riots Recur?" WSJ, Aug. 20.

-This became a short film.

"Chabad Ministers to ‘Jews of No Religion,’" WSJ, Aug. 5.

"The Abbas Who Is Shaking Up Israeli Politics," WSJ, April 5.

"The Inflated Generation," Commentary, April issue (reviewing H. Andrews).

2020

"An Explosion, a Relief Effort and Canadians' Enduring Gratitude," WSJ, Dec. 4.

"The Teachers Union's Tiny New Enemy," WSJ, Oct. 14.

"'We Found Our Outrage,'" Jewish Review of Books, Summer issue (reviewing R. Landes).

"A Queens Yankee Takes the U.K. Quiz Crown," WSJ, April 24.

2019

"The '1619 Project' Gets Schooled," WSJ, Dec. 16.

"Political Correctness Claims a Tough Guy," WSJ, Nov. 22.

"A Mutual Misunderstanding," WSJ, Sept. 8 (reviewing D. Gordis).

"Get Your Irish Up," Modern Age, Summer issue (reviewing M.B. Dougherty).

"Radical Kitsch Comes to Columbia," WSJ, April 15.

"Trump's Golan Strategy," WSJ, March 27.

"Omar and the Conspiracy Democrats," WSJ, March 10.

2018

"Crazy Brash Asians," Commentary, November issue (reviewing W. Yang).

"Briefly Noted," First Things, October issue (reviewing P. Kix).

-Scroll down.

"Dear Evan Palestinian," Commentary, July issue (reviewing Y.K. Halevi)

"The Campus Intersectionality Craze," Commentary, June issue (cover).

-This became a podcast episode, a speech and a book chapter (ISGAP).

2017

"Editorship and the Art of Writing," National Review, Dec. 1.

"The Power Rule," Commentary, December issue (reviewing E. Chemerinsky and H. Gillman).

"Universities Can Learn From Conservatives' Love of Humanities," National Review, Aug. 16.

"Campus Conservatives Gave the Alt-Right a Platform," National Review, Aug. 15.

"Are Conservatives Really Just Liberals?" National Review, Aug. 10.

"For a Stanford Applicant, Perseveration Pays Off," WSJ, April 6.

Contact

elliot.kaufman@wsj.com