Van Wallach
Van “Ze’ev” Wallach holds an economics degree from Princeton University. His writing has appeared in Advertising Age, The New York Post, Venture, The Journal of Commerce, Newsday, Video Store, The Hollywood Reporter, the Forward, and The Times of Israel. He is the author of A Kosher Dating Odyssey.
Israel Against the Cultural Hydra
January 2025:Van Wallach updates O’Sullivan’s First Law to reflect contemporary anti-Semitism, arguing that organizations not politically neutral or pro-Jewish will eventually become anti-Zionist (a euphemism for anti-Jewish). It cites examples like the ACLU, Ford Foundation, and Episcopal Church to illustrate this shift.
Read Article »Apologies of the Institutional Kind
September 2024:The stakes are much higher in this new wave than when individuals dealt with the blowback. Reputational risk is enormous, through loss of donors and applicants at the university level, and customers, job applicants, and marketing partners for corporations.
Read Article »The Apology Statement as Literary Genre
December 2023:The canon of apology statements from Hamas supporters keeps growing richer and more diverse.
Read Article »A Texas Jew Looks On
January 2022:An attack on one Jew is an attack on all of us; distinctions between religious practices and political leanings only deepen energy-sapping divisions. Terrorists don’t distinguish between Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox, and neither should we make fine distinctions in taking action in solidarity with Jews in danger.
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