Alec Borenstein

NJ Will & Trust Maker, Podcaster (Family Hustle Podcast), Attorney, Father x2 & NY Football Giants Fan.

[Alec Borenstein @AlecBorenstein]

@Adi13 Thank you for doing what you’re doing.

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan's highly entertaining and super relevant explanation of Chanukah.

A must-see for all.

[Abba Cohen @AbbaCohen1]

Agudath Israel mourns the tragic murder of Rabbi Tzvi Kogen, Hyd, Chabad emissary to the UAE, who died al kiddush Hashem, sanctifying G-d’s name. His selfless devotion and good deeds will keep him alive in the minds and hearts of the Jewish people and of all who loved him.

[Brooke Goldstein @GoldsteinBrooke]

I am horrified by the pogrom taking place in Amsterdam right now. Israeli Jewish football fans visiting the city were targeted by mobs of Muslim migrants with clubs and knives who began lynchings, car rammings and other attacks of Jews in the streets. Police didn’t come for an hour and a half according to reports. 50 attackers have reportedly been arrested and a reported 25 Israelis are injured, though the event is still ongoing.

It is obscene that less than a hundred years since the Holocaust this is what is permitted to take place in the streets of Europe.

[Claire Lehmann @clairlemon]

Revenge of the Silent Male Voter

What I learned about Trump's landslide victory from one night in New York City.

On election day, I caught the subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Sitting across from me an elderly woman wore a t-shirt with the image of Trump pumping his fist in the air with the words “fight, fight.” A small "I Voted" sticker was pressed onto her lapel.

She sat with an easy confidence. There were no disapproving glances from other passengers. There was no tension. No conflict. It struck me that in 2024 it was now perfectly acceptable to express support for Trump in a deep blue (Democratically held) city. As I travelled to my destination I wondered: if one could support Trump this openly in New York City, what might support look like in the rest of the country?

A few hours later I attended an exclusive well-heeled party. I spoke to various professionals who said that they had never voted Republican in their lives, but had voted for Trump that day due to his support—in their words—“for the Jews”. These Manhattanites told me that Kamala was too sympathetic to the “pro-Hamas contingent” of the far-Left, and at a time of rising antisemitism, they couldn’t bring themselves to support her. This small group of cosmopolitans represented a contingent far-removed from the stereotypical MAGA voter. And yet listening to their views, it again occurred to me: if I could find such support for Trump in the middle of a Democratic heartland—what might it look like in the rest of the country?

When I arrived at my final stop of the evening—a private underground bar in the Lower East side of the city—a celebratory atmosphere had begun to explode. The betting markets tipped a Trump win, and online supporters of Harris started to express acceptance of defeat. The beer here had already run dry. It was so bustling that it was hard to move, with young men in their twenties and early thirties outnumbering women by 2:1. These men were diverse: white, black, Hispanic, Asian. A few wore Trump caps, but the aesthetic was more like a university dorm than a MAGA rally. “This is the counter-culture” one party goer told me. "This isn't just about Trump," another said. "It's about Vance and Musk. It's about American dynamism."

In the coming days, much will be written about working class concerns—issues that have become familiar focal points for those seeking to understand Trump’s support. But while inflation and border policies will have no doubt played a role in the Republicans’ landslide victory, we might also want to look at the sentiments expressed by young male voters—voters who represent a new and emerging contingent in American politics. Nothing about the young men I spoke to appeared particularly conservative or “right-wing”. Yet it was easy for them to explain why they voted for Trump. And if we zoom out and look at broader cultural trends, it should be easy for us to understand too.

If we take a macro perspective, we see that such young men have never known a culture in which males are not routinely described as “problematic,” “toxic,” or “oppressive”. Going to university, and working at modern companies, they live in a world of Diversity Equity and Inclusion policies—many of which promote an insidious and pervasive form of anti-male discrimination. Yet to talk about it in public invites social ostracism. To criticise DEI is to risk being called a Nazi.

These young male voters know about theories of patriarchy and white supremacy, but they have never known a culture which celebrates the Great Man Theory of history. Thomas Carlyle’s nineteenth century framework for understanding the past is seen as an anachronism, not worthy of serious thought. Today we acknowledge historical figures not for their feats, but for their crimes. Whether it is due to slavery, colonisation, racism, or sexism, we tear down the monuments of our past, while building no new heroes for our future.

The problem with this way of viewing the world is that it is alienating and self-defeating. It is also wrong. By any objective standards Elon Musk is a great man of history, who is influencing the course of human civilisation for generations to come. As one party-goer told me “he caught a fucking rocket with mechanical chopsticks.” Yet despite his achievements, Musk is more likely to be scorned than celebrated by the Democratic establishment.

This tension between achievement and resentment explains much about our current moment. The young men I met that night in Manhattan weren't just voting for policies. They were voting for a different view of history and human nature. In their world, individual greatness matters. Male ambition serves a purpose. Risk-taking and defiance create progress.

This is why the Trump victory transcends conventional political analysis. It represents more than a rebuke of border policies or inflation rates. It signals a resurrection of old truths: that civilisation advances through the actions of remarkable individuals, that male traits can build rather than destroy, and that greatness—despite our modern discomfort with the concept—remains a force in human affairs.

The elderly woman on the subway, the Manhattan professionals, and the young men at the underground bar all sensed a shift. They saw in Trump not just a candidate, but a challenge to a psychosocial orthodoxy that has dominated American institutions for a generation. Their votes marked not just a political preference, but a cultural correction.

As the final results came in that night, it became clear that what I witnessed in New York was playing out across the nation. The election wasn't just a victory for Trump. It was a victory for a way of seeing the world that many thought dead: one where individual achievement matters, where male ambition serves a purpose, and where great men still shape the course of history.

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[Alec Borenstein @AlecBorenstein]

@BobbySkinner_ At least I have my Sundays back. This @Giants team is a joke. Again. Again. Thank Gd for the @Yankees. When do the @nyknicks come back?

[FactsForPeace @Facts_For_Peace]

Arab Muslim Zionist Educates College Students on Israel and The War! @JustLuai
#factsforpeace

[MummyisTired @MummyisT]

Thousands of Israelis packed a big bag again this evening, said goodbye to their family for the second or third or fourth time, left everything and went to defend the country, because if not them then who? Westerners sit on their obese arses and act like they know what it’s like there. They think that because they’ve been attached to the indoctrination IV via MSM that they have the right to judge Israelis?

I send every individual going to war to save their country and lives all my hope and support.
I send every family love and hope.

Right now and since last October I stand more with a land I’ve never been to and a people I am not part of than I do my own.
Why?
Because I know right from wrong and lies from truth. I don’t need the social validation that may make me go along with the crowd.

You are not alone
We’re still here. Those with open eyes, arms and hearts.

Am Yisrael Chai

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

More than 250 Jewish students at Columbia have signed this open letter.

If you have 5 minutes today, take the time to read it. Because the sentiments it expresses are what the overwhelming majority of Jewish people feel.

https://t.co/rNJx3bYawx

[Shai Davidai @ShaiDavidai]

Hundreds of Jewish students at @Columbia just published one of the most incredible student letters I have ever read.

It's not only magnificently written, but it also clearly articulates their experiences on campus for the past six months.

Their letter tells the story of what's it like being a Jewish student right now better than any professor like myself could ever do.

Please take 4-5 minutes to read their letter.

Give Jewish students a voice.

https://t.co/nsWNScaoZS

[Alec Borenstein @AlecBorenstein]

As a Columbia alum I am mortified by what is happening right now. This can’t be happening. But this is happening. What is it going to take to stop the madness. When will we all stand up and say enough is enough? This is not peaceful.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

I did a campus tour a couple months back. At Brown and GW, everything went smoothly; at Harvard, some protestors. But nobody anywhere tried to prevent the event from happening. It was only at Columbia that I got word at the last minute that my talk was canceled by the powers that be.

If my experience is indicative, Columbia has been trying to hide from its most rabid students for a long time now.

Columbia's leadership should consult with some of the excellent historians on campus about what happens when you appease radicals. They don't go away. If you don't deal with them, you're enabling them. And that makes you the problem, not them.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

“For Hamas, being Muslim means supporting Hamas, and people who do not support Hamas aren’t Muslims.”

Ala Mohammed Mushtaha’s father refused to deliver a pro-Hamas sermon and now he has been abducted. Read his story, in partnership with @peacecomcenter https://t.co/6UV1YCDaVI

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A must watch for perspective on 10/7 vs 9/11.

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

It was 2 am and IDF soldiers noticed some suspicious movements in the horizon. In a time of war, that would generally mean to open fire. But the IDF, being the IDF, waited and then noticed it was a kid, a 4 year old girl.

She was walking around aimlessly without shoes and with multiple wounds.

The IDF soldiers took her to the field doctor, they treated her wounds and helped her in every way they could.

After they treated her, they brought her to the humanitarian corridor so they can try to locate her family and care for her.

Turns out, the child was sent by Hamas into the heart of a war zone to see if the Israeli soldiers were up and alert.

Their cruelty knows no bounds.

Why don’t you see this story in the press? Good question.

If there was ever a story that illustrates the endlessly savage nature of Hamas and the deeply compassionate nature of the IDF, this is it. 🇮🇱❤️💪

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

🚨 Presidents of @Harvard @MIT and @Penn: “It's OK to call for genocide of Jews” 🤯

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

A social media account posted the following headline: “Globalize the Intifada: Zone of Operations.”

It features a NYC map of largely Jewish organizations to target. It describes Jewish orgs as “the enemy of colonized people.” It calls October 7th “a new chapter of struggle.”

Coded calls for violence against Jews are proliferating on social media.

[Alec Borenstein @AlecBorenstein]

@canarymission @Harvard_Law @Kennedy_School How is this ok in any way?

[Alec Borenstein @AlecBorenstein]

@sentdefender This is not ok.

[Gary Sinyor @garysinyor]

@ArchRose90

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

This video is a 10/10.

Who is she? I want to express my gratitude and admiration for her.

One of the best videos I’ve seen.