Benjamin Kerstein

Benjamin Kerstein is an Israeli-American writer and editor who is currently a fellow at the Z3 Institute. His book Self Defense: A Jewish Manifesto was published on Oct. 16, 2025.

In 2024, he received the Louis Rapaport Award for Excellence in Commentary from the American Jewish Press Association.

Michael J. Totten, the prize-winning author of The Road to Fatima Gate, has called him "one of the finest American-Israeli authors of his generation."

Jay Nordlinger of National Review has referred to his work as "some of the most intelligent, clearest, most honest writing I have read in a long time."