Unknown to most people alive today, Bennett Cerf was at one point one of the most famous people in America. Cerf, who co-founded the publishing firm Random House, was a columnist, best-selling author, and regular participant on CBS's What's My Line? He was also, despite his WASPy name, a Jew.

Many of the major publishing houses were founded by Jews. Besides Random House, there were also Simon & Schuster, Knopf, and Viking, among others. Cerf named his company Random House in part to avoid a Jewish-sounding name but also because he planned to publish Modern Library classics and other books "at random."

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With the departure of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, we've now reached what can be called an actual Cabinet shakeup. Over the past six weeks, we've seen the resignation of Kristi Noemfrom the Department of Homeland Security, Pam Bondi from the Department of Justice, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer from the Department of Labor. When we include the departure of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary and Secretary of the Navy (once a Cabinet-level position) John Phelan, it is clear the Trump administration is in the midst of an appointee overhaul.

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Political violence is on the rise. That in itself is a concern, but perhaps more worrisome is the reaction to that violence. Enter National Review's Noah Rothman, who has been writing about left-wing political violence long before Luigi Mangione murdered insurance executive Brian Thompson, the 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk, or the three assassination attempts against President Donald Trump.

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Whenever my wife mentions that she is nervous about forgetting to pack something before a trip in the U.S., I tell her, "This is America. We can buy anything we need when we get there." This may be true in the 21st century. In his stirring new book, This Vast Enterprise, historian Craig Fehrman explains just how untrue this was for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson directed them to find out whether there was a passage to the Pacific Ocean via the Missouri River.

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As part of of America's semiquincentennial, President Trump has formally encouraged American Jews to take a national Sabbath this weekend. This presidential proclamation recognizes the longstanding and deeply valued Jewish presence in America.

Mr. Trump isn't the first president to acknowledge America's Jewish community. In his letter to the Jews of Newport, George Washington welcomed "the children of the stock of Abraham," and gave them a biblically rooted assurance that "everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid." He also declared the U.S. "gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance."

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