ARTS

David Mamet

Playwright

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet kept hammering at American Jewish complacency in 2025. In May, he published a blistering essay in the Jewish Journal warning Jewish parents against sending their children to Ivy League schools that tolerate antisemitism, calling it "an act of sacrifice" akin to Warsaw Jews surrendering their guns. In December, writing for UnHerd around Chanukah, the 77-year-old recalled being frisked at Sydney's Great Synagogue and delivered his trademark bluntness: "Jew Hatred isn't caused by Jews...It's not a hatred of Jews, but a love of hatred." The iconoclast behind "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Untouchables" continued his pattern of showing up when the chips are down—having previously visited Israel during conflicts in 2002, 2014, and 2024. His message remained consistent: American Jews traded the Torah for The New York Times, and denial won't save them from those who hate them anyway.