Markdown Content: Bret Stephens built his career advocating for American military interventions abroad, but now the Pulitzer Prize-winning _New York Times_ columnist is telling Jews to retreat inward and abandon the institutions that have defined Jewish advocacy for a century.
There is an unmistakable anxiety in Bret Stephens’s recent public appearances. The Jewish columnist who once radiated confidence while calling for American military interventions across the Middle East now speaks with the urgency of a man watching the ground shift beneath his feet. On February 1, 2026, standing before an audience at Manhattan’s [92nd Street Y](https://www.92ny.org/event/the-state-of-world-jewry-address-with-bret-stephens) to deliver the [46th annual “Sta...
