Poll: Democratic Voters Support Cutting Aid to Israel
A new report from Data for Progress shows that there’s room for the primary candidates to move left.
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Am I a Jew or a Pole?
“Quietly, he whispered in my ear, ‘Assimilation has gone bankrupt.'”
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Standing Up to Likud’s Voter Suppression
Raluca Ganea discusses the role of grassroots activism in Israel’s flailing democracy.
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The Making of Andy Ngo
The right-wing provocateur’s grift exposing “the tyranny of the left” worked—until it didn’t.
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Hope Wrapped in Barbed Wire
Israeli author Etgar Keret discusses translation, mixing pathos with humor, and his new book of short stories, Fly Already.
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The Ecological War on Gaza
Israel’s use of herbicides on the border with Gaza has killed crops on the Palestinian side.
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Shirley Wegner’s Unsettled Landscapes
In Wegner’s photographs, we are looking not at historic events but at collective memories.
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Yiddish Fiddler’s Unseen Triumphs
Fidler afn Dakh opens new possibilities for reading the iconic play, but it’s not clear who’s noticing.
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There’s No Such Thing as “Free Speech”
Writer P.E. Moskowitz discusses how the left can take back the “technology” of free speech.
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