Report
Birthright Israel and #MeToo
April 18, 2018Sarah Seltzer
Jewish Currents spoke with more than 50 Birthright Israel participants and staffers about their experiences with the often-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel. Here is what we found.
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Essay
On an Emerging Diasporism
April 16, 2018Jacob Plitman
The simultaneous crises of the Trump presidency in America and the ongoing rightward radicalization of Israel are fueling a Diasporic revival. Where might it take us?
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Essay
Culturally Muslim
April 16, 2018Shuja Haider
Growing up Pakistani-American, the first time I recognized myself in the world of a novel was when I read Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint.
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Fiction
Of All Places
April 16, 2018Maia Ipp
“I have the answer I give and the answer I don’t give.”
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One Year of
Jewish Currents
Dispatch
A Guerilla Workshop on Pinkwashing
April 16, 2018Emily Strauss
A dispatch from an organizer: in the organized LGBTQ community, Jews and Muslims demand discussion of Israel/Palestine.
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Critique
Unlearning Woody Allen
February 1, 2018David Klion
It’s a cop-out to say that the heart wants what it wants. We have to ask ourselves who taught the heart what it wants, and whether it’s capable of wanting something more.
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