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Dispatch
My Prison Is Still Flouting Public Health Guidelines
In a Washington State prison, masks are scarce, and guards don’t follow the rules.
Christopher Blackwell December 17, 2020
Review
Suburban Legends
Jason Diamond’s The Sprawl is a useful reminder that there is no single story to tell about the American suburbs.
Nora Caplan-Bricker December 14, 2020
Poetry
Untitled
“In my journey looking for / where Time went, / I spent half of my life.”
Dunya Mikhail December 11, 2020
Report
Jewish Federations Urge Biden to Promote Controversial Definition of Antisemitism
The IHRA definition, already used by the Trump administration to adjudicate civil rights cases, has drawn criticism for suppressing pro-Palestinian activism.
Mari Cohen December 10, 2020
Feature
The Rise and Fall of the Coops
The Bronx cooperative was a communist utopia, until it wasn’t.
Avi Garelick and Andrew Schustek December 7, 2020
Editorial
Selective Memory
Throughout the Trump presidency, the American Jewish establishment’s focus on policing Holocaust analogies undermined efforts to hold the president accountable for stoking white nationalism.
Rebecca Pierce December 4, 2020
Conversation
“Almost the Complete Opposite of Fascism”
A conversation with Corey Robin on the surprisingly weak presidency of Donald Trump
David Klion December 4, 2020
Review
A Little Bit Nazi
Yishai Sarid’s new novel, The Memory Monster, is a bleak, brilliant reckoning with Israeli Holocaust memorialization.
Mitchell Abidor December 3, 2020
How To
How to Organize Your Building
A guide to tenant organizing: the first step toward forcing a landlord to patch a roof, or negotiating a lower rent increase, or stopping the eviction and displacement of your neighborhood’s residents.
Rose Lenehan and Tracy Rosenthal November 30, 2020
Analysis
The Tragedy of Jeremy Corbyn
Corbyn’s leadership augured a new era of left ascendancy in the UK. Instead, it has ended with the left badly defeated and bitterly divided.
Joshua Leifer November 27, 2020
Poetry
Thank god your horrors outweigh your manners.
“You cannot adequately light a black thought.”
Justin Phillip Reed November 27, 2020
Analysis
Obama and the Israel Lobby
In his new memoir, the former president subtly reveals how AIPAC stymied his administration.
Peter Beinart November 25, 2020
Report
Will Biden Undo Trump’s Disastrous Legacy on Israel/Palestine?
The new president-elect has the authority to do so. It’s unclear whether he’ll use it.
Mairav Zonszein November 24, 2020
Photo Essay
Mask Messages
A mask requirement expands prisoners’ opportunities for personal expression.
Christopher Blackwell November 19, 2020
Review
Shelter in Place
Malicroix—a 1948 French novel about a man who has isolated himself in a house to fulfill the strange terms of his inheritance—resonates uncannily with our contemporary experience of quarantine.
Bridget Bergin November 16, 2020
Poetry
Household of Eight
“When it’s night / And they go to bed, / Mother begins / To wish she were dead.”
Avrom Reyzen November 13, 2020
Responsa
Democrats Can’t Win Without the Left
Leftists recognize the need to work in coalition with liberals to fight the right. It’s time for liberals to reciprocate.
Mari Cohen November 13, 2020
Report
Road to Nowhere
Israel’s Arab citizens fight for an address.
Elisheva Goldberg November 10, 2020
Photo Essay
“It’s Never Over”
Seniors, pushed to the brink by Covid-19, are at the forefront of the fight for a Homes Guarantee.
Yana Kunichoff and Kelly Viselman November 5, 2020
Conversation
Oedipal Riot
Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 includes glimpses of the real, drained of ideological significance.
Jewish Currents and Friends November 3, 2020
Letters to the Editor
On “Israel’s Repressive Diplomacy”
A representative letter to Peter Beinart, and Beinart’s response
Jewish Currents November 3, 2020
Memoir
At Hutto
A lawyer reflects on his experience meeting with asylum seekers in a Texas detention center to prepare them for their credible fear interviews.
Michael Lieberman November 2, 2020
Poetry
Beys
“The history of our houses is a history of dissolution, like vows on Kol Nidre”
Anthony Russell October 30, 2020
Analysis
Are 95% of Jews Really Zionists?
Polls of American Jewish opinion on Israel may not be asking the right questions.
Caroline Morganti October 29, 2020
