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“narcotized rage / is all the rage”

In Lod and other so-called “mixed” cities, recent violence stems in part from the presence of religious Zionist groups that have transposed the settler movement’s methods back inside the Green Line.

The ADL is reporting a surge in antisemitic incidents. But confirming a spike in hate crimes is a notoriously difficult task.

Three recent books reveal the potential—and the limits—of apocalyptic thinking.

Days after progressive legislators attempted to block the sale, the administration quietly granted the export license.

The author reflects on the experience of giving her grandparents haircuts amid the pandemic.

Fayrouz Sharqawi, director of the Jerusalem-based organization Grassroots Al-Quds, discusses emerging forms of mobilization across Palestine.

Violence in Israel’s Jewish–Arab cities is an attack on the already fragile fabric of joint life.

Jewish Currents staff discuss whether it’s worthwhile to focus on changing Jewish American public opinion on Israel/Palestine. Plus: How to talk to your family.

The resolution is a rebuke of the Biden administration’s Middle East policy, and a stark signal of progressive Democrats’ anger over Israel’s punishing assault on Gaza.

A selection of our articles from the past few years.

Reckoning with the ongoing Palestinian catastrophe means giving the land back.

An interview with Rep. Betty McCollum, author of a bill that would restrict US military aid in support of the occupation.

We asked our readers what they needed to know about the situation in Israel/Palestine. Our staff is compiling a developing set of answers to the most commonly asked questions.

A reckoning with the events of 1948, when the American Jewish Communist left—and the magazine that later became Jewish Currents—abandoned the idea of a single state in Palestine with equal rights for all.

Given our history, how can Jews deny another people the right to return to their homeland?

Jehad al-Saftawi’s photographs in My Gaza make up an intimate archive of daily life amid destruction.

In France, Jewish suffering has become the excuse for a “tough on crime” politics that endangers marginalized groups while doing nothing to protect Jews.

For the first time, the liberal Jewish lobby is placing advocacy for restricting military aid to Israel front and center.

Will Kafka’s work survive the distorted representations made in his name?

Readers respond to the editors’ responsa on trends in left strategies for fighting antisemitism and building power.

On loss

A new wave of legislation seeks to enshrine an evangelical understanding of the gender binary and exclude transness from the public sphere.

The close of the Trump era finds the millennial anti-occupation group at a crossroads.