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Report
Welfare State of Exclusion
Examining the Israeli right’s ambitious program to redefine the body politic by revoking social benefits.
Ben Weinberg January 20, 2020
Report
Israel Is Arresting Undocumented Children
Immigration officials in Israel have begun imprisoning children of undocumented foreign workers along with their parents.
Taly Krupkin January 17, 2020
Poetry
You Arrived
“We said many things in a language woven from silence / under a toppled bell tower.”
Jacques Viau Renaud January 16, 2020
Review
Boundary Issues
Once a wickedly clever saga about a family of dissolute LA Jews, Transparent loved itself to death.
Eric Thurm January 15, 2020
Analysis
The Iran Deal’s Opponents Helped Get Us Here
After the Soleimani strike, Jews must hold our institutions accountable for their role in undermining diplomatic solutions.
David Klion January 14, 2020
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Envisioning Solidarity
Readers respond to the editors’ op-ed on a spate of antisemitic attacks in New York.
Jewish Currents January 14, 2020
Review
The Courage and Cowardice of Vasily Grossman
Stalingrad represents yet another effort by the author to elevate the intimately personal over the anonymously political.
Becca Rothfeld January 13, 2020
Fiction
Father of the Whole World
“So it seemed that I was the only man left in the world.”
Elyash January 10, 2020
How To
How to Give Yourself an Abortion
with pills
Arielle Swernoff January 9, 2020
Dispatch
A Missed Opportunity
New York’s march against antisemitism, meant as a show of unity, instead highlighted the deep fissures between the different American Jewish communities.
Joshua Leifer January 7, 2020
Responsa
Envisioning Solidarity
What would a meaningful response to the recent spate of attacks on Orthodox Jews look like?
The Editors January 6, 2020
Poetry
Ladder
“How does / a story break?”
Tom Haviv January 2, 2020
Office Hours
Leny Strobel
“Do you know the mountain? Do you know the river? Do you know the trees?”
Arielle Korman December 26, 2019
Report
Maccabee Games
The Maccabee Task Force offers free, “progressive” trips to Israel and the West Bank to diverse undergrads. But their aim is to defeat BDS on campus.
Jess Schwalb December 24, 2019
Comic
Hot Jews
“I’ve always struggled to like the way I look.”
Kayla Ginsburg December 23, 2019
Essay
The Homeless Radical
Daniel Bell was the prophet of a failed centrism. By the end of his life, he was revisiting the leftism of his youth.
Jacob Hamburger and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins December 23, 2019
Analysis
Black Antisemitism Is Not Inherently “Left-Wing”
Blaming tragedies like the Jersey City shooting on the left is reductive and dangerous.
Rebecca Pierce December 20, 2019
Report
A New Deal for Chicago’s Jewish Federation
The SEIU Local 73 bargaining team—representing therapists, teachers, nurses, dining service workers, and more—has won a contract that will dramatically improve working conditions.
Mari Cohen December 19, 2019
Conversation
Steve Bannon’s Starring Role
Errol Morris is unapologetic about putting the white supremacist figurehead on the big screen.
Matthew Miles Goodrich December 18, 2019
Report
Too Close for Comfort
Young Jewish leftists are inspired by Bernie Sanders. Older ones find him painfully familiar.
Joshua Leifer December 17, 2019
Memoir
Immersion
Finding strength in brokenness after a traumatic trip to Israel
Kathleen Rice-Guter December 16, 2019
Analysis
Contextualizing the Jersey City Shooting
Despite their antisemitic beliefs, the killers may have more in common with typical mass shooters than with white nationalists.
Alex Yablon December 13, 2019
Poetry
Two Poems
“My cells are radicalizing. I obscure them with a crown.”
Simon Crafts December 13, 2019
Analysis
The Real Target of Trump’s Executive Order
Jews are understandably anxious, but the main threat is toward pro-Palestine activists.
Joshua Leifer December 12, 2019
