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Dispatch
Tea and Solidarity
In the UK, Jews and Indians on the left are joining forces against the right’s Islamophobia and bigotry.
Imogen Rez and Ilyas Nagdee December 11, 2019
Report
Hillel Uses the Pro-Israel Playbook on Socialists
The campus organization’s dispute with Georgia Tech’s YDSA chapter might be a sign of things to come.
Mari Cohen December 10, 2019
Art
Doron Langberg and the New Queer Intimism
An emerging movement in painting depicts everyday queer life with striking intimacy.
Tyler Malone December 9, 2019
Conversation
Understanding Labour’s Antisemitism Crisis
The new British Jewish left is mobilizing to reframe the narrative around antisemitism in Labour.
Arielle Angel December 6, 2019
Essay
Naked Gun
The Instagram stars making military occupation look good.
Sophia Goodfriend December 5, 2019
Analysis
Brexit Is Bad for the Jews
A Labour win is Britain’s best chance of staying in the European Union—a guard against far-right nationalism.
Raphael Magarik December 4, 2019
Conversation
Turning Possibility into Power
Former Israeli Knesset member Dov Khenin discusses how to build political power and pass radical legislation in a right-wing climate.
Libby Lenkinski December 3, 2019
Review
Abortion Without Apology
In her new book, Jenny Brown urges feminists to return to a more radical mode of reproductive rights activism.
Meaghan Winter December 2, 2019
Fiction
Why We Talk in Images
“Marion takes a deep breath; the air shimmers around her, and the floor wobbles under the bed; and Henry and Dot learn that you cannot prepare yourself, in the face of death, for death.”
Will Heinrich November 29, 2019
Dispatch
The ADL Cannot Lead on Civil Rights
At its annual conference, the organization’s Trump-aligned, right-wing Israel advocacy eclipsed its liberal agenda.
Joshua Leifer November 27, 2019
Art
Far Away, Deep Inside
Devra Freelander’s climate conscious works ask: What does it mean to love what you destroy, and to destroy what you love?
Devra Freelander November 26, 2019
Essay
A Springtime of Erasure
A cartoonist reflects on a right-wing smear campaign that summoned the specter of “Degenerate Art.”
Eli Valley November 25, 2019
Report
Poll: Democrats Are Divided on BDS
A new Data for Progress survey shows no consensus for or against boycotting Israel, and many voters remain undecided.
Emma Saltzberg November 22, 2019
Roundtable
Roundtable: The Ethical Response to Birthright
Roundtable
“Reimagine and Reclaim the Concept of Birthright”
Young Jews, regardless of means, should have the opportunity to invest in strengthening our Jewish lives however we see fit.
Michael Zanger-Tishler November 21, 2019
Roundtable
“Responsible Travel in the Region Is Possible”
The anti-occupation movement urgently needs ambassadors who have been on the ground.
Frima “Merphie” Bubis November 21, 2019
Roundtable
“We Had to Meet Our Peers Where They Were”
A defense of IfNotNow’s controversial Birthright walk-offs.
Danielle Raskin November 21, 2019
Roundtable
“Mere Disruption Won’t Alter Birthright’s Agenda”
Going on the trips, even to challenge them, undermines the BDS movement and solidarity with Palestinian activists.
Alex Verman November 21, 2019
Roundtable
“Really See, Not From a Bus Window”
American Jews have a responsibility to visit the West Bank on an alternative trip, meet with Palestinians, and hear their stories.
Sam Bahour November 21, 2019
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Bernie Sanders
Readers respond to the presidential candidate’s op-ed “How to Fight Antisemitism.”
Jewish Currents November 19, 2019
Review
Changing the Climate
Naomi Klein’s new collection provides a historical overview of the last decade—one that charts how far the environmental left has come.
Alex Lubben November 18, 2019
Poetry
Matrilineage
“I guess I will always have to make room for the ancestral / or it will make itself a room in me”
Susannah Sharpless November 15, 2019
Review
Savior Story
The Red Sea Diving Resort treats Ethiopian Jews as hapless victims, rather than political agents.
Hannah Borenstein November 14, 2019
Analysis
Netanyahu’s Last Stand
The embattled prime minister hopes a strike on Gaza will help him form a unity government.
Edo Konrad November 13, 2019
