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History
New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
Miriam Karpilove June 4, 2019
Poetry
CHAPTER XXII
In an erasure poem from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a trans poet confronts the book’s disdain for femininity.
Chase Berggrun May 31, 2019
Essay
Hebrew Schools Are Failing Jewish Kids
Pro-Israel propaganda has supplanted a meaningful Jewish education.
Elena Gormley May 29, 2019
Office Hours
Dorothy Zellner
“You can spit in the soup.”
Naomi Dann May 28, 2019
Dispatch
Protesters Shut Down Pro-Palestine Event
A commemoration of the Nakba in Queens was canceled over threats.
Alex Kane May 23, 2019
Report
Queens DA Candidate Has a Free Speech Blind Spot
Rory Lancman, campaigning to be the borough’s top cop, thinks BDS should be illegal.
Sam Adler-Bell May 22, 2019
Conversation
Catastrophic Love
Hadar Ahuvia’s new show explores the language of Zionism’s folk dances in order to face the Nakba.
Svetlana Kitto May 22, 2019
Review
The Lives of Animals in Wartime
Penny Johnson’s book argues that thinking about the suffering of animals under occupation can actually reveal a great deal about humanity.
Colin Dickey May 20, 2019
Office Hours
David Gilbert
Treyf Podcast interviews the Weather Underground activist.
Sam Bick and David Zinman May 17, 2019
Analysis
Doomed to Repeat It
The case against Iran in 2019 looks a lot like the case against Iraq in 2002.
Noah Kulwin May 16, 2019
Essay
The Forward’s “Both Sides” Approach Has Failed
How an editor’s handling of the Omar controversy alienated Jews of color.
Nylah Burton May 15, 2019
Conversation
An Optimist Signs Off
An exit interview with Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston.
Naomi Zeveloff May 14, 2019
Poetry
Six Lines
A mournful post-war poem by Aaron Zeitlin, translated by Miranda Cooper.
Aaron Zeitlin May 13, 2019
Essay
The Sabbath, an Island in Time, Under Attack
Finding solace in ritual after Poway and Pittsburgh.
Jonah S. Boyarin May 10, 2019
Essay
Complex Inheritances
A trans interpretation of the story of Jacob and Esau.
Joy Ladin May 9, 2019
Essay
The Electoral College Erases the Jewish Vote
Worse, it allows a more conservative minority of Jews to stand for the whole community.
Aaron Freedman May 8, 2019
Dispatch
Running the Palestine Marathon
An unanticipated window into the lives of Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
Jen Marlowe May 6, 2019
Essay
The Lethal Antisemitism of “Cultural Marxism”
A right-wing conspiracy theory has once again proved deadly.
Noah Berlatsky May 3, 2019
Essay
Paying to Work: On the Student/Worker Distinction
The universities have a vested interest in overdetermining the distinction between student and worker.
Hailey Huget May 2, 2019
Conversation
Undercover with New York Nazis
An interview with an activist who spent three months infiltrating the alt-right.
Michael McCanne May 1, 2019
Comic
Bayla’s No Show
Bayla and her therapist discuss what to do about Bayla’s floundering art career.
Hinda Avery April 30, 2019
Essay
Call It By Its Name
The right is scapegoating the left for its own deadly antisemitism.
Noah Kulwin April 30, 2019
History
Our White Supremacy Problem
Exposing the roots of intra-Jewish prejudice
Devin E. Naar April 29, 2019
Report
Netanyahu Cozies Up to Brazil’s Far-Right President
Bolsonaro’s Holocaust revisionism is no big deal for Israel’s leader.
Raphael Tsavkko Garcia April 26, 2019
