Jewish Currents

Report

A Hebrew Teacher Called Herself an Anti-Zionist. She Was Fired.

A complaint arguing that a Reform synagogue violated New York labor law could point toward a new strategy for Palestinian rights advocates.

Isaac Scher January 25, 2022

Newsletter

The Club Recreates the Ladino-Speaking World of Jewish Istanbul

The Netflix series punctures Turkey’s official narratives to present a more complicated and realistic picture.

Nesi Altaras January 21, 2022

Poetry

Demiurge

“Don’t make universes out of nothing / Use what’s there– take it easy, but take it”

manuel arturo abreu January 21, 2022

Newsletter

Israeli Forces Kill Two Elderly Palestinians in Two Weeks

The latest victims of the occupation include a US citizen and a revered nonviolent activist.

Elisheva Goldberg January 20, 2022

Newsletter

Surviving Yet Another Prison Quarantine

Every Covid lockdown means losing the few privileges that make incarceration more bearable.

Christopher Blackwell January 14, 2022

Conversation

A Logic of Elimination

Historian Lorenzo Veracini discusses settler colonialism, Zionism, and decolonial futures.

Abe Silberstein January 11, 2022

Poetry

sol(ace) song

“few things we sojourners / have shaped contain so much space —”

Evie Shockley January 7, 2022

Newsletter

We’re Still Living Through the Aftermath of January 6th

The Capitol Riot was an extreme manifestation of the right’s decades-long efforts to subvert democracy.

David Klion January 6, 2022

Newsletter

A Brooklyn Rally Against Antisemitism Offers Right-Wing Solutions

After a Jewish man was attacked for wearing an IDF hoodie, demonstrators responded with calls for more cops.

Alex Kane January 5, 2022

Newsletter

Desmond Tutu’s Lifelong Struggle Against Apartheid

South Africa’s moral leader frequently clashed with Israel and the American Jewish establishment.

Alex Kane December 29, 2021

Analysis

Republicans’ Revealing Arguments Against the Islamophobia Envoy

The antisemitism envoy is exactly what congressional Republicans fear the Islamophobia envoy could become: a threat to free speech.

Peter Beinart December 29, 2021

Letter from the Editors

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The Editors December 27, 2021

Newsletter

Columbia Grad Students Are Close to Victory—But Some Issues Remain Unresolved

The largest labor action in the country has the potential to transform higher education.

Arielle Isack December 24, 2021

Newsletter

AIPAC’s New PACs Signal a Strategic Shift

Washington’s flagship Israel lobby is turning to a more explicit fundraising model.

Alex Kane December 22, 2021

Analysis

“Pro-Israel” Pundits Don’t Talk About Israel

Many of the hawkish commentators frequently described as Israel experts show surprisingly little interest in the on-the-ground reality in the state they admire.

Peter Beinart December 20, 2021

Newsletter

An Archive of the Present

A conversation with scholar Gil Z. Hochberg about the limits and potential of the archive

Hazem Fahmy December 17, 2021

Poetry

From Migrations

“and there was something beloved in the days and in the memory of the days / and it took me my whole life to wake up”

Gloria Gervitz December 17, 2021

Review

Survivor’s Guilt

In his Novi Sad trilogy of post-Holocaust fictions, the Serbian novelist Aleksandar Tišma examines the psychologically warping effects of antisemitism.

Jess Bergman December 14, 2021