Jewish Currents

Report

Jamaal Bowman’s Trip to Israel Sparks Debate in DSA Over Electoral Strategy

The congressman’s divergence from DSA’s line on Israel/Palestine has led the socialist group to reexamine its approach to endorsements.

Alex Kane December 7, 2021

Analysis

The Politically Expedient Jewishness of Éric Zemmour

For the new standard bearer of the French far right, Jewish identity provides cover for Islamophobia, racism, and antisemitism.

Mitchell Abidor and Miguel Lago December 6, 2021

Newsletter

The Bard of Ambivalence

A playlist for Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021

Max Freedman December 3, 2021

Newsletter

The Gaps in Our Stories

A conversation with Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan on her new graphic novel, Tunnels.

Abraham Riesman December 2, 2021

Photo Essay

Travesty Show

An illustrated correspondence

Nicholas Muellner and Helen Betya Rubinstein November 30, 2021

Conversation

Meir Kahane’s Long Shadow

The far-right activist and politician died in disgrace, but Shaul Magid’s new book argues that his ideas have shaped mainstream American Judaism.

Raphael Magarik November 24, 2021

Review

The Making of Satmar Williamsburg

In a new history of the Hasidic “fortress in Brooklyn,” a community’s struggle for the right to the city is not always waged in the common interest.

Samuel Stein November 23, 2021

Feature

The Long Reach of Restraint

For Israel’s Supreme Court, to exercise power might be to lose it.

Elisheva Goldberg November 22, 2021

Newsletter

Outside the Text

Sylvère Lotringer, who died last week, brought together French theorists, punk writers, and political insurrectionists through the avant-garde press Semiotext(e).

James Duesterberg November 19, 2021

Newsletter

The Right to Boycott Is Under Attack

The director of the new documentary Boycott discusses the high stakes of the legal fight against anti-BDS legislation.

Mari Cohen November 18, 2021

Review

Bad Education

In The Loneliest Americans, Jay Caspian Kang suggests that for Asian Americans, the process of political consciousness raising has gone terribly wrong.

Zoe Hu November 17, 2021

Report

George Washington University Employees Offered Support to Palestinian Students. Now They Say They’re Paying the Price.

After criticizing “Israeli apartheid” and offering a processing space to Palestinian students in June, a campus office has been prevented from serving its regular functions, according to a civil rights complaint.

Alex Kane November 16, 2021

Review

Trick of the Light

In a film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s Passing, racial passing is about seeing as much as being seen.

Adrienne Brown November 15, 2021

Poetry

Ode to the Security Woman

“The security woman / rubbed on my pussy / like it was Aladdin’s lamp”

Mona Kareem November 12, 2021

Newsletter

Will Politico’s New Owner Allow Criticism of Israel?

German media giant Axel Springer demands that its employees support Israel, capitalism, and NATO.

David Klion November 12, 2021

Report

It Is Impossible to “Shrink the Conflict”

The Israeli government cannot significantly improve Palestinian lives without granting them basic rights.

Peter Beinart November 11, 2021

Photo Essay

Portraits of Resistance in Masafer Yatta

Israel’s Supreme Court will soon decide the case of the residents of Masafer Yatta, who have lived for decades under the threat of displacement by the military.

Emily Glick November 10, 2021