Author Archives: Isaac Brosilow
Finding Jewish Community in Tattoos
An interview with Toronto-based tattoo artist Joey Nicholson.
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The Skokie March That Wasn’t
How radical activists took on the Jewish establishment, the cops, and the Nazis.
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“What does Vietnam have to do with Tisha B’Av?”
Most Jews who observe Tisha B'Av spend it mourning in synagogue. In 1972, this group spent the holiday in the streets—presaging today's era of political ritual.
Read MoreProtocols of the Youths of Zion
A new and forceful Jewish magazine debuts by Isaac Brosilow THE EVENTS OF THE LAST YEAR have brought many Jewish people into a new proximity not only with their Jewish identity, but with antisemitism. Perhaps strangely, the routine attacks on immigrants, destructions of Jewish cemeteries, and mainstreaming of ultra-nationalist politicians have added new dimensions to […]
Read MoreMyron Perlman, Z”L, a Founder of the Chutzpah Collective
by Isaac Brosilow MYRON PERLMAN, a longtime Chicago organizer and activist, died of a heart attack on December 19th.
Read MoreJewish Anarchists on Solidarity, Tradition, and that Goyishe Thanksgiving
by Isaac Brosilow A year ago, activists blockaded a railroad in Port of Olympia, Washington, to stop shipments of materials used in the fracking process as they make their way to the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota. The action was in solidarity with Standing Rock, and lasted for a week before people were evicted by […]
Read MoreThis Year’s Forward 50 Was A Gift to Trump Supporters
by Isaac Brosilow AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL “Forward 50” list of influential individuals, the Forward – America’s largest Jewish publication – last week featured several far-right political figures destructive to American politics, and particularly minority life in our country. By featuring Islamophobic and racist individuals, the Forward, once a Jewish socialist paper, abandons its critical role in representing American Jewish […]
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