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Responsa
Days of Rest
On anti-work politics and the meaning of Shabbat
The Editors
January 17, 2023

Letter from the Editors
2022 at Jewish Currents
A look back at our work this year.
The Editors
December 22, 2022

Letter from the Editors
2021 at Jewish Currents
The Editors
December 27, 2021

Newsletter
Contextualizing the Crisis in Israel/Palestine
A selection of our articles from the past few years.
The Editors
May 18, 2021

Responsa
How Not to Fight Antisemitism
By appropriating the right’s strategy on antisemitism, the Jewish left has trapped itself in an empty discourse—and a counterproductive pose of victimhood.
The Editors
April 5, 2021

Conversation
Siege Mentality
The Jewish Currents editorial staff discusses what the Capitol putsch means for the right and the left.
The Editors
January 12, 2021

Letter from the Editors
Jewish Currents 2020 Year in Review
A look back at the work we published this year that made the biggest impact.
The Editors
December 28, 2020

Responsa
Justice You Shall Pursue
The religious tenor of public mourning for RBG reveals a conflation of Jewishness with American liberalism, which forecloses the possibility of reckoning with either.
The Editors
October 9, 2020

Responsa
The Struggle Begins at Home
Reimagining housing as the ground shifts under our feet
The Editors
September 29, 2020

Conversation
A Pickle-Shaped Void
The Jewish Currents editorial staff falls into a vat of brine.
The Editors
August 11, 2020

Conversation
Rest, Build, and Fight
The Jewish Currents editorial staff discusses how its relationship to work and political struggle is shifting in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Editors
March 25, 2020

Conversation
An Unserious Man
The Jewish Currents editorial staff reflects on Uncut Gems.
The Editors
January 23, 2020

Responsa
Envisioning Solidarity
What would a meaningful response to the recent spate of attacks on Orthodox Jews look like?
The Editors
January 6, 2020