Attack of the Clones
Eli Valley illustrates the fracas over Natalie Portman's decision to avoid the Genesis Prize ceremony.
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With a Nod to ’68, Columbia Grad Students Strike
Fifty years after the student occupation, Columbia's graduate union goes to the picket line in its fight for recognition.
Read MorePoland’s New Holocaust Law Is Bad, But Not the Worst
The law is an overreaction to some common mischaracterizations of Poland’s role in the Holocaust, but it's far from the worst example of legal revisionism in Europe.
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The Kremlin Ball
Ex-fascist diplomat Curzio Malaparte's masterpiece blends the real, the improbable, and the impossible in Soviet Russia.
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Birthright Israel and #MeToo
Jewish Currents spoke with more than 50 Birthright Israel participants and staffers about their experiences with the often-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel. Here is what we found.
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The Homeless: Disparaged and Scorned
Actually, we don’t have the slightest idea what the homeless need.
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Revolutionary Bandits
A new history of the revolutionary criminals who rejected any possibility of revolution coming from the degraded masses—and turned their revolt into an individualistic one.
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(Re)Writing Remembrance
Two grandchildren of Holocaust survivors exchange letters on making art and meaning from the Holocaust.
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A Guerilla Workshop on Pinkwashing
In the organized LGBTQ community, Jews and Muslims demand discussion of Israel/Palestine.
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Of All Places
Desire, boxing, prayer, and the Holocaust remembered. Bold fiction set in contemporary Berlin by Maia Ipp.
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