Conversation Archives – Jewish Currents

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A Pickle-Shaped Void

August 11, 2020 The Editors

The Jewish Currents editorial staff falls into a vat of brine.

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An Act of Pure Presence

July 31, 2020 Joshua Cohen

Justin Taylor discusses his new memoir, writing about his father, and depression as a failure of narrative.

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Till Bibi Goes Home

July 28, 2020 Mairav Zonszein

An activist in Israel’s anti-Netanyahu protests discusses the movement to unseat the prime minister.

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Q & A with Peter Beinart

July 10, 2020 David Klion

Our editor-at-large discusses the background of his essay on the end of the two-state solution, and responds to its critics.

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Communal Money

June 30, 2020 Abraham Riesman

Amy Schiller discusses the limits of “scientific philanthropy,” and how money can be a tool toward collective power-sharing.

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Vexed Solidarities

June 24, 2020 Helen Betya Rubinstein

Cathy Park Hong discusses the insidiousness of American success narratives, white shame, and the difficulty of defining Asian America.

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Changing the Haredi Discourse

June 19, 2020 Libby Lenkinski

Israeli activist Pnina Pfeuffer discusses her efforts to transform Haredi communities from within—and the failures of communal leadership during the pandemic.

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Electoral Limbo

June 18, 2020 Madeleine Schwartz

A roundtable on the elections delayed or canceled around the world because of Covid-19, and their implications for already-frayed democratic institutions.

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Stealing Away in America

June 10, 2020 Zoé Samudzi

Vicky Osterweil, author of the forthcoming book In Defense of Looting, discusses the ways that looting contests the racial capitalist logics at the heart of American empire.