Conversation
Conversation
Listening to Wampanoag Law
jessie little doe baird of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe discusses what’s at stake this week in the federal ruling regarding the tribe’s land and sovereignty.
Ray Levy-Uyeda May 5, 2020
Conversation
The Yiddishist Neocon
Nancy Sinkoff discusses her new biography of Lucy S. Dawidowicz, a Holocaust historian whose role in the neoconservative movement is often forgotten.
Hadas Binyamini April 23, 2020
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A Conversation with Mikołaj Grynberg
“I think the figure of the Jew is always used in times of crisis.”
Sean Gasper Bye April 21, 2020
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A Vote for the Fire
Malcolm Harris, the author of the new essay collection Shit Is Fucked Up and Bullshit, reflects on a long, dystopian decade.
Joshua Simon March 27, 2020
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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
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From Bad to Worse
Ghada Majadle of Physicians for Human Rights fears that Israel’s restrictive policies could exacerbate the effects of a coronavirus outbreak in the West Bank and Gaza.
Alex Kane March 20, 2020
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The Militarization of Quarantine
Eyal Weizman, director of the interdisciplinary research agency Forensic Architecture, discusses state responses to the Covid-19 crisis and how the “state of exception” might become the norm.
Rosa Schwartzburg March 20, 2020
Conversation
The Polish Government’s War on Jewish History
Dariusz Stola, former head of Poland’s Jewish museum, discusses the far-right national politics that ousted him from his position.
Emma Saltzberg March 2, 2020
Conversation
Ocean Hill-Brownsville and the Myth of “Black Antisemitism”
The co-producers of the new podcast School Colors discuss how a narrative of Black–Jewish conflict overshadowed an important example of community control of schools.
Leo Ferguson February 12, 2020
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An Unserious Man
The Jewish Currents editorial staff reflects on Uncut Gems.
The Editors January 23, 2020
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Punching Postwar Nazis
Daniel Sonabend discusses the lost history and legacy of the 43 Group—a post-World War II association of British Jewish antifascist fighters.
Mari Cohen January 21, 2020
Conversation
Steve Bannon’s Starring Role
Errol Morris is unapologetic about putting the white supremacist figurehead on the big screen.
Matthew Miles Goodrich December 18, 2019
Conversation
Understanding Labour’s Antisemitism Crisis
The new British Jewish left is mobilizing to reframe the narrative around antisemitism in Labour.
Arielle Angel December 6, 2019
Conversation
Turning Possibility into Power
Former Israeli Knesset member Dov Khenin discusses how to build political power and pass radical legislation in a right-wing climate.
Libby Lenkinski December 3, 2019
Conversation
Best-Case Scenario
Jewish Currents interviews the authors of A Planet to Win
about the radical potential of the Green New Deal.
Jewish Currents November 12, 2019
Conversation
“Our Solidarity Will Defeat White Nationalism”
Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc, describes getting arrested protesting Trump in Pittsburgh a year after the massacre.
David Klion October 30, 2019
Conversation
Fighting for Rojava
A Jewish American anarchist who fought alongside the Kurds against ISIS reflects on his experiences and the current state of the region.
Michael McCanne October 29, 2019
Conversation
Naming the Dead
Novelist Maaza Mengiste discusses the erasure of women’s war stories, photography as a weapon of subjugation, and her new book, The Shadow King.
Lauren Goldenberg October 17, 2019
Conversation
The Exorcist
Collaborators Aaron Henne and Erith Jaffe-Berg discuss theatre dybbuk’s new performance about a Jewish descent into Hell.
Leora Blum October 8, 2019
Conversation
Becoming Yigal Amir
Director Yaron Zilberman and actor Yehuda Nahari Halevi discuss their new film, Incitement, which reckons with the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Corey Atad October 2, 2019
Conversation
Standing Up to Likud’s Voter Suppression
Raluca Ganea discusses the role of grassroots activism in Israel’s flailing democracy.
Libby Lenkinski September 12, 2019
Conversation
Hope Wrapped in Barbed Wire
Israeli author Etgar Keret discusses translation, mixing pathos with humor, and his new book of short stories, Fly Already.
Bradley Babendir September 5, 2019
Conversation
There’s No Such Thing as “Free Speech”
Writer P.E. Moskowitz discusses how the left can take back the “technology” of free speech.
Sophia Steinert-Evoy August 21, 2019
Conversation
Know Your “Enemy”
Ethiopian Israeli organizer Avi Yalou discusses the usefulness of the occupation to maintaining oppressive systems within Israel.
Libby Lenkinski August 19, 2019
