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Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, 1945 – 2018

Remembering one of American Jewry’s most inspiring activists and writers.

Esther Kaplan, Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark, Donna Nevel, and Alisa Solomon July 17, 2018

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Good Riddance to Anthony Kennedy—Now #PackTheCourts

A bad judge and a worse writer leaves American democracy with a political organizing crisis.

Ian Samuel June 30, 2018

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Roth Versus The Rabbis

“It was presumptuous of you, Rabbi Rackman, to speak of yourself to me as ‘a leader of his people.’ You are not my leader and I can only thank God for it.”

Josh Lambert May 23, 2018

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The Jerusalem Embassy Ceremony Was Liberal Zionism’s Funeral

America and Israel’s Monday celebration made it clear what supporting Israel looks like in practice.

Joshua Leifer May 17, 2018

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Gaza and the Question of Culpability

Hamas did not force Palestinians to march to the fence. Gaza’s desperate situation did.

Noah Kulwin May 16, 2018

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Culturally Muslim

Growing up Pakistani-American, the first time I recognized myself in the world of a novel was when I read Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint.

Shuja Haider April 16, 2018

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Unlearning Woody Allen

It’s a cop-out to say that the heart wants what it wants.

David Klion February 2, 2018

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The Making and Unmaking of the Podhoretz Dynasty

Fifty years after Making It, a neocon’s memoir re-examined.

David Klion December 19, 2017