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Morality, Fate, Faith, Freedom: Reasons to Revisit Bernard Malamud
“Can a writer write for all men from a position of minority? Malamud’s work convinces me.”
Nellie Hermann October 8, 2018
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The DOJ Fired Me For Protesting Family Separation. I Don’t Regret It.
Speaking truth to power is necessary to force political change.
Allison Hrabar October 2, 2018
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Writing About the Present: Mirror, Body, Shadow
An essay from Joshua Cohen’s new collection, Attention: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction.
Joshua Cohen August 27, 2018
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Jeffrey Goldberg Doesn’t Speak for the Jews
The editor of The Atlantic represents the failure of the liberal establishment.
David Klion August 2, 2018
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Art in a State of Emergency
What is the artist’s responsibility in a time of political crisis?
Arielle Angel July 31, 2018
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“What does Vietnam have to do with Tisha B’Av?”
Most Jews who observe Tisha B’Av spend it mourning in synagogue. In 1972, this group spent the holiday in the streets—presaging today’s era of political ritual.
Isaac Brosilow July 26, 2018
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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
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