Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, 1945 – 2018
Remembering one of American Jewry’s most inspiring activists and writers.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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On an Emerging Diasporism
The simultaneous crises of the Trump presidency in America and the ongoing rightward radicalization of Israel are fueling a Diasporic revival. Where might it take us?
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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.
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The Making and Unmaking of the Podhoretz Dynasty
Fifty years after Making It, a neocon's memoir re-examined.
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