Obituary

Remembering Khalil Abu Yahia

The Gazan scholar and activist, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month, believed in the radical potential of solidarity.

Maya Rosen and Erez Bleicher November 6, 2023

Obituary

Remembrances: Michael Sorkin, Helène Aylon, Maurice Berger

Reflections on lives lost to Covid-19.

Samuel Stein, Clare Kinberg, and Ariel Goldberg April 21, 2020

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An Underappreciated Master

Stephen Dixon, who died late last year, was among the most innovative and prolific fiction writers of his generation.

Matthew Petti February 25, 2020

Obituary

Kaddish for David Berman

His albums took up the grand project of Jewishness, to which he came honestly: wrestling with God, playing the stranger.

Arielle Angel and Nathan Goldman August 9, 2019

Obituary

Al Vorspan, 1924-2019: A Portrait in Mentshlikhkayt

Jewish Currents’ editor emeritus remembers the founder of the Religious Action Center.

Lawrence Bush February 25, 2019

Obituary

Uri Avnery, 1923-2018

The lion of Israel’s peace movement has passed away at age 94.

Bennett Muraskin August 21, 2018