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Welfare State of Exclusion

Examining the Israeli right’s ambitious program to redefine the body politic by revoking social benefits.

Ben Weinberg January 20, 2020

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Israel Is Arresting Undocumented Children

Immigration officials in Israel have begun imprisoning children of undocumented foreign workers along with their parents.

Taly Krupkin January 17, 2020

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Maccabee Games

The Maccabee Task Force offers free, “progressive” trips to Israel and the West Bank to diverse undergrads. But their aim is to defeat BDS on campus.

Jess Schwalb December 24, 2019

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A New Deal for Chicago’s Jewish Federation

The SEIU Local 73 bargaining team—representing therapists, teachers, nurses, dining service workers, and more—has won a contract that will dramatically improve working conditions.

Mari Cohen December 19, 2019

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Too Close for Comfort

Young Jewish leftists are inspired by Bernie Sanders. Older ones find him painfully familiar.

Joshua Leifer December 17, 2019

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Hillel Uses the Pro-Israel Playbook on Socialists

The campus organization’s dispute with Georgia Tech’s YDSA chapter might be a sign of things to come.

Mari Cohen December 10, 2019

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Poll: Democrats Are Divided on BDS

A new Data for Progress survey shows no consensus for or against boycotting Israel, and many voters remain undecided.

Emma Saltzberg November 22, 2019

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How Jewish Organizations Are Responding to the Kurdish Crisis

Jews and Kurds share histories of exile and persecution, but the US and Israel’s geopolitical interests complicate solidarity.

Daniel Boguslaw November 4, 2019

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From the Ashes of the Old

Can DSA transform the labor movement?

Alex Press October 21, 2019

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What Really Happened at Bard College?

A Forward editor alleges she was protested for being Jewish. Witnesses tell a different story.

Mairav Zonszein October 14, 2019

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Hillel vs. Academic Freedom

Jewish organizations are siding with the Trump administration in its war on Middle East studies.

Mari Cohen September 27, 2019

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Poll: Democratic Voters Support Cutting Aid to Israel

A new report from Data for Progress shows that there’s room for the primary candidates to move left.

Emma Saltzberg September 16, 2019

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The Making of Andy Ngo

The right-wing provocateur’s grift exposing “the tyranny of the left” worked—until it didn’t.

Hannah Gais September 11, 2019

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The Ecological War on Gaza

Israel’s use of herbicides on the border with Gaza has killed crops on the Palestinian side.

Rob Goyanes September 9, 2019

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Gods, Guns, and Country

Trade in weapons and ultra-nationalist ideas is driving an expanding India–Israel alliance.

Carol Schaeffer July 30, 2019

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Challenging Pelosi From the Left

Shahid Buttar, a lawyer and activist, is offering San Franciscans a progressive alternative.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann July 23, 2019

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What Being Jewish Means to Bernie

In the 2016 race, Sanders said little about his Jewishness. Now, in his 2020 campaign, he’s speaking up.

David Klion July 17, 2019

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Ethiopian-Israelis Protest Police Violence in a Divided Israel

The police killing of an unarmed black teenager has brought racial tensions to the surface. But solidarity is in short supply.

Arianna Skibell July 12, 2019

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Making “Never Again” More Than a Slogan

How Jewish and immigrant rights activists organized against Trump’s border camps.

Arielle Gordon July 11, 2019

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Red Line Rebellion

Hillel International has long controlled the campus conversation on Israel. A new network of independent Jewish student groups presents an inclusive alternative.

Jess Schwalb July 3, 2019