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A Diaspora of One
A new biography of Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm downplays his Jewishness and attempts to soften his radicalism.
Gabriel Winant July 29, 2019
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An Answering Art
What would an English translation of the Hebrew Bible look like if we could take off the Christ-colored glasses?
Justin Taylor July 24, 2019
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Watching the Watchers
A new retrospective documents Julia Scher’s decades-long project of turning surveillance around.
Joe Bucciero July 18, 2019
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Law of the Land
In a new book, legal scholar Noura Erakat argues that the Palestinian liberation struggle must think beyond statehood.
Amanda McCaffrey July 16, 2019
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Endangered Democracies
A new documentary asks: Has Brazil’s democracy been merely a passing dream?
Mitchell Abidor July 15, 2019
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One of Us
A new documentary portrays outgoing Knesset member Dov Khenin as a lone, heroic figure in a hopeless political landscape.
Mairav Zonszein July 5, 2019
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The Illustrated Kafka
Peter Kuper’s latest collection mines Kafka’s scenes of anxiety, authoritarianism, and the anomie of modern life.
Nicholas Jahr June 28, 2019
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Murder Ballads
In Szilárd Borbély’s theological poetry, death is the one true God.
Daniel Kraft June 24, 2019
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A Divorce Story, from “Both Sides”
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel reflects the irrelevance of Jewishness to the most pressing concerns in many American Jews’ lives.
Josh Lambert June 19, 2019
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Atrocity in the Off Hours
What can we learn from photographs of cross-dressing Nazi soldiers?
Jordan Teicher June 13, 2019
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The Lives of Animals in Wartime
Penny Johnson’s book argues that thinking about the suffering of animals under occupation can actually reveal a great deal about humanity.
Colin Dickey May 20, 2019
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A Critic Compromised
Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer? contains two irreconcilable Adam Kirsches.
Bradley Babendir April 17, 2019
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Practicing Capitalists
In The Lehman Trilogy, a Jewish fable of greed and hubris.
Aaron Freedman April 8, 2019
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Rules for Reformists
Can an activist handbook from 1971 really guide today’s movements?
Michael McCanne March 26, 2019
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Grave Disturbances
Anna Burns’s Milkman bears witness to the private pain subsumed in political violence.
Jess Bergman March 13, 2019
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Strange Tales
Sabrina Orah Mark’s Wild Milk reconfigures shattered fairy tales into surreal new fables.
Eleanor Gold March 6, 2019
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Through the Looking Glass
Our American Israel examines the projections and anxieties that animate the US-Israel relationship.
Mari Cohen February 26, 2019
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Mission Not Quite Accomplished
“Vice” is a flawed but valuable corrective to liberal Bush era amnesia.
Brendan James January 7, 2019
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The Past Is Not Past
The Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude interrogates his country’s antisemitic history and its echoes in the present.
Mitchell Abidor December 25, 2018
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What to Do When a Nazi Runs for President
A recent documentary revisits the 1986 election of a former Nazi to the Austrian presidency and the activists who sought to shut him down.
Deborah Krieger December 24, 2018
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Is ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in on the Joke?
For all the affection Mrs. Maisel showers on Jewish comedy, it doesn”t seem to understand its function.
Ari M. Brostoff December 7, 2018
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Someday, This Occupation Will End
Two distinct but complementary visions of how to fight for justice in Palestine.
Joshua Leifer November 14, 2018
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Screw Capitalism!
In her new book, Kristen Ghodsee explores how capitalism harms women, including in their intimate lives.
Jess Bergman November 13, 2018
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What Happened to the Black-Jewish Political Alliance?
Challenging the sanitized history of blacks and Jews during the Civil Rights era.
Rachel Cohen October 25, 2018
