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Review
Abortion Without Apology
In her new book, Jenny Brown urges feminists to return to a more radical mode of reproductive rights activism.
Meaghan Winter December 2, 2019
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Changing the Climate
Naomi Klein’s new collection provides a historical overview of the last decade—one that charts how far the environmental left has come.
Alex Lubben November 18, 2019
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Savior Story
The Red Sea Diving Resort treats Ethiopian Jews as hapless victims, rather than political agents.
Hannah Borenstein November 14, 2019
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Self-Hater
In Nadav Lapid’s new film, Synonyms, a young Israeli attempts to outrun his own Israeliness.
Mitchell Abidor October 23, 2019
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Cancer and Its Metaphors
Anne Boyer’s The Undying seeks a new form for the cancer memoir.
Nancy K. Miller October 22, 2019
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Facing Reality
In The Lions’ Den, Susie Linfield studies eight Jewish leftists’ views on Israel but fails to confront her own liberal Zionist preconceptions.
Shaul Magid October 15, 2019
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The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich
A new book by historian Gavriel D. Rosenfeld traces the persistent idea of a resurgent Nazi regime.
Noah Berlatsky October 10, 2019
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Speech Acts
Despite its attunement to the political potential of language, Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School remains trapped in reductive narratives about the Trump era.
Dilara O’Neil October 1, 2019
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Bari Weiss’s Unasked Questions
In How to Fight Anti-Semitism, a facile approach to history justifies an impoverished ethical stance.
Judith Butler September 23, 2019
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No Heroes
Mr. Klein stands out among Holocaust films for refusing easy paths of pure villainy and simple redemption.
Mitchell Abidor September 3, 2019
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Yiddish Fiddler’s Unseen Triumphs
Fidler afn Dakh opens new possibilities for reading the iconic play, but it’s not clear who’s noticing.
Jonah S. Boyarin August 29, 2019
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Remaking the Canon in Our Image
This emerging canon of American Jewish poets imagines Jewishness anew in its true complexity and multiplicity.
Lynn Melnick August 28, 2019
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Who Needs Social Realism?
As the popularity of social realist cinema wanes, Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers offer possible visions for the genre’s future.
Andrew Lapin August 12, 2019
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Searching for Black Thought in White Antifascism
Natasha Lennard’s otherwise incisive new essay collection fails to adequately address what nonwhiteness might offer antifascist thought.
Zoé Samudzi August 1, 2019
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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
