Review
Trick of the Light
Adrienne Brown
Conversation
For the Sake of Truth
Poet and activist Mohammed El-Kurd discusses his debut collection, the vexed meanings of visibility, and the long history of Palestinian freedom struggles.
Claire Schwartz
Report
How Israel Advocates Shut Down a Union’s Motion to Endorse BDS
Isaac Scher
Poetry
Ode to the Security Woman
Mona Kareem
Photo Essay
Portraits of Resistance in Masafer Yatta
Emily Glick
Office Hours
Office Hours: Vitaly
“If I can’t come into the classroom ready to listen, it’s not an abolitionist space.”
Richie Reseda
Feature
Ritchie Torres Is the Future of “Pro-Israel” Politics
Alex Kane
Essay
From Minneapolis to Jerusalem
Hannah Black
From the Archives
The Israeli Far Right’s Man in Princeton
How did Im Tirtzu founder Ronen Shoval end up promoting Israel’s judicial overhaul at one of the US’s most prestigious universities?
Dahlia Krutkovich and Sarah Rosen
National Plan Reflects the Debate Over Antisemitism
While generally promising more of the same, the Biden plan signaled in multiple ways that progressive groups have succeeded in making Jewish politics a contested space.
Mari Cohen
Reform Judaism Needs an Identity Beyond Israel
A major conference proposes to “re-charge” the movement by strengthening ties to the Jewish state, neglecting an opportunity to develop its unique religious vision.
David Regenspan
The Strange Hours
Finding a new relationship with rest in early motherhood
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar
Essay
To Grieve the World Like a Dying Friend
Cynthia Friedman
Essay
Looking for a Lineage in the Lusk Archive
The records of a New York surveillance committee from the time of the First Red Scare document a radical world—and its demise.
Ben Nadler and Oksana Mironova
Editor‘s Picks
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“We Cannot Cross Until We Carry Each Other”
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Understanding Apartheid
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The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook
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Bad Memory
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Light Among The Nations
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The Problem of the Unionized War Machine
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After the Hit-and-Run
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“Biden’s Legacy Will Be Apartheid”
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Point of No Return
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Teshuvah: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return
West Bank
A Prison Break Liberates the Palestinian Political Imagination
Six detainees’ dramatic escape from a maximum-security Israeli prison has sparked demonstrations across the occupied territories and shifted Palestinians’ sense of what is possible.
Dalia Hatuqa
“They Want To Kick Us Out of This Land”
An interview with journalist and activist Basil al-Adraa about covering settler violence
Mari Cohen
Shabbat Terror in the West Bank
For religious Zionist settlers in the South Hebron Hills, attacks on Palestinians have become a Shabbat afternoon pastime.
Maya Rosen
On the Nose is our biweekly podcast. The editorial staff discusses the politics, culture, and questions that animate today’s Jewish left.
Photo Essay
The Siege of Jenin
Wahaj Bani Moufleh
Poetry
Hero vs. Common Fate
Harryette Mullen
Comic
Kamala’s Convention
Eli Valley
Review
The Hösses’ Colonial Paradise
Jonathan Shamir
Report
Inside the Movement to Settle Southern Lebanon
Maya Rosen
Poetry
Chattahoochee
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Letters from Our Readers
On “Religion, Secularism, and the Jewish Left”
The recent On the Nose episode about religion and secularism reflected an entrenched Ashkenormative approach to Jewishness—that is, the assumption of Ashkenazi culture, history, and religious practice as the “default” in Jewish life as a function of internalized Eurocentrism, and even white supremacy, within Jewish society. I was disappointed that... more
Devin Naar
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
On “A Textbook Case of Genocide”
For more than three weeks, Israel has waged a ferocious war against Hamas in response to the horrific terrorist attack the group conducted in southern Israel on October 7th. As of this writing, more than 8,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have already been killed by Israel, and more than... more
Dov Waxman
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
