Newsletter

Scenes from an Anti-Anti-Zionist Symposium

The biggest names in pro-Israel apologetics gathered last month to attack immigrants and the left.

Josh Nathan-Kazis June 4, 2026

A Baffling Congressional Report Threatens the Jewish Establishment

A House Republican attack on mainstream Jewish funders reads like a political favor to Netanyahu.

Josh Nathan-Kazis June 2, 2026

A Litmus Test Backfires

The pro-Israel parade down Fifth Avenue on Sunday was a political disaster for the Jewish establishment.

Josh Nathan-Kazis June 2, 2026

With “Fighting Factions,” IfNotNow Zeroes in on Mainstream Synagogues

As the left gives up on conventional Jewish institutions, IfNotNow still sees members to mobilize.

Josh Nathan-Kazis May 26, 2026

Despite Anti-AIPAC Rhetoric, Congressional Progressives Rally Behind AIPAC-Backed Incumbent

In endorsing Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the Congressional Progressive Caucus protects its own.

Alex Kane May 21, 2026

Wallace Shawn’s Moral Cliffs

While his latest show, What We Did Before Our Moth Days, trades political violence for marital strife, it is still an exercise in audience complicity.

Alisa Solomon May 20, 2026

Backed by North American Dollars, A Yeshiva Could Push Palestinians Out of Sheikh Jarrah

An Orthodox yeshiva for non-observant diaspora Jews received long-sought approval to bring hundreds of Jewish students into the Palestinian neighborhood

Charlotte Ritz-Jack May 19, 2026

Criminal Governance

Political scientist As’ad Ghanem argues that the rise of crime in Palestinian communities inside Israel is not a policy failure, but the result of decades of state efforts to weaken Palestinian collective life.

Eliyahu Freedman May 15, 2026