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Shirley Wegner’s Unsettled Landscapes

In Wegner’s photographs, we are looking not at historic events but at collective memories.

Michael McCanne September 4, 2019

No Heroes

Mr. Klein stands out among Holocaust films for refusing easy paths of pure villainy and simple redemption.

Mitchell Abidor September 3, 2019

There Is Hope

“Men engineered a line over water to connect / two futures.”

Natalie Eilbert August 30, 2019

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

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

Where Did the Past Go?

Revisiting an iconic pamphlet about antisemitism and the left.

Ben Lorber August 26, 2019

Trump’s “Disloyalty” Comments Are What the Jewish Right Believes

The idea that Jews must be loyal to Israel doesn’t originate with the president.

David Klion August 22, 2019

There’s No Such Thing as “Free Speech”

Writer P.E. Moskowitz discusses how the left can take back the “technology” of free speech.

Sophia Steinert-Evoy August 21, 2019