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New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
Miriam Karpilove June 4, 2019
CHAPTER XXII
In an erasure poem from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a trans poet confronts the book’s disdain for femininity.
Chase Berggrun May 31, 2019
Hebrew Schools Are Failing Jewish Kids
Pro-Israel propaganda has supplanted a meaningful Jewish education.
Elena Gormley May 29, 2019
Dorothy Zellner
“You can spit in the soup.”
Naomi Dann May 28, 2019
Protesters Shut Down Pro-Palestine Event
A commemoration of the Nakba in Queens was canceled over threats.
Alex Kane May 23, 2019
Queens DA Candidate Has a Free Speech Blind Spot
Rory Lancman, campaigning to be the borough’s top cop, thinks BDS should be illegal.
Sam Adler-Bell May 22, 2019
Catastrophic Love
Hadar Ahuvia’s new show explores the language of Zionism’s folk dances in order to face the Nakba.
Svetlana Kitto May 22, 2019
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
