Newsletter

A Road Trip Through America in Decline

In Lake Success, Gary Shteyngart takes aim at white male mediocrity and America under Trump.

Sasha Senderovich September 6, 2018

Awoken again by the neighbor’s child screaming

“When no one comes, / he and I keep vigil / in the treeless night, / sharing a wall he builds / with his voice”

Leah Falk August 29, 2018

Julia Salazar In Her Own Words

In a Q&A just ahead of her primary, the New York state senate candidate addresses her past, present, and the future of her campaign.

Jacob Plitman August 27, 2018

Writing About the Present: Mirror, Body, Shadow

An essay from Joshua Cohen’s new collection, Attention: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction.

Joshua Cohen August 27, 2018

Jewish Solidarity in Charlottesville

A dispatch from Jewish anti-fascists in Virginia on the anniversary of the Unite the Right rally.

Jewish Solidarity Caucus August 24, 2018

Why Is a Definition of Antisemitism Tearing Britain’s Labour Party Apart?

Hint: It has to do with Israel.

Kieron Monks August 22, 2018

Uri Avnery, 1923-2018

The lion of Israel’s peace movement has passed away at age 94.

Bennett Muraskin August 21, 2018

The Sharpness Comes Later

Multimedia artists Hadassa Goldvicht and Jacqueline Nicholls discuss self-censorship, labels like “Jewish” and “feminist” art, art as prayer, and more.

Hadassa Goldvicht and Jacqueline Nicholls August 21, 2018