Newsletter

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

Prisoners of the Occupation

An excerpt from a play written with former Palestinian political prisoners and attacked and suppressed by Israel’s Ministry of Culture.

Einat Weizman and Anonymous Political Prisoners August 15, 2018

New Voices’ Nice Jewish Editor Will Focus on Abuses of Power

A letter from the editor in chief of New Voices, a publication by and for American Jewish students.

Abby Holtzman August 14, 2018

What Happens When the Alt-Right Believes in Climate Change

White nationalists are readying for war against the coming generation of climate migrants.

Casey Williams August 13, 2018