Newsletter

‘Fauda’ and the Act of Israeli Ventriloquism

The new season of the hit Israeli show Fauda continues in its portrayal of brutish Israelis and cowardly Palestinians.

Mitchell Abidor June 27, 2018

Kapo, Kapow

Artist Eli Valley wrestles with our history, the Trump administration”s crimes, and the word “kapo.”

Eli Valley June 27, 2018

Not Another Holocaust Book

Sheila Heti’s Motherhood addresses a family’s post-Holocaust grief—without addressing the Shoah outright.

Helen Betya Rubinstein June 26, 2018

Families Occupy ICE Offices in NYC

Dozens of families occupied the Manhattan offices of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday afternoon.

Scott Heins June 23, 2018

The Hometown Resistance to Kirstjen Nielsen’s Border Atrocities

Over 300 students and alumni of Kirstjen Nielsen’s high school alma mater have signed an open letter condemning the DHS chief.

Marc Daalder June 20, 2018

How One of America’s Great Rabbis Handled Christian Antisemitism

A recently unearthed 1944 correspondence between Joachim Prinz and a Texas army chaplain.

Clifford Kulwin June 20, 2018

Let The Father Give

A poet reflects on the terror and tenderness of her son’s first bath in light of family separations at the border.

Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach June 19, 2018

The Dual Conspiracies of the J20 Prosecution

There’s the conspiracy with which protesters have been charged, and the conspiracy that brought the charges.

Sam Adler-Bell June 15, 2018