Newsletter

How the US Media Misreads Naftali Bennett

Despite recent favorable coverage, the new Israeli prime minister is just as authoritarian and anti-Palestinian as his predecessor.

Peter Beinart October 11, 2021

Manchin and Sinema’s Dying Brand of Centrism

The Senate moderates may weaken Biden’s agenda, but they can’t stop the left’s takeover of the Democratic Party.

David Klion October 8, 2021

Sanders Pushes Gaza Aid in Exchange for “Yes” Vote on Iron Dome Funds

The Senate’s most prominent Israel critic will join the rest of the Democratic caucus in voting for aid for the anti-missile system.

Alex Kane October 7, 2021

“The AIDS Crisis is Still Beginning”

In Gregg Bordowitz’s decades of aesthetic experimentation, ritualized attention to the present is a route to the past and the future.

Tausif Noor October 7, 2021

What the Jewish Left Learned From Occupy

An oral history

To The Reasoning Of Eternal Voices, To The Waves That Have Kept Me From Reaching You—

“The chaplain tracing a cross / of oil with his thumb on your forehead, and your eyes following / upward his hand, then holding, following, / holding.”

Brian Tierney October 1, 2021

When Prison Guards Refuse Vaccines

A dispatch from an incarcerated person in Pennsylvania on the risks unvaccinated guards pose to prisoners.

Mari Cohen and Stephen Wilson October 1, 2021

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

In The Netanyahus, Joshua Cohen tries and fails to reanimate the canonical Jewish American novel.

Nathan Goldman September 29, 2021