Newsletter

Selling the Holocaust

Three writers and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, including Plunder author Menachem Kaiser, discuss the conventions of the “3G memoir” and the commodification of Holocaust stories.

Arielle Angel, Maia Ipp, and Menachem Kaiser July 28, 2021

Exporting the Tools of Apartheid

NSO Group, the Israeli firm that sells its spyware to authoritarian regimes around the world, emerged from a military unit that perfected its surveillance techniques on Palestinians.

Yousef Munayyer July 26, 2021

Ben & Jerry’s Tests Anti-BDS Laws

Lara Friedman on the wider stakes for free speech.

Mari Cohen July 23, 2021

Avodah Considers Stepping Out on Israel/Palestine

Under pressure from constituents, progressive domestic Jewish groups may break their silence on the occupation.

Mari Cohen July 22, 2021

It’s Time to Name Anti-Palestinian Bigotry

Anti-Palestinianism is as ubiquitous as it is invisible.

Peter Beinart July 16, 2021

Jews with Money

Last year, a number of American Jewish novels tackled the fraught subject of Jewishness and wealth.

Josh Lambert July 15, 2021

Sick Day

“Being young with a broken heart, it’s not the same as being old with a broken heart.”

Dea Hadar July 12, 2021

Birth Certificate

“I saw a knife covered with dirt and blood. I picked it up. I held the cherub by its wings.”

Sinan Antoon July 9, 2021