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Feb
3
2025

Weekly Roundup - 2/3/25

This week: In an essay from our new print issue, now out from behind the paywall, scholar Arthur Asseraf reflects on Algeria’s War of Independence, arguing that we must study histories of decolonization not because they provide us with a clear path forward but in order to cultivate our ability to fight in the face of uncertainty.

In a new report, journalist Shane Burley shows how tensions between the liberal Zionist Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and its heavily anti-Zionist students capture a broader struggle over the Jewish future.

And in light of Donald Trump’s recent comments that he wanted to “clean out” Gaza, we are sharing contributing writer Jonathan Shamir’s report from last year about how the Israeli right has used the aftermath of October 7th to increase support for permanently transferring Palestinians out of Gaza.

Essay
The Algeria Analogy
We must turn to histories of decolonization not in order to predict outcomes, but to expand our sense of how to fight without knowing the future.
Arthur Asseraf
Report
A Reconstructionist Reckoning
Clashes between a liberal Zionist rabbinical school and its heavily anti-Zionist student body encapsulate a broader fight over the Jewish future.
Shane Burley

From the Archive

Report
Israel’s “Humanitarian” Expulsion
The Israeli right is capitalizing on the aftermath of October 7th to build support for a permanent transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza.
Jonathan Shamir