antisemitism Archives – Jewish Currents

Washing the Dead in Pittsburgh

October 24, 2019Jordana Rosenfeld

Our burial practices offer more than a way of dealing with the dead; they are antifascism in action.

Bari Weiss’s Unasked Questions

September 23, 2019Judith Butler

In How to Fight Anti-Semitism, a facile approach to history justifies an impoverished ethical stance.

Where Did the Past Go?

August 26, 2019Ben Lorber

Revisiting an iconic pamphlet about antisemitism and the left.

Bad Faith

February 14, 2019Nylah Burton

The dogpile on Ihan Omar reinforces the double-standard for women of color.

Where’s the Lie?

February 11, 2019Noah Kulwin

Calling out the Israel lobby is not ipso facto antisemitism.

Second Vatican Council Announced

January 25, 2019admin

On this date in 1959, Pope John XXIII announced that he would be convening an Ecumenical Council — the first in almost a century — within the Catholic Church. The announcement of this “Second Vatican Council,” or Vatican II, shocked and disturbed the Church leadership as it implied that the Church was imperfect, thus contradicting […]