Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism
Instead of confronting what the director of "The Zone of Interest" actually said, Zionists distorted his lines.
Mar 11, 2024 / Dave Zirin
Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America
In "The Ghetto Within", the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America.
May 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
Ron DeSantis Is Destroying Florida’s New College Just Because He Can Ron DeSantis Is Destroying Florida’s New College Just Because He Can
The worst thing is, he doesn’t even understand the value of what he’s breaking.
Mar 10, 2023 / Michael Rothbaum
Why Do Republicans Keep Pretending to Be Jewish? Why Do Republicans Keep Pretending to Be Jewish?
The GOP keeps running candidates who have discovered they can benefit from these highly cynical identity hoaxes.
Mar 4, 2023 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
Harvard Reverses Course After a “Nation” Exposé Harvard Reverses Course After a “Nation” Exposé
The Kennedy School has decided to extend an invitation to Ken Roth, the former head of Human Rights Watch, after a "Nation" cover story revealed that his fellowship was initially v...
Jan 19, 2023 / Editorial / The Editors
Kanye, the Religious Right, and the Upsurge in Anti-Semitism Kanye, the Religious Right, and the Upsurge in Anti-Semitism
On this episode of "The Time of Monsters", Sarah Posner discusses the cultural and political alliances holding the GOP together.
How a Defender of American Empire Became a Dissenter How a Defender of American Empire Became a Dissenter
A conversation with Lyle Jeremy Rubin about the complicated ideology of the marine corps, America's obsession with war, and his new memoir "Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body"". "
Nov 17, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Olga Tokarczuk’s Panoramic Novel of Jewish Poland Olga Tokarczuk’s Panoramic Novel of Jewish Poland
A work defined by its narrative elasticity, "The Books of Jacob" tells the story of a false messiah not through his eyes but through the vibrant and now lost world around him.
Oct 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
Jewish Law Permits Abortion—So Is There a Case to Restore Reproductive Rights? Jewish Law Permits Abortion—So Is There a Case to Restore Reproductive Rights?
The Supreme Court’s transformation into a theocracy creates a Jewish First Amendment argument for abortion.
Aug 5, 2022 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation
In his generations-spanning new book, the anthropologist tracks the story of Jewish life in Latin America through the travails of one family.
Feb 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans