How the Left Alienates Jews How the Left Alienates Jews
Jewish voices are too often excluded from precisely the conversations they should be leading.
Jan 12, 2022 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
Marx for Our Times Marx for Our Times
A new book explores the social democratic impulses and Jewish origins of Karl Marx.
Apr 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins
The Last Few Years Have Spelled a Resounding End to the ‘Jewish Vote’ The Last Few Years Have Spelled a Resounding End to the ‘Jewish Vote’
There is no longer just one Jewish community. There are several, and they are increasingly at loggerheads.
Nov 30, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman
A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself
Atalia Omer’s new book considers how American Jews are making solidarity with Palestinians a central feature of their spiritual practice and identity.
Sep 26, 2019 / Nathan Goldman
Trump’s Comments on the ‘Disloyalty’ of Jews Have a Sordid History Trump’s Comments on the ‘Disloyalty’ of Jews Have a Sordid History
Neocons believed that a bit of evangelical anti-Semitism in exchange for bedrock support for Israel was a bargain.
Sep 6, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Stonewall Was the Moment Queerness Glitter-Bombed the World Stonewall Was the Moment Queerness Glitter-Bombed the World
Fifty years later, we commemorate the courage of our revolutionaries—and recommit to our fabulousness.
Jun 28, 2019 / Reclaiming Stonewall / Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Vasily Grossman in War and Peace Vasily Grossman in War and Peace
In both his life and his writing, the novelist and journalist captured the complications and contradictions of the Soviet century.
Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick
The Maddening, Baffling, Exhausting Endurance of Anti-Semitism The Maddening, Baffling, Exhausting Endurance of Anti-Semitism
In an age of conspiracy theories, what chance do we have against the oldest conspiracy theory of all?
Feb 13, 2019 / Talia Lavin
The Pittsburgh Shooting Was a Deliberate Attack on My Community The Pittsburgh Shooting Was a Deliberate Attack on My Community
Do not tell us it’s too soon to talk about guns and bigotry.
Oct 29, 2018 / Moshe Z. Marvit
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Is the Inevitable Result of Trump’s Vile Nationalism The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Is the Inevitable Result of Trump’s Vile Nationalism
Shame on all those who have been silent—or, worse, supported the president’s agenda.
Oct 27, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky