Jewish Currents
Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left.
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Israel’s Repressive Diplomacy
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The recent normalization agreements with Arab states rely on—and contribute to—growing authoritarianism.
Are We Post-Sepharadim?
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A conversation with scholar Devin E. Naar about what meaningful Sephardic representation might look like in the wake of near-total erasure.
The New Heimish Populism
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The protests in Borough Park reflect a shift in Orthodox communities, long in the making, toward a Trumpian style of politics.
Justice You Shall Pursue
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The religious tenor of public mourning for RBG reveals a conflation of Jewishness with American liberalism, which forecloses the possibility of reckoning with either.
Welcome to Lammville
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How the Hasidic housing crisis led to the largest case of federal voter fraud in modern American history
Webinar Series: Jews, Class, and History
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Don't miss these important conversations with academics, organizers, and writers.
The Struggle Begins at Home
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Reimagining housing as the ground shifts under our feet
Depatriarchalizing Judaism
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On the 30th anniversary of her groundbreaking book Standing Again at Sinai, feminist theologian Judith Plaskow discusses the choice to remain within a patriarchal religious framework.
Restoring the Bipartisan Consensus
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Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris, who has always toed the AIPAC line on Israel/Palestine, is part of the campaign’s pitch that polarization can be undone.
American Anti-Communism Abroad
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Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method, discusses the legacy of US intervention in Indonesia and Brazil.
New York Socialists in the Legislature—and Out
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Five socialists are headed to the New York state legislature. The story of the five socialists elected in 1919 provides a sobering warning.
Q&A with Mara Wilson
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An interview with the former child star about her Jewish upbringing and being a lefty millennial Jew in Hollywood.
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Jewish Currents "I have a lot of compassion for people, regardless of their political beliefs or where they’re from, and really just want justice and dignity and a future for the world. And I think Nazis should fuck off. I guess that makes me a leftist Jew." [email protected] 148d
Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech
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Pressuring social media platforms to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism is the latest strategy to silence critics of Israel.
The Sound of Messianic Time
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Yo La Tengo’s new drone album, released into the formlessness of quarantine, evokes the unfulfilled waiting of Jewish messianism.
Cori Bush's Message From the Grassroots
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Bush’s victory in a St. Louis congressional primary escalates an insurgency from the Democratic Party’s left wing.
The Settlers’ Man in Florida
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The Republican Party in the era of Trump has become the party of the Israeli settler right, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis its most devoted champion.
The First Draft of Biden’s Israel Policy
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Pro-Israel advocacy groups and progressive operatives are each claiming policy victories in the battle over the Democratic Party platform.
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Jewish Currents “It’s like, really? That’s not even that controversial.” [email protected] on the Democratic platform leaving out the word "occupation" via 180d
The Real War on Free Speech
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Some of the Harper’s letter signatories use their defense of “free speech” to silence support for Palestinian rights.
Letters to the Editor: Yavne
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Readers respond to Peter Beinart’s call for an equal, binational state in Israel-Palestine.
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Jewish Currents Last week, we published an essay by Editor-at-Large in which he declared the two-state solution dead and made an argument for a confederation or equal binational state in Israel-Palestine. Here are some of the letters we received in response. 194d
Q & A with Peter Beinart
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Our editor-at-large discusses the background of his essay on the end of the two-state solution, and responds to its critics.
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Jewish Currents In this Q&A, now online, asks about the backstory behind his essays on the end of the two-state solution this week—and Peter responds to his critics. 197d