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The End of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Marks the End of an Era
Larry David is the last of his kind—and in several ways.
by
Daniel Bessner
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The Nation
on
April 8, 2024
The Forgotten History of American Jewish Dissent Against Zionism
In resurrecting stories of non- and anti-Zionist critics, a new book shows American Jews how questioning Israel is deeply rooted in their community.
by
Shaul Magid
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+972 Magazine
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February 14, 2024
When ‘Nice Jewish Boys and Girls’ in the US First Took up the Palestinian Cause
According to Geoffrey Levin’s ‘Our Palestine Question,’ divides over Israeli policy aren’t new – they existed before American Jews fully embraced Zionism.
by
Geoffrey Levin
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The Times Of Israel
on
February 5, 2024
American Jews Have Fought for Palestinian Rights Since Israel Was Born
My research shows that this tradition runs deep.
by
Geoffrey Levin
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Slate
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January 28, 2024
Toward the Next Literary Mafia
Understanding history can help us understand what will be necessary if we’re serious about finally having a more diverse, less exclusionary publishing industry.
by
Josh Lambert
via
Public Books
on
November 21, 2023
Jewish Leaders a Century Ago Had Complicated Feelings About Israel
Fierce disagreements over Zionism have played out from the movement’s inception among Jews, including community leaders who worried it would spark antisemitism.
by
Daniel Schulman
via
Retropolis
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November 19, 2023
The Long History of Jewface
Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose is the latest example of the struggles around Jewish representation on the stage and screen.
by
Jody Rosen
via
The New Yorker
on
October 7, 2023
Founding Philosemitism
Alexander Hamilton always believed that the providential protection that kept the small Jewish world alive would embrace his own extraordinary nation.
by
Juliana Geran Pilon
via
Law & Liberty
on
October 3, 2023
The South’s Jewish Proust
Shelby Foote, failed novelist and closeted member of the Tribe, turned the Civil War into a masterpiece of American literature.
by
Blake Smith
via
Tablet
on
September 6, 2023
Jews and Joe
From European streets to Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Jews have been deeply involved in the history of coffee and the café scene.
by
Orge Castellano
via
Tablet
on
August 29, 2023
When Judaism Went à la Carte
On the 50th anniversary of "The Jewish Catalog."
by
Jane Eisner
via
The Atlantic
on
July 28, 2023
Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy: Cooking for the History Classroom
A cooking assignment helps illuminate the lives of Jewish women in the past for students.
by
Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
via
Perspectives on History
on
May 23, 2023
The Jewish Summer Camp Hookup Scene Is Real. Here’s Why It Was Built.
All coed camps can be like this. But Jewish ones were different.
by
Sandra Fox
via
Slate
on
March 7, 2023
The Making of Norman Mailer
The young man went to war and became a novelist. But did he ever really come back?
by
David Denby
via
The New Yorker
on
December 19, 2022
The Sanitizing of Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism’s origins lie in a donor plan to neutralize and refine the radical Jewish immigrant masses.
by
Allen Lipson
via
Jewish Currents
on
October 19, 2022
How a Coffee Company and a Marketing Maven Brewed Up a Passover Tradition
A collaboration between advertiser Joseph Jacobs and the famous coffee company produced the classic U.S. haggadah.
by
Kerri Steinberg
via
The Conversation
on
April 13, 2022
Henry "Scoop" Jackson and the Jewish Cold Warriors
An alliance between Jewish activists and congressional neocons made Soviet Jewry a key issue in superpower relations—and reshaped American Jewish politics.
by
Hadas Binyamini
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Jewish Currents
on
February 24, 2022
Biographical Fallacy
The life of Judah Benjamin, a Southern Jew who served in the Confederate government, can tell us only so much about the American Jewish encounter with slavery.
by
Richard Kreitner
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Jewish Currents
on
February 3, 2022
My Grandfather the Zionist
He helped build Jewish American support for Israel. What’s his legacy now?
by
Abraham Josephine Riesman
via
Intelligencer
on
June 23, 2021
The Anti-Democratic Origins of the Jewish Establishment
The history of the ADL and AJC reveals that they were created to consolidate the power of wealthy men and stifle the grassroots left.
by
Emmaia Gelman
via
Jewish Currents
on
March 12, 2021
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