JEWISH CURRENTS

DECEMBER 14. 2024

No Exit

Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake cedes the sense of possibility that animates her earlier novels.

DECEMBER 10. 2024

Things Not Seen - Since October 7th, 2023, fault lines around Palestinian solidarity have changed the landscape of visual art.

Since October 7th, 2023, fault lines around Palestinian solidarity have changed the landscape of visual art.

DECEMBER 9. 2024

Bernard-Henri Lévy Speaks the American Media’s Lingua Franca - In a new book, the French intellectual exemplifies a liberal Zionist discourse that has fewer and fewer spokespeople to choose from.

In a new book, the French intellectual exemplifies a liberal Zionist discourse that has fewer and fewer spokespeople to choose from.

NOVEMBER 26. 2024

Trump’s Israel Instincts Don’t Matter - In his second term, as in his first, Trump may criticize Netanyahu—but his advisers will outmaneuver him to ensure that Israel enjoys a free hand.

In his second term, as in his first, Trump may criticize Netanyahu—but his advisers will outmaneuver him to ensure that Israel enjoys a free hand.

NOVEMBER 25. 2024

Euro Trip -

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NOVEMBER 15. 2024

The Civil Rights Law Shutting Down Pro-Palestine Speech - Pro-Israel groups have remade Title VI into a tool of repression—and a second Trump term will supercharge their crusade.

Pro-Israel groups have remade Title VI into a tool of repression—and a second Trump term will supercharge their crusade.

Chattahoochee - "She’s taken the law into // her own hands, the narrative’s / taken a turn. "

"She’s taken the law into // her own hands, the narrative’s / taken a turn."

NOVEMBER 8. 2024

We Are Never Going Back - Democrats’ bid to return to a bygone liberal era failed—and now we’re all going to pay the price.

Democrats’ bid to return to a bygone liberal era failed—and now we’re all going to pay the price.

NOVEMBER 5. 2024

“Resistance Through a Realist Lens” - Palestinian writer Abdaljawad Omar discusses the left’s relationship to Hamas and armed resistance.

Palestinian writer Abdaljawad Omar discusses the left’s relationship to Hamas and armed resistance.

OCTOBER 25. 2024

OCTOBER 23. 2024

Exile from Gaza - Four Palestinians describe how they left Gaza—and how Gaza never leaves them.

Four Palestinians describe how they left Gaza—and how Gaza never leaves them.

OCTOBER 18. 2024

A Building - "in the cloud of dust that crossed the window, / in the echoes of the bomb that leveled the house next door, / in the sirens of the ambulance that couldn’t reach / the wound. "

"in the cloud of dust that crossed the window, / in the echoes of the bomb that leveled the house next door, / in the sirens of the ambulance that…

OCTOBER 16. 2024

OCTOBER 10. 2024

“Burning the Off-Ramps” - Daniel Levy explains how unceasing US support for Israel has locked the region in an escalatory spiral.

Daniel Levy explains how unceasing US support for Israel has locked the region in an escalatory spiral.