Emily Tamkin
@emilyctamkin.bsky.social
Writer, reporter, editor, all-around delight. Work lots of places. Author of THE INFLUENCE OF SOROS and BAD JEWS. Working on new book on Holocaust remembrance. Don’t yell at me. emilyctamkin@gmail.com. emilyctamkin.substack.com.
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Listen I am sorry to be this way but I am going to take this opportunity to plug myself and more specifically my second book, Bad Jews (the JBC review says that to my credit, I am also self aware www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/bad-jew...)
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Our President, Jonathan Jacoby, spoke with @us.theguardian.com about our work protecting Jews and protecting democracy.
Antisemitism watchdog slams ADL’s ‘hyperbolic and aggressive’ response to Mamdani win
Head of Nexus Project says ADL’s plan to ‘monitor’ mayor-elect for antisemitism deepens divisions and plays into far-right agenda
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Our President, Jonathan Jacoby, spoke with @us.theguardian.com about our work protecting Jews and protecting democracy.
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An Epstein cameo was not the end to the work week I was expecting…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
An Epstein cameo was not the end to the work week I was expecting…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
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Over on Substack, I wrote about some of the background of my piece on Indiana University and how it ties into a German approach to fighting antisemitism that I covered a few years ago
antisemitismdecoded.substack.com/p/behind-a-s...
antisemitismdecoded.substack.com/p/behind-a-s...
Behind a strange controversy over Jewish studies and antisemitism at Indiana University
I thought the German approach to antisemitism could never work in the United States. Maybe I was wrong.
antisemitismdecoded.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Over on Substack, I wrote about some of the background of my piece on Indiana University and how it ties into a German approach to fighting antisemitism that I covered a few years ago
antisemitismdecoded.substack.com/p/behind-a-s...
antisemitismdecoded.substack.com/p/behind-a-s...
You know, “are you surprised” gets thrown around a lot but: yes I am surprised by the lows people find for themselves
Just a few weeks ago, Batya was speaking at 92Y alongside Kathy E. Manning, Yehuda Kurtzer, James Kirchick and Bret Stephens. I'm guessing she's spinning up a book tour about her upcoming book. If and when you see other institutions choosing to platform her, please remember this exchange.
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You know, “are you surprised” gets thrown around a lot but: yes I am surprised by the lows people find for themselves
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The Katz Center is delighted to announce a new book edited by former fellows Lila Corwin Berman, Deborah Dash Moore, and Beth S. Wenger. The Future of American Jewish Pasts showcases the research that grew from the 2020–21 fellowship year. Click below to learn more!
www.pennpress.org/978151282824...
www.pennpress.org/978151282824...
The Future of American Jewish Pasts – Penn Press
Leading scholars of American Jewish experience offer bold historical interpretations that reimagine American Jewish studiesThe Future of American Jewish Past...
www.pennpress.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Katz Center is delighted to announce a new book edited by former fellows Lila Corwin Berman, Deborah Dash Moore, and Beth S. Wenger. The Future of American Jewish Pasts showcases the research that grew from the 2020–21 fellowship year. Click below to learn more!
www.pennpress.org/978151282824...
www.pennpress.org/978151282824...
On Larry Summers
It's not about science or math so I should be fine
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why is there a graphic showing me the point difference in this Raptors game when the score is 4 to 2
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Why is there a graphic showing me the point difference in this Raptors game when the score is 4 to 2
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I do feel like “Nazism scandal” is a better description of the issue than “texting scandal”
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I do feel like “Nazism scandal” is a better description of the issue than “texting scandal”
He said he had a bit of a Nazi streak and the president then offered him a different job
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, says in a farewell email that he’s moving to the GSA.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
He said he had a bit of a Nazi streak and the president then offered him a different job
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My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
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More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
What the first major study of the US rabbinate reveals - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
www.jta.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
Listen I am sorry to be this way but I am going to take this opportunity to plug myself and more specifically my second book, Bad Jews (the JBC review says that to my credit, I am also self aware www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/bad-jew...)
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Listen I am sorry to be this way but I am going to take this opportunity to plug myself and more specifically my second book, Bad Jews (the JBC review says that to my credit, I am also self aware www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/bad-jew...)
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Gave some recommendations for New York City, a city for which I am bad at giving recommendations open.substack.com/pub/emilycta...
ET Leave Home, a monthly travel recommendation
For November, New York City
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Gave some recommendations for New York City, a city for which I am bad at giving recommendations open.substack.com/pub/emilycta...
Thank you to @phoebebovy.bsky.social for having me back on CJN’s The Jewish Angle to talk antisemitism and the American political right
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
How Israel caused a 'civil war' within right-wing politics
Emily Tamkin opines on Tucker Carlson interviewing Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
thecjn.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thank you to @phoebebovy.bsky.social for having me back on CJN’s The Jewish Angle to talk antisemitism and the American political right
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
thecjn.ca/opinion/how-...
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Everything else aside: why is the vice president talking about ibuprofen. Is there nothing else going on.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Everything else aside: why is the vice president talking about ibuprofen. Is there nothing else going on.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Here's the full Summers email, btw.
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Here's the full Summers email, btw.
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mike johnson about to reach hitherto unknown levels of haven't seen that
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
mike johnson about to reach hitherto unknown levels of haven't seen that
Just a pair of guys
US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged him to legally pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust
Trump Calls for Netanyahu’s Pardon in Letter to Israel President
US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged him to legally pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
bloom.bg
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just a pair of guys
…did Lil Kim just do the halftime show of this random Nets Raptors game
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
…did Lil Kim just do the halftime show of this random Nets Raptors game