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International college programs in Israel attempt "to cultivate a smaller, more committed base that can substitute for the broad liberal constituency that has been lost."
Maya Rosen reports on Israel's attempts to recruit American Jewish college students: jewishcurrents.org/degrees-of-s...
Maya Rosen reports on Israel's attempts to recruit American Jewish college students: jewishcurrents.org/degrees-of-s...
Degrees of Separation
Israel’s new international college programs offer American students an escape from campus activism while training them as state cheerleaders.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
International college programs in Israel attempt "to cultivate a smaller, more committed base that can substitute for the broad liberal constituency that has been lost."
Maya Rosen reports on Israel's attempts to recruit American Jewish college students: jewishcurrents.org/degrees-of-s...
Maya Rosen reports on Israel's attempts to recruit American Jewish college students: jewishcurrents.org/degrees-of-s...
Now unpaywalled: Maya Rosen reports on Israel’s new bid for soft power through international college programs, offering American students an escape from pro-Palestine activism on campus while training them as state cheerleaders.
Degrees of Separation
Israel’s new international college programs offer American students an escape from campus activism while training them as state cheerleaders.
jewishcurrents.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Now unpaywalled: Maya Rosen reports on Israel’s new bid for soft power through international college programs, offering American students an escape from pro-Palestine activism on campus while training them as state cheerleaders.
As settlers evict families from their homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood, a community art project called I Witness Silwan ensures that they are always being watched.
The Eyes of Silwan
As settlers evict families from their homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood, a community art project called I Witness Silwan ensures that they are…
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December 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
As settlers evict families from their homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood, a community art project called I Witness Silwan ensures that they are always being watched.
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Highly recommended & not just for NYers::
“If we are not to become trapped in a permanent state of melancholy, we need a careful analysis of the state’s enormous capacity for reaction in defense of capital’s interests.”
Sam Stein quoting @monedero.bsky.social
“If we are not to become trapped in a permanent state of melancholy, we need a careful analysis of the state’s enormous capacity for reaction in defense of capital’s interests.”
Sam Stein quoting @monedero.bsky.social
Samuel Stein looks at how New York City Hall is "booby-trapped to prevent progress on housing"—and how mayor-elect Mamdani and his allies can overcome the obstacles. jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Highly recommended & not just for NYers::
“If we are not to become trapped in a permanent state of melancholy, we need a careful analysis of the state’s enormous capacity for reaction in defense of capital’s interests.”
Sam Stein quoting @monedero.bsky.social
“If we are not to become trapped in a permanent state of melancholy, we need a careful analysis of the state’s enormous capacity for reaction in defense of capital’s interests.”
Sam Stein quoting @monedero.bsky.social
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That @nickkristof.bsky.social piece is especially notable (and welcome) in light of the findings reported in this @jewishcurrents.bsky.social article: jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
The Genocides The New York Times Forgot
The paper’s Gaza coverage continues its pattern of downplaying US-backed atrocities in Bangladesh, East Timor, and Guatemala.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
That @nickkristof.bsky.social piece is especially notable (and welcome) in light of the findings reported in this @jewishcurrents.bsky.social article: jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
In the newest installment of our Chevruta column, Rabbi Aron Wander and senior editor Nathan Goldman turn to Jewish texts to discuss how anti-Zionist Jews should approach rebuking their communities.
How Should We Engage in Communal Rebuke?
An investigation through Jewish text on moving fellow Jews
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December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In the newest installment of our Chevruta column, Rabbi Aron Wander and senior editor Nathan Goldman turn to Jewish texts to discuss how anti-Zionist Jews should approach rebuking their communities.
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"This administration is actually making it difficult for anyone to come here even with visas. At the end of the day, it just highlights that this has...always been about exclusion and racism."
— Samah Sisay, Staff Attorney for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. jewishcurrents.org/trumps-new-t...
— Samah Sisay, Staff Attorney for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. jewishcurrents.org/trumps-new-t...
Trump’s New Travel Ban Targets Palestinians
Immigration law expert Samah Sisay says the new restrictions are about politics, not security.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"This administration is actually making it difficult for anyone to come here even with visas. At the end of the day, it just highlights that this has...always been about exclusion and racism."
— Samah Sisay, Staff Attorney for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. jewishcurrents.org/trumps-new-t...
— Samah Sisay, Staff Attorney for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. jewishcurrents.org/trumps-new-t...
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The new travel ban issued by President Trump halts people with Palestinian Authority-issued passports from entering the United States. Immigration law expert Samah Sisay (of
@ccrjustice.org) says the new restrictions are about politics, not security.
@ccrjustice.org) says the new restrictions are about politics, not security.
Trump’s New Travel Ban Targets Palestinians
Immigration law expert Samah Sisay says the new restrictions are about politics, not security.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The new travel ban issued by President Trump halts people with Palestinian Authority-issued passports from entering the United States. Immigration law expert Samah Sisay (of
@ccrjustice.org) says the new restrictions are about politics, not security.
@ccrjustice.org) says the new restrictions are about politics, not security.
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🚨BIG JOURNALISM JOB ALERT🚨
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social is looking for a new editor-in-chief (now that the LEGENDARY Arielle Angel is stepping back to be an editor-at-large):
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social is looking for a new editor-in-chief (now that the LEGENDARY Arielle Angel is stepping back to be an editor-at-large):
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December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨BIG JOURNALISM JOB ALERT🚨
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social is looking for a new editor-in-chief (now that the LEGENDARY Arielle Angel is stepping back to be an editor-at-large):
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social is looking for a new editor-in-chief (now that the LEGENDARY Arielle Angel is stepping back to be an editor-at-large):
In wartime, expressions of sorrow are pushed away. But, as Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza, Palestinian grief is sacred. It demands to be felt.
Crying Is Not Surrender
In wartime, expressions of sorrow are pushed away. But our grief is sacred. It demands to be felt.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In wartime, expressions of sorrow are pushed away. But, as Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza, Palestinian grief is sacred. It demands to be felt.
"An American public steeped in the responsibility it bears for the atrocities of Timor, Bangladesh, and Guatemala, among others, would have been more likely to recognize how history was repeating itself in Gaza."
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
The Genocides The New York Times Forgot
The paper’s Gaza coverage continues its pattern of downplaying US-backed atrocities in Bangladesh, East Timor, and Guatemala.
jewishcurrents.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"An American public steeped in the responsibility it bears for the atrocities of Timor, Bangladesh, and Guatemala, among others, would have been more likely to recognize how history was repeating itself in Gaza."
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
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"the US was no bumbling humanitarian but a hegemon ready to pursue its interests through brutality, and willing to support its clients’ and allies’ mass killings until doing so becomes impolitic."
"The historical events that the New York Times has most clearly remembered as genocides, as crimes that demand outrage and accountability, are those where American complicity was not part of the story."
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
The Genocides The New York Times Forgot
The paper’s Gaza coverage continues its pattern of downplaying US-backed atrocities in Bangladesh, East Timor, and Guatemala.
jewishcurrents.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"the US was no bumbling humanitarian but a hegemon ready to pursue its interests through brutality, and willing to support its clients’ and allies’ mass killings until doing so becomes impolitic."
"The historical events that the New York Times has most clearly remembered as genocides, as crimes that demand outrage and accountability, are those where American complicity was not part of the story."
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
The Genocides The New York Times Forgot
The paper’s Gaza coverage continues its pattern of downplaying US-backed atrocities in Bangladesh, East Timor, and Guatemala.
jewishcurrents.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"The historical events that the New York Times has most clearly remembered as genocides, as crimes that demand outrage and accountability, are those where American complicity was not part of the story."
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Comparing The New York Times’ treatment of genocides in which the US was not directly involved to its coverage of genocides that, like Gaza, featured active American assistance to aggressors yields striking results. Read the analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
The Genocides The New York Times Forgot
The paper’s Gaza coverage continues its pattern of downplaying US-backed atrocities in Bangladesh, East Timor, and Guatemala.
jewishcurrents.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Comparing The New York Times’ treatment of genocides in which the US was not directly involved to its coverage of genocides that, like Gaza, featured active American assistance to aggressors yields striking results. Read the analysis by Zachary Jablow:
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
jewishcurrents.org/the-genocide...
Samuel Stein looks at how New York City Hall is "booby-trapped to prevent progress on housing"—and how mayor-elect Mamdani and his allies can overcome the obstacles. jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Samuel Stein looks at how New York City Hall is "booby-trapped to prevent progress on housing"—and how mayor-elect Mamdani and his allies can overcome the obstacles. jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
"All Mamdani’s socialist bonafides cannot change the fact that he will be governing from within a capitalist system,” writes Sam Stein. “But Mamdani’s opponents are not the only ones who can harness structural power.” jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"All Mamdani’s socialist bonafides cannot change the fact that he will be governing from within a capitalist system,” writes Sam Stein. “But Mamdani’s opponents are not the only ones who can harness structural power.” jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
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A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office.
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?
jewishcurrents.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office.
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
Can Zohran Mamdani overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda? Samuel Stein outlines the challenges that face the mayor-elect on housing.
Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?
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December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Can Zohran Mamdani overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda? Samuel Stein outlines the challenges that face the mayor-elect on housing.
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And props to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social for the Chanukah tweak to their logo. 👍
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
And props to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social for the Chanukah tweak to their logo. 👍
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Good for them! Imagine: Informing students.
"In my classrooms, students continued to move toward the political analysis that two successive university—and presidential—administrations seemed determined to suppress."
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
"In my classrooms, students continued to move toward the political analysis that two successive university—and presidential—administrations seemed determined to suppress."
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
Scenes from a Columbia Writing Workshop
In my classrooms, students continued to move toward the political analysis that two successive university—and presidential—administrations seemed…
jewishcurrents.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Good for them! Imagine: Informing students.
"In my classrooms, students continued to move toward the political analysis that two successive university—and presidential—administrations seemed determined to suppress."
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
"In my classrooms, students continued to move toward the political analysis that two successive university—and presidential—administrations seemed determined to suppress."
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
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Glad to be referenced in this @jewishcurrents.bsky.social essay by the great Samuel Stein!
jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?
jewishcurrents.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Glad to be referenced in this @jewishcurrents.bsky.social essay by the great Samuel Stein!
jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...
This week, we spoke with Sarah Schwartz of @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social. We parsed the various responses to the Bondi Beach attack; explored the folly of conflating ISIS ideology w/ Palestine politics; & reflected on the role & responsibility of the Jewish left amid antisemitic violence.
Processing the Attack at Bondi Beach
Jewish Currents speaks with Sarah Schwartz of the Jewish Council of Australia about the Jewish left response to the deadly Hanukkah shooting.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This week, we spoke with Sarah Schwartz of @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social. We parsed the various responses to the Bondi Beach attack; explored the folly of conflating ISIS ideology w/ Palestine politics; & reflected on the role & responsibility of the Jewish left amid antisemitic violence.
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"A classroom, no matter how closely patrolled, has a stubborn way of remaining a place devoted to inquiry"
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
Scenes from a Columbia Writing Workshop
In my classrooms, students continued to move toward the political analysis that two successive university—and presidential—administrations seemed…
jewishcurrents.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"A classroom, no matter how closely patrolled, has a stubborn way of remaining a place devoted to inquiry"
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...
jewishcurrents.org/scenes-from-...