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🎧 “Back when the alt-right was called the alt-right… people used to not believe me when I said how central the Jews and the so-called Jewish question were to that project.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎧 “Back when the alt-right was called the alt-right… people used to not believe me when I said how central the Jews and the so-called Jewish question were to that project.”
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“the way the radical right has worked… is they crib some ideas from the left, they tap into an adjacent insurgent anti establishment energy, and they have some of the same talking points… they take that & put it into nativism, and ultra nationalism, and scapegoating… they do that at crisis moments”
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
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Confronting the Anti-Zionist Right
Jewish Currents discusses Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“the way the radical right has worked… is they crib some ideas from the left, they tap into an adjacent insurgent anti establishment energy, and they have some of the same talking points… they take that & put it into nativism, and ultra nationalism, and scapegoating… they do that at crisis moments”
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Apparently I misunderstood; the amazing story by Henry Bean won't be unlocked for a while! But this is a GREAT excuse for you to subscribe to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social — you'll get access right now! Your mind will be blown, guaranteed!!!
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The Event
“Something has taken place that we cannot speak of or know or even fully perceive, yet the fact of which sits before us.”
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November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Apparently I misunderstood; the amazing story by Henry Bean won't be unlocked for a while! But this is a GREAT excuse for you to subscribe to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social — you'll get access right now! Your mind will be blown, guaranteed!!!
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This is a really thoughtful discussion on how progressives should relate to the anti-Zionist right (oppose them—they are hardline Christian nationalists and fascists).
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
Confronting the Anti-Zionist Right
Jewish Currents discusses Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is a really thoughtful discussion on how progressives should relate to the anti-Zionist right (oppose them—they are hardline Christian nationalists and fascists).
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It was great to talk with friends at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
on Nick Fuentes & rising anti-Zionism on the Right. Why is the Right fracturing over Israel right now? What do we do when they weave in unmistakable antisemitism, with real critique of Israel's genocide & repression of speech?
on Nick Fuentes & rising anti-Zionism on the Right. Why is the Right fracturing over Israel right now? What do we do when they weave in unmistakable antisemitism, with real critique of Israel's genocide & repression of speech?
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
Confronting the Anti-Zionist Right
Jewish Currents discusses Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It was great to talk with friends at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
on Nick Fuentes & rising anti-Zionism on the Right. Why is the Right fracturing over Israel right now? What do we do when they weave in unmistakable antisemitism, with real critique of Israel's genocide & repression of speech?
on Nick Fuentes & rising anti-Zionism on the Right. Why is the Right fracturing over Israel right now? What do we do when they weave in unmistakable antisemitism, with real critique of Israel's genocide & repression of speech?
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‘Norm Finkelstein, if you’re listening to this, you done fked up bro, like I don’t what you were thinking.’
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
Confronting the Anti-Zionist Right
Jewish Currents discusses Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
‘Norm Finkelstein, if you’re listening to this, you done fked up bro, like I don’t what you were thinking.’
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this podcast is good
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
Confronting the Anti-Zionist Right
Jewish Currents discusses Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
this podcast is good
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
Confronting the Anti-Zionist Right
Jewish Currents discusses Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right.
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...
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Today, @jewishcurrents.bsky.social is going to post one of the best and most provocative works of fiction I have ever read
It's by Henry Bean, the writer/director of THE BELIEVER (2001), and I don't want to tell you a single thing about it before you read it
However, you can prep by reading this:
It's by Henry Bean, the writer/director of THE BELIEVER (2001), and I don't want to tell you a single thing about it before you read it
However, you can prep by reading this:
On Jewish Skinheads — Josephine Riesman // Writer
An essay about Henry Bean's "The Believer" (2001).
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November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Today, @jewishcurrents.bsky.social is going to post one of the best and most provocative works of fiction I have ever read
It's by Henry Bean, the writer/director of THE BELIEVER (2001), and I don't want to tell you a single thing about it before you read it
However, you can prep by reading this:
It's by Henry Bean, the writer/director of THE BELIEVER (2001), and I don't want to tell you a single thing about it before you read it
However, you can prep by reading this:
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This piece argues that Israel's dependency, rooted in a long history of imperial patronage, underpins its genocidal campaigns. The path to ending Israel's violence lies in targeting the enablers who sustain its brutality.
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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The Myth of Israeli Innovation
Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This piece argues that Israel's dependency, rooted in a long history of imperial patronage, underpins its genocidal campaigns. The path to ending Israel's violence lies in targeting the enablers who sustain its brutality.
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
buff.ly/uBWoZvS
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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It was predictable that many liberal Zionists would oppose anti-Zionism’s “political normalization” in the NYC mayoral race. The more surprising story of the campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani, but their support, @peterbeinart.bsky.social writes.
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Mamdani Created a Left-Liberal Coalition on Israel/Palestine
The surprising story of the New York mayoral campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani’s campaign, but their support.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It was predictable that many liberal Zionists would oppose anti-Zionism’s “political normalization” in the NYC mayoral race. The more surprising story of the campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani, but their support, @peterbeinart.bsky.social writes.
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Every time Bari Weiss comes up I think of the time Jewish Currents got Judith Butler to review her book: jewishcurrents.org/bari-weisss-...
Bari Weiss’s Unasked Questions
In How to Fight Anti-Semitism , a facile approach to history justifies an impoverished ethical stance.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Every time Bari Weiss comes up I think of the time Jewish Currents got Judith Butler to review her book: jewishcurrents.org/bari-weisss-...
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I can hardly hear this (excellent) Jewish Currents podcast over the sound of my own angry screeching. As EIC Arielle Angel said, "I just don't know how these rabbis don't think they're fueling antisemitism by speaking in this way":
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The Rabbinic Freak-Out About Zohran Mamdani
Jewish Currents discusses the mainstream Jewish panic around the New York City mayoral favorite.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I can hardly hear this (excellent) Jewish Currents podcast over the sound of my own angry screeching. As EIC Arielle Angel said, "I just don't know how these rabbis don't think they're fueling antisemitism by speaking in this way":
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An excerpt of Najati's memoir is out in the fall Jewish Currents, online now. Looks like a great issue overall. Subscribe if you haven't!
Memoirs of a Palestinian Communist
Najati Sidqi’s reminiscences, which chronicle the upheavals of the early 20th century, resonate with shocking familiarity today.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
An excerpt of Najati's memoir is out in the fall Jewish Currents, online now. Looks like a great issue overall. Subscribe if you haven't!
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"In Gaza, Israel has destroyed an estimated one million olive trees in its bombardment, an assault leading experts have called a genocide. Meanwhile, less than two weeks into this year’s West Bank harvest, Israeli settlers have carried out over 150 increasingly violent attacks against harvesters."
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians during the olive harvest, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank, Maya Rosen reports.
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The Olive Harvest Deportations
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"In Gaza, Israel has destroyed an estimated one million olive trees in its bombardment, an assault leading experts have called a genocide. Meanwhile, less than two weeks into this year’s West Bank harvest, Israeli settlers have carried out over 150 increasingly violent attacks against harvesters."
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@jewishcurrents.bsky.social distills the absolute insanity that is the “mainstream” Jewish communal freakout over @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s candidacy for NYC mayor: how an election that is not about Israel or Jews was made one centered on their “pet issue” jewishcurrents.org/the-rabbinic...
The Rabbinic Freak-Out About Zohran Mamdani
Jewish Currents discusses the mainstream Jewish panic around the New York City mayoral favorite.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social distills the absolute insanity that is the “mainstream” Jewish communal freakout over @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s candidacy for NYC mayor: how an election that is not about Israel or Jews was made one centered on their “pet issue” jewishcurrents.org/the-rabbinic...
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Here's Wilder's account for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social of what she went through and witnessed as a U.S. journalist in Israeli custody. RSVP for the discussion tomorrow to hear more from her and others.
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🔔 Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas, featuring @recolston.bsky.social, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall, moderated by @chipgibbons.bsky.social.
🗓️ Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST
RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas
🗓️ Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST
RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here's Wilder's account for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social of what she went through and witnessed as a U.S. journalist in Israeli custody. RSVP for the discussion tomorrow to hear more from her and others.
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“If the vast majority of weapons deployed against the people of Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and most recently Qatar have been US-funded and US-made rather than the result of Israeli innovation, then our energies must be squarely directed toward cutting off this flow of armaments.”
Allies and critics alike have bought into the narrative of Israel as a hub of high-tech military "innovation." But, as the scholar Rhys Machold explains in his new piece, this story obscures the true motor powering Israel's violence: Western backing.
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The Myth of Israeli Innovation
Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“If the vast majority of weapons deployed against the people of Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and most recently Qatar have been US-funded and US-made rather than the result of Israeli innovation, then our energies must be squarely directed toward cutting off this flow of armaments.”
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians during the olive harvest, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank, Maya Rosen reports.
jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
The Olive Harvest Deportations
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians during the olive harvest, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank, Maya Rosen reports.
jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
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“The liberal Zionist vision of Israel has never, for a moment, been the reality of the Jewish state. There’s a human cost to that political commitment, and it comes on the backs of Palestinians" - R4C Founding Director @alissashira.bsky.social in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
Anti-Mamdani Letter Draws Support from Liberal Rabbinate
The letter revealed a split between liberal rabbis backing the mayoral nominee and those opposing him over his positions on Israel.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The liberal Zionist vision of Israel has never, for a moment, been the reality of the Jewish state. There’s a human cost to that political commitment, and it comes on the backs of Palestinians" - R4C Founding Director @alissashira.bsky.social in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
An anti-Mamdani rabbis' letter was organized by The Jewish Majority, which is led by an AIPAC alum. But the letter was also signed by liberal rabbis, revealing how some are leaning when confronted with a choice between their progressivism and their Zionism. jewishcurrents.org/anti-mamdani...
Anti-Mamdani Letter Draws Support from Liberal Rabbinate
The letter revealed a split between liberal rabbis backing the mayoral nominee and those opposing him over his positions on Israel.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An anti-Mamdani rabbis' letter was organized by The Jewish Majority, which is led by an AIPAC alum. But the letter was also signed by liberal rabbis, revealing how some are leaning when confronted with a choice between their progressivism and their Zionism. jewishcurrents.org/anti-mamdani...
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New @jewishcurrents.bsky.social podcast episode about our Yizkor on Yom Kippur, dedicated to the memory fo R' Arthur Waskow z"l
The work continues to build liberatory Judaism as part of our sacred covenant with the future. jewishcurrents.org/yizkor-in-th...
The work continues to build liberatory Judaism as part of our sacred covenant with the future. jewishcurrents.org/yizkor-in-th...
Yizkor in the Streets
A discussion with Rabbis for Ceasefire organizers on adapting our sacred rituals to build a Judaism beyond Zionism.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New @jewishcurrents.bsky.social podcast episode about our Yizkor on Yom Kippur, dedicated to the memory fo R' Arthur Waskow z"l
The work continues to build liberatory Judaism as part of our sacred covenant with the future. jewishcurrents.org/yizkor-in-th...
The work continues to build liberatory Judaism as part of our sacred covenant with the future. jewishcurrents.org/yizkor-in-th...
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Just recommending this amazing podcast episode for among other things the discussion of grief and the role(s) it’s playing (or not) in our politics right now
On this episode of On the Nose, Rabbis for Ceasefire organizers Alissa Wise and Elliot Kukla discuss the recent Yizkor in the streets, and the difference and interrelation between Palestine solidarity work and the work of building a Judaism beyond Zionism.
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Yizkor in the Streets
A discussion with Rabbis for Ceasefire organizers on adapting our sacred rituals to build a Judaism beyond Zionism.
jewishcurrents.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just recommending this amazing podcast episode for among other things the discussion of grief and the role(s) it’s playing (or not) in our politics right now
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"To the extent that the United States has provided [American Jews] with an exceptional level of security and freedom, it is on account of the liberal principles that Tikvah not only regards as inapplicable to the land of Israel, but increasingly rejects at home."
"The Tikvah grant represents an attempt not just to defund various 'woke' academic projects, but to reinscribe Jews in a narrative of American identity and empire that appears increasingly dubious to a new generation of right-wing thinkers and activists."
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The Meaning of Trump’s $10 Million Grant to a Jewish Nonprofit
The administration is boosting an older, neoconservative politics even as US–Israel relations are increasingly contested on the right.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"To the extent that the United States has provided [American Jews] with an exceptional level of security and freedom, it is on account of the liberal principles that Tikvah not only regards as inapplicable to the land of Israel, but increasingly rejects at home."