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It rhymes with justice: A zine of side-eye journalism, cathartic satire, and literary relief with the curmudgeonly conviction in basic decency and a good sandwich.

Here, our half-baked ideas. More baked, thebupkes.com.
We know it’s tough keeping up with bupkes. So here’s some of our latest …

Our interview with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu. Full episode on The Bupkes.
August 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
What is community and where is it? @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu has some ideas …
August 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
PLUS!

A tribute to the life and satire of Tom Lehrer, who died the other day at 97.
July 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fmr. 🇩🇪 Prez Gauck: “an early awoken anti … not antisemite … uh … philosemite.”

We believe him. Deeply.
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
While we work on our next episode of “Talk about bupkes!” don’t miss our last one. Talmudist and philosopher Oded Schechter explains why — along the way to colonizing Palestinians — Zionism first had to colonize Jews.

Link to episode: www.thebupkes.com/p/how-israel...
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Zionism is the negation of the Jew.”

Miss the latest Bupkes podcast? You’re in luck. Link to full episode below.
July 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW EPISODE: Forget about notions of national liberation; to the contrary, Zionism turns Jews into a colonial subject. (Palestinians, too, of course.)

Clip here and link to full interview below.
July 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM