Israel Moves to Ban the Palestinian Flag – New legislation would criminalize the display of the colors of “any enemy state” at public institutions. June 7, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
A Historic Jewish Wedding in a New Jersey Women’s Prison – Two brides tie the knot with human volunteers acting as chuppah poles June 2, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Balancing the Scales – How much did AIPAC affect a close Democratic primary in Texas? June 1, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Learning in the Dark – Feminist writer and organizer Meredith Tax on her reissued classic The Rising of the Women, and the long, entangled histories of women’s movements and labor struggles. June 1, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Progressive Lawmakers Demand Stop to Israeli “War Crime” in Masafer Yatta – In a letter to the Secretary of State, 15 House Democrats urged the administration to intervene against the expulsion of Palestinians from West Bank villages. May 31, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Die Schreibblockade: Selections – “I have returned to the city of my dead. / It is the living who live there. I do not know them.” May 27, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
What the Popular History of the Soviet Jewry Movement Leaves Out – An interview with Tova Benjamin, the curator of the Jewish Currents Soviet Issue’s centerpiece section. May 26, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
The Best Place in the World for Soviet Jews – The Soviet Jewry Movement exposed a rift between Israel and the US that persists to this day. May 26, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
“Israel Knows It Will Have Impunity” – Two weeks after Shireen Abu Akleh was killed—by Israeli soldiers, according to eyewitnesses—no independent body is investigating her death. May 24, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
The Ambivalent Émigrés – Antisemitism was a fact of life for Soviet Jews, but it did not top their list of reasons to leave. May 23, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
