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Rutgers University’s chancellor condemned antisemitism — then apologized for doing so

May 28, 2021Mark Hershlag

(JTA) — The chancellor of New Jersey’s flagship public university condemned antisemitism and then, following protest from a pro-Palestinian student group, apologized for the condemnation. On Wednesday, the chancellor of Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Christopher J. Molloy, released a statement condemning antisemitism, which spiked across the country during and after the recent fighting in Israel and […]

A TABLEAU OF ASPIRATION OR FRANKLIN SITTING ON THE SOLITARY GARDEN DECK CHAIR IN 1973’s A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING

May 28, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

In the period immediately following spectacular violence, a poem will often go viral on social media. It makes sense that poetry might offer a way out from that space of unrepresentable trauma—a path back to a social form where the true work of redress can take place. Sometimes, though, the turn to poetry feels both […]

The Rise of the New Settler State

May 27, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

TWO WEEKS AGO, when fighting ignited across Israel’s so-called “mixed cities” between far-right Jewish vigilantes and groups of mostly young Palestinian men, the city of Lod (in Arabic, Lydda) was the epicenter. After a May 10th demonstration by Palestinian citizens of Israel—who make up roughly a quarter of the city’s population—armed Jewish residents shot and […]

A Closer Look at the ‘Uptick’ in Antisemitism

May 27, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

THIS WEEK, President Joe Biden met with leaders from five major American Jewish organizations in response to a letter expressing concerns about a “surge in antisemitic attacks,” which the groups connect to popular discourse and protest surrounding Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell announced their intention to introduce a […]

Calling Israel ‘apartheid’ and ‘terrorist’ is antisemitic, say 4 Jewish Democrats targeting party colleagues

May 26, 2021Mark Hershlag

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The End of the World as We Know It

May 26, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

Discussed in this essay: The Unreality of Memory, by Elisa Gabbert. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. 272 pages. Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time, by Ben Ehrenreich. Counterpoint, 2020. 336 pages. Infrastructures of Apocalypse: American Literature and the Nuclear Complex, by Jessica Hurley. University of Minnesota Press, 2020. 301 pages. IT’S […]

Days Before Approving Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, State Department Agreed to Contentious Bomb Sale to Israel

May 25, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

TODAY, the Biden administration committed more than $5 million to rebuilding Gaza after Israeli bombing left swathes of the territory in ruins, with medical facilities, homes, and roads destroyed or damaged by the aerial attack that killed at least 248 people this month. But even as the administration takes steps to aid Gaza, its State […]

NBA teams take social media stands against antisemitism

May 24, 2021Mark Hershlag

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The Haircut

May 24, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

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Antisemitism in New York City: What we know about Thursday’s attacks

May 21, 2021Mark Hershlag

(JTA) — On Thursday, as Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire that ended their 11-day conflict, Jews in New York City experienced a string of assaults and attacks connected to the fighting half a world away. At night, dueling pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations clashed in Times Square, where protesters from both demonstrations broke out into […]