What a BDS-Supporting President Means for Chile’s Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas – In Chile, home to a significant Palestinian community as well as a smaller Jewish enclave, the election of leftist Gabriel Boric may galvanize a shift in the politics of Israel/Palestine. March 10, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
A Judicial Reprieve for Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah – Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that four families slated for eviction can remain in their homes—for now. March 8, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
The Many Oblivions of Babi Yar – An ambitious creative team promised to make Kyiv home to the biggest and most impressive Holocaust museum in all of Europe. Before Russia attacked the city, scholars and artists had spent years in pitched disagreement over the vision of the memorial. March 7, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Our Oligarch – Jewish institutions have accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from Putin confidante Roman Abramovich. Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine force a reckoning? March 3, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
The Overlooked Loyalties of Ethel Rosenberg – A new biography of the martyr captures the texture of her life and times but fails to fully investigate her political convictions. March 2, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
A Progressive Foreign Policy Response to the War in Ukraine – An interview with Matt Duss, Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy adviser, on Russia’s invasion. March 1, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
I Need My Blood – “I will not lock my blood inside my heart, / neither will I shed my blood for naught” February 24, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: An Explainer – Responses to common questions on day one of Putin’s war of choice. February 24, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
How the Seattle Jewish Federation Blocked a Donation to B’Tselem – Donor-advised funds have legal discretion to deny gifts to groups that criticize Israel. February 23, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
Reclaiming a Minor Literature – The editor of diasporic Hebrew journal Mikan Ve’eylakh seeks to recover the possibilities of Hebrew language not tied to the State of Israel. February 21, 2022David Rutman, Meghan Froy Continue Reading
