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Rep. Lauren Boebert says Biden’s COVID vaccine staff are ‘Needle Nazis’

July 8, 2021Mark Hershlag

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Arizona passes long-delayed Holocaust education bill after sidelining debate over antisemitism definitions

July 6, 2021Mark Hershlag

(Jewish News of Greater Phoenix via JTA) — When Michael Beller set out three years ago to get a law passed in Arizona requiring Holocaust education in public schools, the response he got was clear. “People told me this would never happen. They were like, ‘Not now, not ever. It will never happen in Arizona.’ […]

Material Conditions

July 6, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

This artist feature appears in our Spring 2021 issue. Subscribe now to receive a copy in your mailbox. IN THE BOTTOM LINE, textile artist Rachel Breen attached thin strips of blue and gray cloth to a wall, staggered as if describing to a curve on a graph, the movement of the line evoking a stock market chart. Breen says […]

Roasting in a Western Washington Prison

July 2, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

It’s almost midnight. I continue to toss and turn on my thin prison pad of a bed, exhausted from smoldering for days in extreme heat with no reprieve. My little 12-inch fan is working overtime to bring relief. Many other prisoners’ fans have already burnt out; I pray mine doesn’t. The tier is quiet. There’s […]

Biden kneels before Orthodox adviser to Israel’s president after learning she has 12 children

July 2, 2021Mark Hershlag

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These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse

July 1, 2021Mark Hershlag

This article will be updated as more names are identified by authorities in Florida. (JTA) — The Champlain Towers South building collapse is a national tragedy, one that has claimed nearly 20 lives so far and left over 140 still missing in the rubble as of Thursday. Among other groups, it struck a unique nexus […]

The Christian Zionist Group Shaping Holocaust Education in Florida

July 1, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

LAST OCTOBER, the expert panel appointed to write Florida’s Holocaust education standards—a group composed of scholars and Jewish communal leaders—received feedback on a draft of the standards from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) provided by the right-wing Christian Zionist organization Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN). The group had inserted lessons that defined Jewishness […]

What We Talk About When We Talk About “Intermarriage”

June 30, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

For the past several decades, mainstream Jewish institutions have obsessively studied and worried over Jewish marriage patterns, which have gradually tilted away from favoring in-group relationships. The latest large-scale findings, from a 2020 Pew study, were released last month. Unsurprisingly, they showed that the trend toward “intermarriage” has continued: 61% of American Jews who tied […]

Ilhan Omar says Jewish lawmakers who criticize her ‘haven’t been partners in justice’

June 30, 2021Mark Hershlag

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Listen: Jewish Feelings

June 29, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

Welcome to the first official episode of the Jewish Currents podcast, On the Nose. After a brief conversation about the show’s title, editor-in-chief Arielle Angel, publisher Jacob Plitman, managing editor Nathan Goldman, and assistant editor Mari Cohen discuss the Anti-Defamation League’s recent survey of American Jews about their perceptions and understanding of antisemitism, in the […]