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Wednesday, November 4, 2026
In Michigan, the Pro-Palestine Movement Claims Its Biggest Prize Yet - Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win shows how to beat MAGA, organizers say.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
<i>Jewish Currents</i> Calls for the Release of Abed Abu Shehadeh -
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Israeli Police Detained Palestinian Journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh in Late-Night Raid - Interrogators pressed Abu Shehadeh on an interview he conducted with an exiled Palestinian leader.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
The Election Cycle That Shattered the Pro-Israel Consensus - The Democratic contests broke the ceiling for pro-Palestine progressives.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
We Must Conjure a Free Palestine Into Existence - “Imagining return at a moment of genocide is an act of resistance.”
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
The Palestinian Parties Could End Netanyahu’s Rule - A <i>Jewish Currents</i> Guide to Tuesday's Vote in Israel
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Deepfake Nation - Israel’s first AI-dominated election marks a new era in post-truth politics.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Israel Revoked Entry Permits of Brad Lander and Other US Jews After West Bank Olive Harvest Detention - Dozens of Americans detained last week in the West Bank have been barred from re-entering Israel.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
From <i>Tanka Workers Collective 1</i> - "Depressive / women with rhythm in their verb / talk laundry."
Thursday, October 22, 2026
In the Michigan Senate Race, Mike Rogers Is Stoking Jewish Fear. Will It Work? - An ethnic divide-and-conquer strategy pits Jews against Muslims.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
The Brutality of One - In Gaza, the 1,111th day of Israel's genocide reflects the blunt fact of endurance.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
A <em>Jewish Currents</em> Guide to the Israeli Elections - An imagined conversation between you and me about 'Jewish democracy' during genocide.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Emory Hillel Fired Its Rabbi Over Her Fiancé’s Criticism of Israel - Hillel cited fear of right-wing donors when it fired Rabbi Nikki Golomb.
Friday, October 9, 2026
As City Police Run Interference for ICE, Time Runs Out on Mamdani’s Public Safety Compromise - Outside the hospital where a man shot by ICE was being treated, the NYPD facilitated a dangerous gambit.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
The Israeli Elections Can’t Save Liberal Zionism - Jewish liberals hope a Netanyahu loss will restore their dream Israel. It won’t.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
An Accounting of Three Years of Horror in Gaza, and Beyond - Tallying up the devastation
Monday, October 5, 2026
A Tree Severed from Its Roots - Israel killed my aunt’s four children. How are we supposed to survive such consuming grief?
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Why We Invited Hasan Piker to JC Live - Jewish Currents publisher Daniel May on our upcoming conference
Thursday, October 1, 2026
In Michigan, a Progressive House Candidate Courted J Street. Then He Pulled Away. - Insurgent Democrats aren’t seeking J Street’s endorsement in Michigan.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing - Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression organization, the ADL, and others.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Republicans Are Road-Testing an Anti-Muslim Strategy - Saher Selod on Islamophobia in the Texas and Michigan Senate races.
Friday, September 25, 2026
From <i>Exhibit G: Surviving Image</i> - "What is enough childhood for a people to stay alive? What image of childhood is enough for a people to stay alive?"
Thursday, September 24, 2026
<i>NAZA</i> Will Change How Americans Think About Israel - A news desk conversation about the film detailing the killing of civilians in Gaza.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The Modern Orthodox School Rally Against Mamdani Was a Reboot of the Soviet Jewry Movement - The ‘80s are back.
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Scott Wiener's Pivot on Gaza Isn’t Enough for the Left - In San Francisco, a House race shows the limits of playing catch-up on Palestine.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Jewish High Schools Will Send Kids to Rally Outside Mamdani’s House - Leaders are using students as “protest pawns,” critics say.
Monday, September 14, 2026
Hold Still - "Can a question be a story? Maybe that’s the wrong question to ask. Or the wrong way to ask it."
Thursday, September 10, 2026
“No Bigger Failure” - Spencer Ackerman on the legacy of America’s wars of choice.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
This Is My Father - "Was this fear of 'the danger' meant to distract them from the pain eating at their souls?"
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Can Socialism Win Without Palestine? - In LA, mayoral candidate Nithya Raman needs DSA’s muscle. Will the group come out in force?
Thursday, September 3, 2026
“It Feels Like a Death Sentence” - In the West Bank, settlers are stealing livestock to push Palestinians off their land.
Thursday, September 3, 2026
PEN America Staffer Who Led Work on Palestine is Resigning - Liesl Gerntholtz headed the group’s Freedom to Write Center.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Could Jewish Democrats Actually Cost Abdul El-Sayed a Senate Seat? - Our political reporter explains why the Jewish vote matters in Michigan.
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Overturning Anti-BDS Laws is the Next Fight for the Pro-Palestine Left - Amid a pro-Palestine shift, advocates are looking to roll back state anti-BDS laws. It won’t be easy.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
The Smile of the Sphinx - “And what might lie within the men you rule?”
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
A Scary Night at Synagogue - After a frightening incident at a Manhattan shul, Jewish leaders cast blame in the wrong directions
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
<em>Birthright</em> Stages a Tired Debate - The play is among a rash of productions that seek to reassure Zionist audiences they’re worth arguing with.
Monday, August 17, 2026
Rhapsody of an Abandoned Checkpoint - "For the first time in a very long time they weren’t afraid of each other."
Monday, August 17, 2026
Jill Magid’s Tender Subterfuge - Through her investigations of institutional life, the conceptual artist exposes the vulnerabilities in seemingly impervious structures of power.
Monday, August 17, 2026
Visions of the Merkava - An exilic image of spiritual ascension has become a colonial technology of annihilation.
Monday, August 17, 2026
House Arrest - In Elaine Kraf’s hallucinatory novels, misogynistic violence is a conspiracy to drive women mad.
Monday, August 17, 2026
Image Study - "I look away from the blank crib / instead at instead into a photograph on a screen"
Monday, August 17, 2026
Diary of a Transgender Ideology Extremist - Trans life in the throes of a moral panic
Monday, August 17, 2026
Back to the Bund - Molly Crabapple’s book has rekindled interest in the 20th-century movement’s vision—but can we adapt it for our time?
Monday, August 17, 2026
The Queue - In Gaza, the wait is not only for bread or water but for permission to exist another day.
Monday, August 17, 2026
The Torture Regime - How Israeli prisons went from centers of Palestinian resistance to machines of Palestinian death
Monday, August 17, 2026
From THE NEW FOREST - "Why does digging up an old field evoke this sense of possibility?"
Thursday, August 13, 2026
A Choice for Liberals in Michigan: Zionism or Fighting Trump? - Establishment Democrats are backing El-Sayed, but Jewish liberals aren’t following along.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The Jewish Establishment Can’t Face Reality - Cowed by its radical base, a major Jewish organization throws a spin doctor under the bus.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The Faces of Tuba - Testimonies from a settler assault on a West Bank village.
