On the Nose is a biweekly podcast by Jewish Currents, a magazine of the Jewish left founded in 1946. The editorial staff... more
On April 7th, Larry David’s sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm—which debuted in 2000 and ran on and off for 24 years—concluded... more
The recent wave of anti-Zionist Gaza solidarity protest encampments on college campuses has reignited a longstanding public debate over how... more
Last fall, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco put out an open call for artists to apply for the... more
Chevruta is a column named for the traditional method of Jewish study, in which a pair of students analyzes a... more
Last week, the NYPD—called in by Columbia University president Minouche Shafik—arrested 108 Columbia and Barnard students, who had set up... more
In recent months, a buzzy new pair of articles on the specter of rising “Israel-related” antisemitism have arrived in The... more
In The Ally—a new play at the Public Theater by Itamar Moses—an Israeli American adjunct professor is forced to confront... more
In the public sphere, the discursive battle over Israel and Palestine often comes down to language, with one’s willingness to... more
On January 22nd, India’s far-right prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ram Mandir, a gargantuan new temple dedicated to the... more
In recent years, religious Jewish communities around the world have turned increasingly toward the right. In Israel, the overwhelmingly right-wing... more
On January 26th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim ruling on South Africa’s charge that Israel is... more
The US labor movement has had an exciting few years. Labor unions are gaining popularity among the general public as... more
Many months ago, we solicited questions from you, our listeners, for our first-ever mailbag episode. The result was a wide-ranging... more
In this episode, Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart speaks with two political analysts from Gaza living abroad, Khalil Sayegh and... more
In late October, we received a letter: “In almost every conversation I have with young Jews on the left, I... more
In her new book, Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World, leftist public intellectual Naomi Klein argues that the phenomenon... more
Since October 7th, when Hamas attacked Israel and Israel began its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, almost every member of Congress... more
In the weeks since October 7th, when Hamas attacked the south of Israel and Israel began bombing Gaza, American Jewish... more
Since Hamas’s October 7th attack, Israeli leftists have felt squeezed between a global left response that has sometimes justified or... more
On Saturday, October 7th, Hamas launched a surprise attack across the Gaza border, killing more than 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians,... more
Since October 7th, when Hamas attacked Israel and Israel began its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, almost every member of Congress has denounced... more