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Eric Alterman

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Part Time Columnist at The Nation

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  • An (exactly) 65-year old’s choices for the best albums of the past 65 years. By Eric Alterman

    Jan 14, 2025 | altercation.substack.com | Eric Alterman

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  • The idea of an 'American Jewish community' is a myth

    Nov 8, 2024 | forward.com | Eric Alterman

    In the coming weeks and months, Jews will doubtless be reading a great deal about what role "the American Jewish community" played in the 2024 presidential election, and what its future may be. But those are bad questions.

  • After All the Mishegoss, Can Harris Get the Jewish Vote She Needs?

    Nov 2, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Eric Alterman

    It’sno secret that this past year has not been good for America’s Jews. It hasn’tbeen a party for America in general, either. We’ve got a presidential electioncoming up where, as David Frum tweeted,we are apparently “seriously considering becoming the first country in historyto go fascist in conditions of peace and prosperity.” One can say a great dealabout various forms of fascism as they have manifested themselves in differentcountries at different times.

  • Antisemitism is pervasive in the Republican Party

    Sep 23, 2024 | forward.com | Eric Alterman

    The most maddening thing about Donald Trump is that everything he does is a diversion from everything else he's done. It's impossible to keep up. In recent months, many conversations have gone like this: Did he say something stupidly sexist? Or racist? Or Islamophobic? Did he announce he wants to be a dictator on day one ? Did he suck up to the murderous Vladimir Putin (again)? Did he pal around with the malevolent lunatic, Laura Loomer ?

  • No, Anti-Zionism Is Not Antisemitism—Except When It Is

    Sep 8, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Eric Alterman

    The always complicated relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism has become an exceptionally fraught one. Especially since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the ensuing war on Gaza that Israel launched in retaliation, the topic has been upending traditional alliances in American politics and creating new and deeply divisive fissures in elite educational and cultural institutions.

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Great piece: the shame of a great city

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