Joshua Leifer

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Joshua Leifer |Nicola Alexandrou |Danielle Stephens

A violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the very highest levels of government

2 months ago | portside.org | Joshua Leifer

Kahane’s Ghost: How a Long-Dead Extremist Rabbi Continues To Haunt Israel’s Politics Published March 31, 2025 On the evening of 5 November 1990, Meir Kahane, the extremist American rabbi turned far-right Israeli politician, had just finished speaking at the midtown Manhattan Marriott East Side hotel when a man named El Sayyid Nosair put a bullet through his neck. Two hours after the shooting, Kahane was pronounced dead.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Joshua Leifer

On the evening of 5 November 1990, Meir Kahane, the extremist American rabbi turned far-right Israeli politician, had just finished speaking at the midtown Manhattan Marriott East Side hotel when a man named El Sayyid Nosair put a bullet through his neck. Two hours after the shooting, Kahane was pronounced dead. Kahane “believed in the ideology that ‘you shall murder,’” said Avraham Burg, then a Labor member of Knesset, “and died at the hands of someone who also believed in that ideology”.

2 months ago | dissentmagazine.org | Joshua Leifer |Michael Sfard

The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil If the secretary of state can simply declare a legal permanent resident deportable based on their constitutionally protected activities, the First Amendment no longer applies to noncitizens. ▪ March 14, 2025 Though the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil has been widely covered, it still does not cease to shock.

Mar 6, 2025 | dissentmagazine.org | Basel Adra |Michael Sfard |Joshua Leifer |Meredith Tax

Settler Terror Continues in the West Bank Our documentary No Other Land won an Oscar, but the conditions it depicts are only getting worse. ▪ March 6, 2025 Throughout the making of No Other Land—our documentary about the struggle and resilience of the Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta in the face of Israel’s efforts to expel us—one question persisted: Will anyone even watch this? Will anyone care?