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Jewish Currents is a quarterly magazine that represents a progressive and secular Jewish perspective. It continues the legacy of the Jewish left by offering independent journalism and political insights, while also embracing a unique "countercultural" style in its coverage of Jewish arts and literature.

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How Should Activists Relate to Risk?

21 hours ago | jewishcurrents.org | Aryeh Bernstein |Maya Rosen

In September 2024, an Israeli sniper shot and killed Turkish American human rights activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi outside of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Her murder was a devastating example of a sharp uptick in military and settler violence against both Palestinian residents and the international and Israeli activists who work with them.
Training for NYPD Officers Categorized the Keffiyeh and Watermelon as…

2 weeks ago | jewishcurrents.org | Alex Kane

On January 8th, senior New York Police Department (NYPD) staff joined over 150 law enforcement officers, city officials, and religious leaders at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan for a training on combating antisemitism.
Prisoners and Activists Push Back on HALT Act Suspension in New York

3 weeks ago | jewishcurrents.org | Christopher Blackwell |Sarah Sax

On February 17th, as hundreds of prison guards across New York State abandoned their posts in a wildcat strike, Robert Williams, a 41-year-old incarcerated man in Eastern New York Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was stuck in his cell, trying to make sense of what was happening. Usually, guards would come by for count at 6:00 am, letting prisoners out for breakfast around 7.30. But now it was 12:00 pm, and they were still locked up.
“All He Draws Is Monsters!”

3 weeks ago | jewishcurrents.org | Eli Valley

In the summer of 1896, writing from a prison cell one year into his sentence for gross indecency, Oscar Wilde pleaded with the British Home Secretary for a commutation.
The Four Ivies

1 month ago | jewishcurrents.org | Eli Valley

Eli Valley is a Jewish Currents contributing writer. His comics collection Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel, and his new book, Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque, are available from OR Books.
Chuck Schumer Cannot Meet the Moment

1 month ago | jewishcurrents.org | Peter Beinart

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has chosen an inopportune time to publish a book. The release of Antisemitism in America: A Warning coincides with a revolt among Democrats against his failure to oppose a Republican budget that slashes Medicaid and other domestic spending. To avoid protests, he has had to cancel his book tour. His media interviews often feature questions about how the Democratic Party lost its way.
The Deportation Dragnet

1 month ago | jewishcurrents.org | Tanvi Misra

On March 7th, Ranjani Srinivasan, a Columbia University doctoral student from India and the holder of an F-1 student visa, was on a Zoom call with an advisor from the university’s international students’ office when a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knocked on her door.
Parsing Anti-Hamas Protests and Pro-Israel PR

1 month ago | jewishcurrents.org | Mari Cohen

Last week, amid continuous bombing and evacuation orders, a few thousand Palestinians took to the streets in the northern Gaza Strip to protest against Israel’s intensified attacks and, specifically, against Hamas’s governance.
ADL Shutters Flagship Anti-Bias Program

1 month ago | jewishcurrents.org | Alex Kane

In December 2023, during a monthly call with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) education team, Clara Hess, the vice president of education for the nonprofit, announced a major change: The organization would be phasing out its flagship anti-bias education program, A World of Difference (AWOD). In a document shared with education staff and obtained by Jewish Currents, the ADL said AWOD-focused staff would now be working on other programs, most of which were about antisemitism education.
Book Launch: Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter…

Jan 29, 2025 | jewishcurrents.org

Join us on Wednesday, January 29th, for the in-person and virtual launch of Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart’s new book, "Being Jewish After…