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"Fiction offered distance from the regime’s official records—its denials of the atrocities, its criminalizing of our grief—and a route to enter memory."
Author Sahar Delijani on Iran's Evin Prison and defying the narratives of dictatorship and empire alike jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
Author Sahar Delijani on Iran's Evin Prison and defying the narratives of dictatorship and empire alike jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
The View from Evin
My family’s history with the notorious Iranian prison links me to a world of unfinished liberation movements.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Fiction offered distance from the regime’s official records—its denials of the atrocities, its criminalizing of our grief—and a route to enter memory."
Author Sahar Delijani on Iran's Evin Prison and defying the narratives of dictatorship and empire alike jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
Author Sahar Delijani on Iran's Evin Prison and defying the narratives of dictatorship and empire alike jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
On the new episode of On the Nose, Sarah Aziza and Tareq Baconi discuss their new memoirs and the political necessity of turning silence—around queerness, Gaza, the Nakba—into speech.
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Writing the Palestinian Diaspora
Sarah Aziza and Tareq Baconi discuss their new memoirs and the political necessity of turning silence—around queerness, Gaza, the Nakba—into speech.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On the new episode of On the Nose, Sarah Aziza and Tareq Baconi discuss their new memoirs and the political necessity of turning silence—around queerness, Gaza, the Nakba—into speech.
jewishcurrents.org/writing-the-...
jewishcurrents.org/writing-the-...
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Incredible story. Bravo to @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social
“My entire portfolio was focused on white supremacists and violent extremists. After October 7th, it was exclusively pro-Palestine.”
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
The ADL Tried to Appease MAGA. The FBI Cut Ties with Them Anyway.
The Jewish defense group—whose partnership with federal law enforcement goes back decades—has never been more isolated.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Incredible story. Bravo to @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social
"The prison, filled with generations of dissidents, contains—and attempts to extinguish—a story that defies the one upheld by dictatorship and empire alike."
Read Sahar Delijani's essay, now unpaywalled, on Israel's June airstrikes on Evin Prison in Tehran jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
Read Sahar Delijani's essay, now unpaywalled, on Israel's June airstrikes on Evin Prison in Tehran jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
The View from Evin
My family’s history with the notorious Iranian prison links me to a world of unfinished liberation movements.
jewishcurrents.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"The prison, filled with generations of dissidents, contains—and attempts to extinguish—a story that defies the one upheld by dictatorship and empire alike."
Read Sahar Delijani's essay, now unpaywalled, on Israel's June airstrikes on Evin Prison in Tehran jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
Read Sahar Delijani's essay, now unpaywalled, on Israel's June airstrikes on Evin Prison in Tehran jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
From our fall issue, now unpaywalled: Sahar Delijani on her family’s history with the notorious Iranian prison and a world of unfinished liberation movements jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
The View from Evin
My family’s history with the notorious Iranian prison links me to a world of unfinished liberation movements.
jewishcurrents.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
From our fall issue, now unpaywalled: Sahar Delijani on her family’s history with the notorious Iranian prison and a world of unfinished liberation movements jewishcurrents.org/the-view-fro...
"The relationship between the ADL and the FBI began decades before Comey professed his “love” for the antisemitism watchdog on the stage of its 2014 leadership summit."
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
The ADL Tried to Appease MAGA. The FBI Cut Ties with Them Anyway.
The Jewish defense group—whose partnership with federal law enforcement goes back decades—has never been more isolated.
jewishcurrents.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The relationship between the ADL and the FBI began decades before Comey professed his “love” for the antisemitism watchdog on the stage of its 2014 leadership summit."
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
“My entire portfolio was focused on white supremacists and violent extremists. After October 7th, it was exclusively pro-Palestine.”
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
The ADL Tried to Appease MAGA. The FBI Cut Ties with Them Anyway.
The Jewish defense group—whose partnership with federal law enforcement goes back decades—has never been more isolated.
jewishcurrents.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“My entire portfolio was focused on white supremacists and violent extremists. After October 7th, it was exclusively pro-Palestine.”
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Last month, Trump welcomed the UN Security Council’s approval of his “20-point-plan” as “a moment of true historic proportion.” In reality, the plan continues a century of Western and Israeli efforts to shrink Palestinian territory. Anne Irfan explains
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December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Last month, Trump welcomed the UN Security Council’s approval of his “20-point-plan” as “a moment of true historic proportion.” In reality, the plan continues a century of Western and Israeli efforts to shrink Palestinian territory. Anne Irfan explains
jewishcurrents.org/how-trumps-g...
jewishcurrents.org/how-trumps-g...
Losing its long-cultivated partnership with the FBI is a major blow to the Anti-Defamation League. But the group has few left allies to support it against MAGA after recent attempts to align with Trumpworld.
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
The ADL Tried to Appease MAGA. The FBI Cut Ties with Them Anyway.
The Jewish defense group—whose partnership with federal law enforcement goes back decades—has never been more isolated.
jewishcurrents.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Losing its long-cultivated partnership with the FBI is a major blow to the Anti-Defamation League. But the group has few left allies to support it against MAGA after recent attempts to align with Trumpworld.
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
@maricohen.bsky.social & @alexbkane.bsky.social report:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
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Every facet of Israeli society—its government and politicians, its media and its culture—have collectively agreed to “make the decimation of Palestinian life in Gaza simply disappear from Israeli memory,” writes Lee Mordechai for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social.
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Every facet of Israeli society—its government and politicians, its media and its culture—have collectively agreed to “make the decimation of Palestinian life in Gaza simply disappear from Israeli memory,” writes Lee Mordechai for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social.
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Great paper 👏👏👏 many thanks Lee Mordechaï and @jvp.bsky.social and @jewishcurrents.bsky.social . Some Jews remain aware, fortunately.
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Great paper 👏👏👏 many thanks Lee Mordechaï and @jvp.bsky.social and @jewishcurrents.bsky.social . Some Jews remain aware, fortunately.
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I was at the Ackman keynote, a squalid affair but also an illuminating one. Wrote it up for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. Ackman's donations were the obvious subtext of the whole event. jewishcurrents.org/the-end-of-t...
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I was at the Ackman keynote, a squalid affair but also an illuminating one. Wrote it up for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. Ackman's donations were the obvious subtext of the whole event. jewishcurrents.org/the-end-of-t...
"Before, the children were learning about Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Nakba, and the Naksa; now, they are taught about the Wailing Wall, Israeli Independence Day, and the Six-Day War."
Jonathan Shamir reports on Israel's educational crusade in East Jerusalem jewishcurrents.org/an-education...
Jonathan Shamir reports on Israel's educational crusade in East Jerusalem jewishcurrents.org/an-education...
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Before, the children were learning about Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Nakba, and the Naksa; now, they are taught about the Wailing Wall, Israeli Independence Day, and the Six-Day War."
Jonathan Shamir reports on Israel's educational crusade in East Jerusalem jewishcurrents.org/an-education...
Jonathan Shamir reports on Israel's educational crusade in East Jerusalem jewishcurrents.org/an-education...
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Read Will Alden’s portrait of UCLA’s capitulation to pro-Israel activists and Trump, and the ongoing harm this has caused pro-Palestinian students, for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…
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December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Read Will Alden’s portrait of UCLA’s capitulation to pro-Israel activists and Trump, and the ongoing harm this has caused pro-Palestinian students, for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
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Enduring hardship in Gaza: Famine's Long Shadow @JewishCurrents
Famine's Long Shadow
Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Enduring hardship in Gaza: Famine's Long Shadow @JewishCurrents
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"Winning justice for Palestinians—and the enduring security that Jewish Israelis claim to want—will require reckoning with this entrenched national ethos of denial."
"The past two years of continuous violence made Gaza impossible to ignore, requiring more active modes of forgetting—and now a concerted effort to solidify a whitewashed national narrative that exonerates Israel of wrongdoing."
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Israel’s Collective Amnesia
Even as Israel continues killing Gazans, its liberals are ready to forget the genocide.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
"Winning justice for Palestinians—and the enduring security that Jewish Israelis claim to want—will require reckoning with this entrenched national ethos of denial."
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Great to hold the latest issue of @jewishcurrents.bsky.social in my hands. The reporting from UCLA in this issue is especially important.
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Great to hold the latest issue of @jewishcurrents.bsky.social in my hands. The reporting from UCLA in this issue is especially important.
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This is the most succinct description of a key feature of the current moment that I’ve read so far—by M. Gessen writing in the New York Times today in support of our need to support @jewishcurrents.bsky.social as a magazine navigating us through this confusion. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is the most succinct description of a key feature of the current moment that I’ve read so far—by M. Gessen writing in the New York Times today in support of our need to support @jewishcurrents.bsky.social as a magazine navigating us through this confusion. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, Jess Schwalb & I explored the Zionist Right’s flailing attempts to counter rising antisemitism and criticism of Israel within the MAGA ranks. We cover last week’s conference in DC held by a task force on antisemitism which recently left the Heritage Foundation/
A conference aiming to confront antisemitism on the right offers a portrait of a Zionist old guard left twisting in the wind,
@benlorber8.bsky.social and Jess Schwalb report.
jewishcurrents.org/the-zionist-...
@benlorber8.bsky.social and Jess Schwalb report.
jewishcurrents.org/the-zionist-...
The Zionist Right Has a MAGA Problem
A conference aiming to confront antisemitism on the right offers a portrait of an old guard left twisting in the wind.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, Jess Schwalb & I explored the Zionist Right’s flailing attempts to counter rising antisemitism and criticism of Israel within the MAGA ranks. We cover last week’s conference in DC held by a task force on antisemitism which recently left the Heritage Foundation/
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THEY! COULDN’T! EVEN! MAKE! A! MINYAN!
I’m sorry, I know this is all very serious stuff, leopard-triggered facial reconstruction is a serious business, but I had to laugh when I got to that part.
These are numerically-challenged people.
I’m sorry, I know this is all very serious stuff, leopard-triggered facial reconstruction is a serious business, but I had to laugh when I got to that part.
These are numerically-challenged people.
A conference aiming to confront antisemitism on the right offers a portrait of a Zionist old guard left twisting in the wind,
@benlorber8.bsky.social and Jess Schwalb report.
jewishcurrents.org/the-zionist-...
@benlorber8.bsky.social and Jess Schwalb report.
jewishcurrents.org/the-zionist-...
The Zionist Right Has a MAGA Problem
A conference aiming to confront antisemitism on the right offers a portrait of an old guard left twisting in the wind.
jewishcurrents.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
THEY! COULDN’T! EVEN! MAKE! A! MINYAN!
I’m sorry, I know this is all very serious stuff, leopard-triggered facial reconstruction is a serious business, but I had to laugh when I got to that part.
These are numerically-challenged people.
I’m sorry, I know this is all very serious stuff, leopard-triggered facial reconstruction is a serious business, but I had to laugh when I got to that part.
These are numerically-challenged people.
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Good morning! I have a few gift subscriptions to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social to give away. FCFS for replies here.
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good morning! I have a few gift subscriptions to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social to give away. FCFS for replies here.
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As the Right continues to fracture after Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, the Zionist Right is struggling to confront the surge of antisemitism from within their own ranks. @benlorber8.bsky.social and Jess Schwalb explain more in their latest piece for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
The Zionist Right Has a MAGA Problem
A conference aiming to confront antisemitism on the right offers a portrait of an old guard left twisting in the wind.
jewishcurrents.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As the Right continues to fracture after Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, the Zionist Right is struggling to confront the surge of antisemitism from within their own ranks. @benlorber8.bsky.social and Jess Schwalb explain more in their latest piece for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
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This should be worth a tote bag or something @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
I listened to more Bad Bunny tho, and also am planning to drop Spotify anyway.
I listened to more Bad Bunny tho, and also am planning to drop Spotify anyway.
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This should be worth a tote bag or something @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
I listened to more Bad Bunny tho, and also am planning to drop Spotify anyway.
I listened to more Bad Bunny tho, and also am planning to drop Spotify anyway.
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Excellent deep-dive into the violence perpetrated by fascist Zionist thugs at UCLA. Democrats, Republicans, the ADL, and the media have spent over a year lying that the violence was an antisemitic attack on Jews, and have used it and other lies to eviscerate higher education in the US:
“That was the day that it hit: UCLA has changed forever. It marked a turning point in the militarization of campus.”
Read Will Alden's deep dive on political dynamics at California's largest public university:
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Read Will Alden's deep dive on political dynamics at California's largest public university:
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…
jewishcurrents.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Excellent deep-dive into the violence perpetrated by fascist Zionist thugs at UCLA. Democrats, Republicans, the ADL, and the media have spent over a year lying that the violence was an antisemitic attack on Jews, and have used it and other lies to eviscerate higher education in the US: