#jewishcurrents — Public Fediverse posts
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#JewishCurrents pod | Who Speaks for Black Voters?
'To discuss the ways that the figure of the “Black voter” is being used in the fight over the direction of the #DemocraticParty, host Arielle Angel and Alex Kane welcome Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor—professor of African American studies at Princeton University..."
https://jewishcurrents.org/who-speaks-for-black-voters
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From the #News Desk: Jewish Groups Want to Blame Mamdani’s Anti-#Genocide Politics for a Manhattan Stabbing
https://jewishcurrents.org/newsletter/from-the-news-desk-jewish-groups-want-to-blame-mamdanis-anti-genocide-politics-for-a-manhattan-stabbing/from #JewishCurrents newsletter
July 24, 2026In today’s newsletter, we have a report on #Jewish leaders’ efforts to use a frightening stabbing attack on Manhattan’s Upper West Side as a political weapon against #NewYorkCity mayor #ZohranMamdani and the pro-#Palestine #politics he represents.
Local Jewish leaders lost the battle to keep #Mamdani from City Hall last fall and since then have faced one humiliation after another, including a disastrous pro-#Israel parade in late May that ended with their political allies needing to apologize for marching with a #fascist, and stunning defeats in last month’s Democratic primaries.
Now, they’re trying to use a scary midday attack to hit back at the mayor.
#AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
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Gaza and the #WestBank: Dispatches from Catastrophe (II)
https://world-outlook.com/2026/05/01/gaza-and-the-west-bank-dispatches-from-catastrophe-ii/[2 of 2 parts of a dispatch from #JewishCurrents, with an intro by #WorldOutlook]
May 1, 2026“The resulting testimonies are difficult to read,” says the introduction to these stories. “They show the effects of years of industrialized, live-broadcast massacres and colonization, particularly in #Gaza, where more than 10% of the population is estimated to have been killed or injured in the last two years. The Gaza dispatches are a portal to a place where dystopian science fiction — the exporting of killing to artificial intelligence and robots, the shooting of children lining up for food aid, the crushing of people under air-dropped food parcels — has become reality.”
#SanctionIsrael
#StopStarvingGaza
#FreePalestine
#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#Israel #Palestine
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Gaza and the West Bank: Dispatches from Catastrophe (I)
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/30/gaza-and-the-west-bank-dispatches-from-catastrophe-i/[1 of 2 parts of a dispatch from #JewishCurrents, with an intro by #WorldOutlook]
April 30, 2026In Nov.-Dec.2025, Jewish Currents reached out to some two dozen Palestinians from #Gaza and the #WestBank — all of whom the magazine had previously interviewed after October 7 — to ask them how their lives had changed since they last shared their stories.
The resulting testimonies are difficult to read. They show the effects of years of industrialized, live-broadcast massacres and colonization, particularly in Gaza, where more than 10% of the population is estimated to have been killed or injured in the last two years.
“What all the voices share is disillusionment: with the political parties #Hamas and #Fatah; with supposed allies like #Arab countries; with international systems such as the #UN; and with notions of international law and justice writ large..."
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“AA: There is also a way to argue, on the flipside, that the project of Israel is essentially a project of assimilation into the Western world order—that there’s nothing inherently Jewish about what Israel is doing, and that it actually represents assimilation into a colonial framework. But then, of course, there’s a way to read this that’s very direct: This is what Jews are doing in the world. Secular Jews, religious Jews, cultural Jews, all kinds of Jews.
EL: You’re absolutely right. That was the strategy we on the Jewish left used for a long time, to say Judaism was colonized and the Zionists are Jewish antisemites, in that they reject what the antisemites reject—the diasporic, exilic, “parasite” Jew—and want instead to become real Europeans. But when so many people who call themselves Jewish are doing things that we have a problem with and calling it “Jewish,” we cannot just dismiss it, or claim that it’s not real Judaism. If you look at statistics, at least in Israel, the support for Netanyahu and the Gaza war, including the most racist genocidal statements, is correlated to how religious people are—the more religious, the more supportive. There were times when you could expect the Haredi communities not to go to the army, not to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Independence Day, not even to speak Hebrew. And that’s changed.”
https://jewishcurrents.org/when-jewishness-means-genocide
#jewishness #zionism #israel #genocide #philosophy #EladLapidot #conversation #JewishCurrents
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Arielle Angel, 41, is editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents magazine. Her mother's family were Arab Jews from Haifa while her father's family were Ladino-speaking Holocaust survivors from Salonika; her grandmother survived 20 months in Auschwitz. She grew up in Miami in a "very Zionist" home, Israel flag at school, March of the Living in Poland, summer camps, where she learned to speak about Israel in first person: "We did."
Since becoming editor in 2018 at age33, she has transformed the dormant magazine into a platform for American Jews seeking alternatives to Zionism. For many of its 10,000 print subscribers (and approximately 2.5 million annual visitors to its digital version), it represents a community center and critical space for discussion of American-Jewish-leftist identity that is trying to reinvent itself.
She now defines herself as anti-Zionist and says she may never return to Israel despite family there. She draws on doikayt - "here-ness" in Yiddish - the Bundist concept of building Jewish life where you are rather than orienting toward Israel.
On separation from Israel:
"Something happened that cannot be simply rationalized or turned back. Israelis committed genocide. That needs to be accepted. Truth and reconciliation are needed. And until then, I feel my work is to encourage separation. I think it's also good for Israel. If we agree that the conditions for internal change don't exist, we must believe in some form of public pressure. And public pressure from world Jewry can have an impact."
On Zionism emptying Judaism:
"It's so strange to claim that Israel is still the heart of our Judaism only in negative. In the Judaism of American Zionists there is nothing but Zionism. Zionism itself is what emptied Judaism of content. Not alone, of course—there was a whole history here. The truth is that for most non-observant Israelis it's the same thing. So the problem of the American Jewish left is not exceptional."
On the need for new institutions:
"If we aspire to weaken Zionism within Jewish communities, we'll need to develop a robust vision for contemporary Judaism; to meet those who want to extricate themselves from the rot with something beautiful and true in our hands," she wrote. "We cannot ask them to jump and refuse to catch them."
On whether Jews bear responsibility for consequences of Israel's actions:
"Israel changed the status of Jews in the entire world. We are experiencing more violence because of Israel's claim that we are its agents... When foreign governments console Netanyahu for Jews murdered in Sydney, that endangers us."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/2026-03-25/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/0000019d-24f4-d7c1-a59f-eeffb4490000 or https://archive.ph/Xj17q
#zionism #israel #warcrimes #gazagenocide #JewishCurrents #antizionism
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#JewishCurrents welcomes Narges Bajoghli and Manijeh Moradian for an excellent discussion of how the #IranianDiaspora is interpreting and reacting to the US-Israel #warOnIran.
https://jewishcurrents.org/the-fault-lines-shattering-the-iranian-diaspora
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Fighting the #ICEoccupation of #Minnesota
#JewishCurrents talks w/ 3 organizers on the ground in #Minneapolis - Lily Cooper, Kandace Montgomery & Jesse Meisenhelter
"They discuss the legacies of local organizing since George Floyd’s murder in 2020, the opportunities for the left-liberal coalition in this moment, and navigating the steep risks involved in this resistance work."
https://jewishcurrents.org/fighting-the-ice-occupation-of-minnesota
#ICE #ICEoutOfMN #MinneapolisResists #FuckICE #USpol #stateRepression #activism -
what to notice about Epstein and Israel — Jewish Currents podcast convo hosted by Arielle Angel with Noah Kulwin & @dropsitenews.com’s Ryan Grim
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/2-dec-2025-jeffrey-epstein-ruling-class-social-reproduction-arielle-angel-noah-kulwin/#JewishCurrents #DropSiteNews #JeffreyEpstein #Davos #DavosClass #rulingClass #Israel
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The Myth of Israeli Innovation: #Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
Rhys Machold in #JewishCurrents
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An important and needed discussion on #JewishCurrents pod about the trafficking of #antisemitism by #farRight influencers under the guise of "antizionism." Focus is on #TuckerCarlson's talk w/ #NickFuentes and #NormanFinkelstein's surreal decision to go on #CandaceOwens's show while providing hardly any pushback to her BS #conspiracism.
Worth a listen for any ppl who think going on fash podcasts can "advance" the cause of Palestine.
https://jewishcurrents.org/confronting-the-anti-zionist-right
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Mount Sinai Hospital Fired Social Worker Over “Gaza Must Live” Postcard
Hospital employees say the termination is an example of the anti-#Palestinian climate at the institution.
from #JewishCurrents
August 13, 2025Last year, Claire Raizen, a social worker at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital[...] put up a small postcard at her desk bearing the words “Gaza Must Live.” Raizen said this affirmation of her values in her workplace was an attempt to manage the disconnect that arose from “knowing atrocities are happening” in #Gaza while she went about her daily life. The postcard was in a space where only co-workers came and went, she said, and was out of view of patients.
At first, other employees at the top-ranked hospital who saw the postcard reacted positively, Raizen said. “I had co-workers that would come into my office and say, ‘it’s so amazing to know that this is a safe place to talk about #Palestine."
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#JewishCurrents | "In this episode, editor-at-large Peter Beinart speaks to children’s television star Rachel Griffin Accurso, better known to her fans as #MsRachel, about her advocacy for #PalestinianChildren in #Gaza, tens of thousands of whom have been maimed or killed by #Israel over the last 22 months, with many more enduring a relentless campaign of starvation."
Ms. Rachel Stands Up for the Littles of Gaza
https://jewishcurrents.org/ms-rachel-stands-up-for-the-littles-of-gaza
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#JewishCurrents pod | #Netanyahu Gets His War on #Iran
Alex Kane talks with Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project and Ellie Geranmayeh, the Deputy Director for the European Council on Foreign Relations' Middle East and North Africa program
https://jewishcurrents.org/netanyahu-gets-his-war-on-iran
#Israel #MiddleEast #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy @iran @palestine @israel
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The Tangled Knot of Anti-Zionist Violence
Doubling down on the conflation of Zionism and Judaism won’t stop violent attacks.
[This is a must-read article on the recent killings in DC and the attack on the event in Boulder, Colorado. ]
from #JewishCurrents
June 11, 2025https://jewishcurrents.org/the-tangled-knot-of-anti-zionist-violence
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast
#USA #US #USPolitics #antisemitism
#FakeAntisemitism #StopGazaGenocide
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Staying in Motion
The JVP national members meeting was a show of force at a moment of alarming vulnerability to repression.
from #JewishCurrents
Arielle Angel
May 28, 2025https://jewishcurrents.org/staying-in-motion
#BlockTheBombs
#JVP #JewishVoiceForPeace
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
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Understanding the Immigration Crackdown
"[T]hough the sheer speed and spectacle of the offensive makes it appear new, many of the legal and enforcement tools at play are old, with the administration drawing on Cold War-era laws, War on Terror-era agencies, and Obama- and Biden-era precedents."
#JewishCurrents speaks w/ attorney Sophia Elena Gurulé & reporter Tanvi Misra
https://jewishcurrents.org/understanding-the-immigration-crackdown
#USpol #ICEraids #ICEdetention #deportations #stateRepression #civilRights #immigrantRights -
#JewishCurrents | #ColumbiaU's surrender
"#PeterBeinart and #Columbia professor #NadiaAbuElHaj, who also serves as the co-director of the Center for Palestine Studies, spoke just hours before this shocking development, but their conversation probes what’s been happening at Columbia and #Barnard, and what’s at stake—both for the study of #Israel / #Palestine and for the future of #higherEd."
https://jewishcurrents.org/higher-ed-under-attack
#USpol #PalestineSolidarity #StateRepression #StudentProtests @palestine
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The Jewish Institutional Reaction to #MahmoudKhalil's Abduction
#JewishCurrents' Arielle Angel, Mari Cohen, & Alex Kane discuss how American Jewish groups have reacted to the arrest of the #PalestineSolidarity activist
https://jewishcurrents.org/the-jewish-institutional-reaction-to-mahmoud-khalils-abduction
#USpol #USpolitics #JewishAmericanPolitics #FreeMahmoudKhalil #StudentProtests #RightToProtest #FreeSpeechOnCampus #StateRepression #CivilLiberties #Palestine #Gaza @palestine
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#JewishCurrents senior reporter Alex Kane speaks to #MouinRabbani, co-editor of Jadaliyya, and #TariqKenneyShawa, US policy fellow @ Al-Shabaka, about #Trump's mass expulsion plan for #Gaza.
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/on-the-nose/assessing-trumps-gaza-DO94tUKYHZa/
#USpol #USpolitics #USforeignPolicy #MiddleEast #USMiddleEastPolicy #Palestine #Palestinians #Israel #colonialViolence #ForcedRemovals #CrimesAgainstHumanity #GazaCeasefire @palestine @israel
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Israel’s Ever-Expanding War on the West Bank
"To discuss #Israel’s application of the 'Gaza model' in the #WestBank and its impact on #Palestinians, #JewishCurrents senior reporter Alex Kane spoke with journalist Azmat Khan and analyst Tahani Mustafa."
https://jewishcurrents.org/israels-ever-expanding-war-on-the-west-bank
#oPt #Palestine #PA #ColonialViolence #Jenin #OperationIronWall @palestine @israel
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"As their institutions have flailed in addressing the relentless Israeli assault on #Gaza, and their colleagues have split into irreconcilable camps over whether to describe it as genocide, many scholars have diagnosed a 'crisis' in the field of genocide studies."
#JewishCurrents' #MariCohen reports on how #GenocideStudies institutions are grappling with a #genocide committed by #Israel
https://jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide-studies-survive-a-genocide-in-gaza
#GazaGenocide #Palestine #ColonialViolence #HolocaustStudies @palestine @israel
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"[S]ignificant questions remain about the deal—foremost of which is whether it will lead to the permanent end of #Israel’s bombardment and hermetic #SiegeOfGaza"
Scrutinizing the #GazaCeasefire Deal
#JewishCurrents senior reporter Alex Kane interviews analysts Yousef Munayyer & Zaha Hassan
https://player.fm/series/series-2943809/scrutinizing-the-gaza-ceasefire-deal
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Inside the #Yale Police Department’s War on Student Protesters
Exclusive documents reveal the YPD’s use of counterterrorism tactics in suppressing pro-Palestine activism.
from #JewishCurrents
Theia Chatelle
December 20, 2024https://jewishcurrents.org/inside-yale-police-department-war-student-protesters-palestine
#Jewish #ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NotAnotherBomb
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#CeasefireNow
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics
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#JewishCurrents' Mari Cohen & Alex Kane host Emma Saltzberg of #DiasporaAlliance & Dylan Saba of #PalestineLegal to discuss the outlook for #StateRepression directed at the #PalestineSolidarity movement under the incoming #Trump administration, including #ProjectEsther and attacks on non-profit groups.
https://jewishcurrents.org/preparing-for-trumps-repression
#GazaSolidarity #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechOnCampus #CampusActivism #StudentMovement #USpol #HR9495 #USpolitics #USForeignPolicy #censorship #Palestine #Gaza @palestine
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We Are Never Going Back
Democrats’ bid to return to a bygone liberal era failed—and now we’re all going to pay the price.
from #JewishCurrents
David Klion
November 8, 2024https://jewishcurrents.org/we-are-never-going-back-trump-harris-election?x-craft-preview=WiDdPefDvV
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #USElection #KamalaHarris #DemocraticParty #Biden #news @palestine @israel -
"Historian Stephen Wertheim, Arab American Institute executive director Maya Berry, and national security reporter Spencer Ackerman discuss Donald #Trump’s and Kamala #Harris’s foreign policy visions, regional war in the #MiddleEast, and the bipartisan consensus on upholding #USempire."
hosted by #JewishCurrents senior reporter Alex Kane
https://jewishcurrents.org/bipartisan-empire-foreign-policy-regional-war-and-the-2024-election
#2024election #USpol #USpolitics #USForeignPolicy #USimperialism #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #Palestine #Gaza
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Online Event Oct 30 7pm ET | #NaomiKlein & #HalaAlyan in Conversation
hosted by #JewishCurrents' EIC #ArielleAngel
"How do our feelings affect our political choices? How do we defuse and redirect Jewish fear in light of its increasing weaponization? What is—and should be—the role of both mourning and rage in Palestinian and in Jewish communal politics? How do we guard against political nihilism?"
info/registration https://jewishcurrents.org/event/volatile-emotions-naomi-klein-and-hala-alyan-in-conversation
