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I just found out about this progressive Jewish magazine (print & online) via Wajahat Ali, The Left Hook, on Substack--he interviewed Alex Kane of Jewish Currents

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Two Paths for Diasporism Daniel Boyarin's The No-State Solution seeks to revive the idea of Jews as a "diaspora nation," but reduces a powerful repository of political templates…

Two Paths for #Diasporism
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Ours is the time of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. It is also a time when accusations of antisemitism have become a political cudgel. And, not coincidentally, it is the time of a head-spinning, unrelenting attack on our very ability to make sense of the world #jewishcurrents

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.

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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**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, 2025

> > Last year, Claire Raizen, a social worker at Manhattan’s Mount […]

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The Tangled Knot of Anti-Zionist Violence

This is a must-read article on the recent killings in DC and the attack on the protest in Boulder, Colorado.

from #JewishCurrents
June 11, 2025

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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, 2025

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Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s First Jewish Senator, Is Losing Jewish Support (Gift Article) Democratic donors and Jewish leaders are so unhappy with Jon Ossoff over his position on Israel that some have quietly urged Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, to run against him.

Some prominent Georgia Jews are now attacking Sen. Jon Ossoff for being insufficiently supportive of Israel and encouraging Georgia's Republican governor Brian Kemp to run against him with their support.😠 #NewJewishNarrative #BendtheArc #JewishCurrents

#PeterBeinart, professor of journalism/political science at CUNY, former NewRepublic editor & now editoratlarge at #JewishCurrents, has changed his early 2000 position as one of America’s defenders of Israel. He now confronts #Zionism & the #AmericanJewishestablishment in Palestinian oppression.