Nicholas Lemann’s family history illuminates what it means to be Jewish in America and explains how we choose our religious and ethnic identities.
antisemitism
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Gen Z Has an Antisemitism Problem
Recent polls find that a shocking percentage of young adults harbor antisemitic views.
Posted inBooks
The First American Nazi Infiltrators
Long before the Southern Poverty Law Center, non-government organizations ran undercover operations against American fascists.
Posted inPolitics
Tucker Carlson Broke with Donald Trump. He’s Still Terrible
The longtime conservative commentator is wrapping his newfound opposition to the president in loopy anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Posted inMagazine
How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DEI
The administration that vowed to end identity politics has simply changed the beneficiary list.
Posted inPolitics
Brown, Bondi Beach, and the Reiners: The Murderous December
Shocking slayings and the background of Trump’s dysfunction cast a pall over the holidays.
Posted inPolitics
A New Path for a Free Palestine
Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.
Posted inMagazine
Elie Wiesel’s “Wounded Faith”
The late Nobel laureate’s lessons for an age of masked ICE raids, antisemitism, and dehumanization.
Posted inHigher Education
Academic Freedom: How Universities Lost Their Way
A canceled issue of a Harvard scholarly journal illustrates the dangers of the Trump era.
Posted inPolitics
Cornel West, RFK Jr. Flirt with Antisemites
In the wake of the Hamas attack and the Israeli response, the anti-Biden, third-party spoilers show us who they are.
