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In her new book, Molly Crabapple shares the history of the Jewish Bund.

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“The Jewish Majority” statement is an effort to stem Mamdani’s surging lead – and his popularity with young leftist Jews. The fundamental goal of the letter is all-too plain: it seeks to combat the growing “political normalization of anti-Zionism.”

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

Avi Shlaim is one of Israel’s greatest historians. In his latest work, Shlaim excoriates the genocidal violence that Israel has inflicted on the people of Gaza and takes a fearless stand against what he calls “Zionist fascism.”

The kind of Jewish identity on display in Jewish-led Palestine solidarity demonstrations organized by groups like Jewish Voice for Peace is part of a long history of Jewish identity being bound up in leftist politics.

Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection.

Under the guise of “fighting antisemitism,” Trump is shredding our rights and telling us we are safe. "The truth is that they hate us. We should have some pride and return the favor. Jew, not a Jew? Once a joke. Now an open threat."

"Germany is using a term that was designed to protect Jews as a weapon not only to silence Palestinians, but also to silence Jews and Israelis who criticize the occupation.”

Nineteen-year-old Sofia Orr was jailed for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. In an interview with Jacobin, she explains the disturbing authoritarianism of an Israeli society that has rallied behind the massacre in Gaza.