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Attend ‘Inheriting Defeat on the Jewish Left: What Survives Our Losses?,’ a conversation with @ArielleLAngel, @mollycrabapple, Irena Klepfisz, and Harriet Clark at JC Live on October 11, 2026.
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"So that we may say we were here once, Palestinians smiling. / And here the promise of food reassembles joy."
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An excerpt of a poem from @FadyJoudah’s new book, ‘Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza,’ out this week. Joudah’s poem is the first in a series selected by Zaina Alsous, who introduces the poem on our site.
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An excerpt of a poem from @FadyJoudah’s new book, ‘Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza,’ out this week. Joudah’s poem is the first in a series selected by Zaina Alsous, who introduces the poem on our site.
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For the @JewishCurrents news desk, @alexbkane reported from the JVP action against Netanyahu this afternoon. “It’s a symbol of where we’re at...in NYC that the faction of the Democratic Party that's steering the ship [is] calling for the arrest of the Israeli leader,” he told me.
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A conversation between our news director @joshnathankazis, senior reporter @alexbkane, and news editor Natasha Soffer-Roth about ‘NAZA,’ the film detailing the killing of civilians in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/naza-will…
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On Wednesday, our news desk team attended a preview screening of ‘NAZA,’ the new documentary about Israel’s slaughter of civilians in Gaza.
In today’s newsletter, they unpack what they saw.
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IMEU is excited to partner with @JewishCurrents on Jewish Currents Live: A Day of Politics and Culture. Join us on October 11 in Brooklyn for a day of performance, learning, and discussion featuring Arielle Angel, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Fadi Quran, Molly Crabapple, M. Gessen, & more.
Get your tickets today! jewishcurrents.org/live/
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On today’s episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, M. Gessen, and Alisa Solomon argue about what ‘Slam Frank,’ the satirical play about a Latina “Anita Franco” stuck in the attic, actually means to say about the contemporary left.
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Attend ‘Pushing the Limits of Dialogue,’ a conversation with M. Gessen, Christine Harb, and Orna Guralnik at JC Live on October 11, 2026.
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Join us on Thursday, October 1 at 1 pm ET for a virtual conversation with senior reporter @alexbkane and journalist @AkbarSAhmed, author of the new book ‘Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza.’
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For the leaders of the Modern Orthodox school rally in New York last Friday, the fight against a mayor who denounces Israeli war crimes is the same as the old fight against the Soviet empire. jewishcurrents.org/the-moder…
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"There had only ever, for all time and for all children of Eve, been this nocturnal hour: nothing before, nothing after."
New on our site: An excerpt from Karim Kattan’s novel, ‘Eden at Dawn,’ translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, and out today.
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Celebrate 80 years of Jewish Currents with a new print, only for sale at JC Live. Visit jewishcurrents.org/live to register.
Art by @elivalley, inspired by Maurycy Gottlieb’s ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.’
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Celebrate 80 years of Jewish Currents with a new print, only for sale at JC Live. Visit jewishcurrents.org/live to register.
Art by @elivalley, inspired by Maurycy Gottlieb’s ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.’
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Despite his pivot on Gaza, “[Scott] Wiener’s critics say they’re not willing to forget the state senator’s past record.” @alexbkane reports for our News Desk: jewishcurrents.org/scott-wie…
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Scott Wiener, a congressional candidate in San Francisco, faced criticism when he changed course and called Israel’s bombing of Gaza a genocide. But even as he alienated his allies, Wiener, a liberal Zionist, failed to win over his pro-Palestine critics.
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As we make our way through the Days of Awe, On the Nose is turning over our feed to an episode of Ways of Awe, a podcast that explores the High Holiday liturgy. jewishcurrents.org/kol-nidre…
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See a live taping of @KnowYrEnemyPod at JC Live on October 11, 2026.
Cohosts @SamAdlerBell and @MatthewSitman will be joined by Andrea Long Chu and @DavidKlion to discuss neocons, the far center, and the politics of Jewish reaction.
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"It’s as though Kraf came to feel as trapped as her characters, endlessly replaying the drama of subjection—and tried, one last time, to write her way out." —Jess Bergman, in a new review of Elaine Kraf’s hallucinatory novels.
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