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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As the Jewish novelist Temim Fruchter put it, “These institutions are feeding the narrative that if people are angry that Israel is exacting mass collective punishment, they must hate Jews and Jewish literature.” jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

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What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing

Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

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Harper Zacharias @harperzacharias.com · 23h

Jewish Currents not only produced a phenomenal critique of PEN, it also did the rigorous research and fact checking that PEN—my former employer!—failed to do in its “report” on publishing trends for Jewish Lit. And the data is hyperlinked!

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's the biggest event in Jewish Currents history, and we need your help to pull it off. Sign up to volunteer for JC Live on October 11th. You'll receive lunch, a stipend, and free admission. airtable.com/appFPtl1ELsY...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing

Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

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Dan Carkner @alte.klezmor.im · 01/10/2026

oh wow this is a must listen.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very thorough and persuasive!

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am proud of what Josh and I accomplished in this essay, which took deep reporting and data gathering, and which ultimately runs to a hearty 7000+ words to explain what's really going on with Jewish American and Israeli books in US publishing as PEN America and the ADL run cover for genocide

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Progressive Democrat Will Lawrence wanted J Street’s endorsement during the tough primary this spring. He doesn’t anymore. jewishcurrents.org/in-michigan-...

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In Michigan, a Progressive House Candidate Courted J Street. Then He…

Insurgent Democrats aren’t seeking J Street’s endorsement in Michigan.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When Josh Lambert and Dan Sinykin tracked publishing deals since 2000, they found—rather than a decline in Jewish literature—that 2025 was the third-best year of the 21st century for book deals that publicly signaled Jewish or Israeli content. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel speaks to Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing) and Rami Younis (Lyd) about NAZA and the function of cinema focused on the perpetrators of genocide. jewishcurrents.org/naza-and-the...

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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This isn't just a think piece saying they disagree with PEN America; they actually went back and examined at the data and reporting — including a key claim that a literary agent was selling far fewer books by Jewish and Israeli authors in the US — and found it lacking. Fascinating work.

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

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What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing

Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The cultural critic Maris Kreizman said, 'There are people claiming antisemitism when they didn’t get a book deal, but maybe they’re just bad writers.'” jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

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What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing

Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression organization, the ADL, and others. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...

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What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing

Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Announcing the full JC Live program! Visit jewishcurrents.org/live to check out the lineup and register. We’ll see you on October 11.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Regardless of the outcome of some of these elections in Texas and in Michigan, it certainly has an impact on the lives of Muslims living in this country.”

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For today’s news desk, senior reporter @alexbkane.bsky.social sits down with Saher Selod, the director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, to talk about the role of Islamophobia in American politics today. jewishcurrents.org/republicans-...

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 28/09/2026

The Baffler is excited to once again partner with @jewishcurrents.bsky.social for Jewish Currents Live on Sunday, October 11, in Brooklyn, NY. It’s an all-day program, featuring speakers, panels, and performances. Get your tickets now!

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Jewish Currents Live

JC Live is an all-day gathering of performance, learning, and discussion convened by Jewish Currents.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Attend ‘Inheriting Defeat on the Jewish Left: What Survives Our Losses?,’ a conversation with Arielle Angel, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, Irena Klepfisz, and Harriet Clark at JC Live on October 11, 2026. Register at jewishcurrents.org/live.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"So that we may say we were here once, Palestinians smiling. / And here the promise of food reassembles joy." jewishcurrents.org/from-exhibit-g

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An excerpt of a poem from Fady Joudah’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. jewishcurrents.org/from-exhibit-g

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A conversation between our news director @joshnathankazis.bsky.social, senior reporter @alexbkane.bsky.social, and news editor Natasha Soffer-Roth about ‘NAZA,’ the film detailing the killing of civilians in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/naza-will-ch...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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. jewishcurrents.org/naza-will-ch...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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. jewishcurrents.org/slam-franks-...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Attend ‘Pushing the Limits of Dialogue,’ a conversation with M. Gessen, Christine Harb, and Orna Guralnik at JC Live on October 11, 2026. Register at jewishcurrents.org/live to attend.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us on Thursday, October 1 at 1 pm ET for a virtual conversation with senior reporter @alexbkane.bsky.social and journalist @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social, author of the new book ‘Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza.’ jewishcurrents.org/event/crossi...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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-modern-o...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"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. jewishcurrents.org/rhapsody-of-...

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A lil' something to ease the fast:

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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.bsky.social, inspired by Maurycy Gottlieb’s ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.’

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Despite his pivot on Gaza, “[Scott] Wiener’s critics say they’re not willing to forget the state senator’s past record.” @alexbkane.bsky.social reports for our News Desk: jewishcurrents.org/scott-wiener...

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Scott Wiener's Pivot on Gaza Isn’t Enough for the Left

In San Francisco, a House race shows the limits of playing catch-up on Palestine.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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. jewishcurrents.org/scott-wiener...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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-nidres-s...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On October 11, cohosts @samadlerbell.bsky.social and @mattsitman.bsky.social are joined by Andrea Long Chu and @davidklion.bsky.social for a live taping of Know Your Enemy: Neocons, the Far Center, and the Politics of Jewish Reaction. Register at jewishcurrents.org/live to attend.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"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. jewishcurrents.org/house-arrest

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"You could read the myth of Eurydice as a kind of urtext for Kraf’s strange and distinctive books." Jess Bergman’s multi-book review of Elaine Kraf’s novels is out from behind the paywall today. jewishcurrents.org/house-arrest

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House Arrest

In Elaine Kraf’s hallucinatory novels, misogynistic violence is a conspiracy to drive women mad.

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Can a question be a story? Maybe that’s the wrong question to ask. Or the wrong way to ask it.”— @benehrenreich.bsky.social in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social Read excerpts from his forthcoming book HOLD STILL, to be pub'd by City Lights Oct 13! jewishcurrents.org/hold-still

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Hold Still

"Can a question be a story? Maybe that’s the wrong question to ask. Or the wrong way to ask it."

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Insofar as Kraf's protagonists have a choice about how to live, it’s between a steel cage and a gilded one." Jess Bergman reviews the strange novels of Elaine Kraf, tracing the ways they deal with women in confinement. jewishcurrents.org/house-arrest

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The mainstream Jewish establishment continues its attempts to cast Mayor Zohran Mamdani as an enemy to the Jews. This time, they’re using their children as pawns. jewishcurrents.org/jewish-high-...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Join Laura Elkeslassy at JC Live on October 11, 2026. Visit jewishcurrents.org/live to register.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Not long after the death of my mother in the fall of 2022, I set myself the task of writing a story every day." Read an exclusive excerpt from @benehrenreich.bsky.social's new book ‘Hold Still,’ up on our site now. jewishcurrents.org/hold-still

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Hold Still

"Can a question be a story? Maybe that’s the wrong question to ask. Or the wrong way to ask it."

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Sol J Brager @soljbrager.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another nudge that if you want to read my new comic in print, subscribe to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social —and use code CONTRIBUTOR30 for 30% off your subscription: secure.jewishcurrents.org/forms/170

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Am I the only one who feels—everywhere I go, on the subway, in the supermarket, on the bus, and on the sidewalk—like a bomb is about to go off here, an asteroid about to collide with the Earth?"

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