Category: anti-fascism

• Where Did The Past Go?

  Check out my feature article for the summer 2019 issue of Jewish Currents, ‘Where Did The Past Go?’, on current progressive Jewish debates about the nature of antisemitism, and the…

• The Resurgence of Right-wing Antisemitic Conspiracism Endangers all Justice Movements

  Days after the synagogue shooting outside of San Diego, I wrote in Religion Dispatches about the antisemitic ideology that helped motivate the shooter. Conspiracy theories about George Soros, ‘globalists’ and…

• Four reasons why I love Purim- on vulnerability and resilience, diasporism, and fighting white supremacy

  I really love Purim. In this post, I’ll explain four reasons why. Purim tells us that holiness can be found in our world, not only in the lofty striving of…

  

• Lessons on Anti-Semitism From Growing up in Rural America

  by Benjamin Balthaser Originally published on Jewschool, November 19, 2016 The electoral college victory of Donald Trump sent the progressive Jewish community reeling, not least because of his campaign’s naked…

• Understanding Alt-Right Antisemitism

  UNDERSTANDING ALT-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM: what the new white supremacy means for American Jews, and why it matters (Note- This article references many alt-right/white supremacist websites. All hyperlinks to these web pages go…