Tag: Anti-semitism
Mamdani’s Judeo-Bolshevik Threat
Benjamin Balthaser explores the representation of Zohran Mamdani as simultaneously foreign menace and inauthentic outsider, deploying both antisemitism and Islamophobia to prop up a neatly racialized version of politics.
Chuck Schumer in America—A Warning
Dan Berger reviews Chuck Schumer’s very bad, no good, awful book.
The Repression of Pro-Palestinian Education and Resistance
Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores analyzes Governor Abbott’s attempted repression of pro-Palestinian education in Texas, drawing out the larger role of Palestinian solidarity and organizing in and beyond a largely conservative academia.
The New Anti-Dreyfusards
Benjamin Balthaser argues that Antony Lerman’s recent book on state antisemitism fails to develop a theory of antisemitism for the current moment.
From Schlemiel to Super Hero
Benjamin Balthaser explores the roles of militarism, masculinity, and Jewish identity in the political persona of Volodomir Zelensky.