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Emily Tamkin

Emily Tamkin

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Why Are Democrats Supporting a Bill That Would Give Trump More Power to Punish His Critics?

Tweet Share Share Comment President-elect Donald Trump should be expected to try to crack down on civil society in his second...

21.11.2024 80

Slate

Emily Tamkin

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are the Israeli Settler Movement’s Dream Come True

Tweet Share Share Comment Of all the people in the United States, the president-elect has settled on Mike Huckabee as his...

16.11.2024 10

Slate

Emily Tamkin

The Lie Trump Is Offering Jewish Voters

Tweet Share Share Comment The Heritage Foundation—the same group that dreamed up Project 2025—has a plan that is ostensibly...

05.11.2024 20

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Emily Tamkin

One Year After October 7, American Jewry Has Been “Broken … in Half”

“I think this has thrown mainstream Jewish institutions in America into a tailspin.” Shaul Magid, distinguished fellow of Jewish Studies at...

07.10.2024 7

New Republic

Emily Tamkin

How the War in Gaza Has Changed U.S. Jewish Politics—and the Democratic Party

Tweet Share Share Comment Last November, in the wake of Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, tens of thousands of American Jews...

07.10.2024 7

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Emily Tamkin

Protesters Over the Gaza War Will Keep Interrupting Kamala Harris. Here’s How She Should Handle It.

Tweet Share Share Comment “If you want Donald Trump to win, say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.” So said Vice President...

09.08.2024 30

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Emily Tamkin

No, Josh Shapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He's Jewish

08.08.2024 20

The Nation

Emily Tamkin

The Risk That Josh Shapiro Could Pose to Kamala Harris’ Campaign

Tweet Share Share Comment Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is reportedly under serious consideration to become vice president and...

30.07.2024 20

Slate

Emily Tamkin

The Very People Netanyahu Claims to Represent Rejected Him

Tweet Share Share Comment Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress on Wednesday, an old...

25.07.2024 4

Slate

Emily Tamkin

What the Republicans Blaming Democrats for Trump’s Shooting Are Really Up To

Tweet Share Share Comment On Saturday night, mere hours after former U.S. President Donald Trump survived an assassination...

15.07.2024 100

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Emily Tamkin

Ritchie Torres vs. the Left

Congressman Ritchie Torres loves Israel. The Bronx Democrat, whom Politico described as Israel’s “loudest supporter” in the House of...

13.06.2024 5

New Republic

Emily Tamkin

Congress Has a Self-Appointed Protector of Jews. There’s Just One Problem.

Tweet Share Share Comment Rep. Elise Stefanik has positioned herself in the months since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 as a...

11.06.2024 20

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Emily Tamkin

Why American Jews Should Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act. But American Jews who...

08.05.2024 30

Slate

Emily Tamkin

The Anti-Defamation League Has Become a Threat to Jewish Safety

Tweet Share Share Comment Over the past six months, Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the Anti-Defamation League, has stressed...

30.04.2024 40

Slate

Emily Tamkin

The Iran Strikes and World Central Kitchen Deaths Have Felt Like Turning Points—in America. In Israel …

Tweet Share Share Comment Earlier this month, the world reeled from the death of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed...

16.04.2024 10

Slate

Emily Tamkin

Why the World Central Kitchen Aid Workers’ Deaths Broke Through the Horror of This War

Tweet Share Share Comment On Monday, Israel killed seven aid workers in Gaza. An Israel Defense Forces drone fired three...

05.04.2024 8

Slate

Emily Tamkin

How Biden Could Radically Alter the U.S.-Israel Relationship

On February 1, the Biden administration issued an executive order on violent extremism by settlers in the West Bank, which has been increasing ...

27.03.2024 5

New Republic

Emily Tamkin

Slovakia’s Presidential Election Is A Warning to America

On Saturday, Slovak voters will go to the polls in the first round of the country’s presidential election. The event has understandably attracted ...

22.03.2024 10

New Republic

Emily Tamkin

What to Really Take From Trump’s Latest Comments About Jews

Tweet Share Share Comment This week, former U.S. President Donald Trump said that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate their...

20.03.2024 10

Slate

Emily Tamkin

Biden Is Governing for the Israel He Wants, Not the One That Exists

Tweet Share Share Comment “As we manage challenges at home, we’re also managing crises abroad, including in the Middle...

08.03.2024 20

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Emily Tamkin

It Wasn’t Just “Courage” That Kept Alexei Navalny Fighting

20.02.2024 10

Slate

Emily Tamkin

The Only Way to Understand Israel Is to Go Beyond Jewish History

Tweet Share Share Comment “We want Israel to be our synagogue. … OK, well, Israel’s a state. It’s not a synagogue, and...

06.02.2024 30

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Emily Tamkin

Are We Sliding Toward McCarthyism?

At the height of McCarthyism in the early 1950s, Jewish community councils across the country threw out a group: the Jewish People’s Fraternal...

29.01.2024 10

New Republic

Emily Tamkin

I Regret to Report There’s a New Antisemitism Controversy at Harvard

Tweet Share Share Comment It is with a heavy heart that I come to you asking you to care about something happening at Harvard....

26.01.2024 20

Slate

Emily Tamkin

Those Hot-Pink Antisemitism Billboards Think They’re Bringing Jews Together. About That.

Tweet Share Share Comment I’m sure you’ve seen the hot-pink billboards. Failing that, you may have seen the hot-pink...

08.01.2024 40

Slate

Emily Tamkin

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