James Dobson’s Family Values Were Influenced by a Eugenicist [Audio]
This exclusive three-minute clip, featuring historian Audrey Clare Farley, is from the May 17 episode…
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Are We Seeing the End of the ‘Good Arabs’ in Israel?
For anyone who follows the conflict in Israel/Palestine, the latest conflagration seems all too familiar….
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As Transition Looms, Jewish Studies is Mired in Controversy
What is the state of Jewish Studies in America? This question has been raised anew…
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The Lament of the Christian Disney Dad: What Evangelicals Really Hate About ‘Wokeness’ at Disney World
Conservative Christians have long seen the Walt Disney Company as an enemy in the culture…
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Decolonizing Jewish Studies Part II: A Response to the Backlash
Recently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal…
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How the Right’s War on ‘Critical Race Theory’ Taps into the Powerful Religion of American Innocence
I would never pick a fight with the formidable Michelle Goldberg, but I must pick…
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Claiming That ‘We Birthed a Nation From Nothing’ CNN’s Rick Santorum Gives a Master Class in Christian Nationalism: An Open Letter to CNN
Dear CNN, Many questioned your decision to hire Rick Santorum as a senior political commentator…
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Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
There was a little “post-racial America” in the air Tuesday after a jury found former…
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Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
“I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince …
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What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
When our colleagues in Jewish Studies courageously publicized the systematic and decades-long sexual harassment and…
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