Andrew Lapin
@andrewlapin.bsky.social
Writing about the Jews @ JTA. Podcast creator/host: “Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story.” Occasional film critic.
I made a thing for 99PI! Listen to the long and sordid saga of the Morouns:
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I went long on the return of Betar, and the effects of their scorched-earth street and social media campaign against anyone even slightly to their left on Israel. www.jta.org/2025/02/11/u...
A century-old Zionist group is being rebooted — and wants Jews to 'fight back' on the street - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Betar US is going after pro-Palestinian activists — and also pro-Israel advocates whose tactics it deems overly timid.
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Enjoyed being interviewed for this CJR story about the post-Oct 7 challenges of the Jewish press, alongside @emilyctamkin.bsky.social and other smart people www.cjr.org/world/front-...
A Front-Row Seat to Polarization
Since Oct. 7, journalists for the American Jewish press have watched their community fracture while wondering how—or even if—they can put back the pieces.
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100 years ago libraries were running out of dictionaries because so many people were checking them out to do crossword puzzles, so New York ruled they could be used for “legitimate purposes” only
Wrote about some Rebecca Makkai Holocaust discourse www.jta.org/2024/12/20/c...
Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel about the rise of fascism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The author of "The Great Believers" has joined in an effort to fight antisemitism and also publicly criticized Israel.
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Love to contribute to The Political Discourse www.jta.org/2024/11/22/p...
Joshmentum: Across the United States, voters are embracing the Jewish Josh - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
With Josh Stein becoming governor and Josh Gottheimer in the running, statehouses are seeing unprecedented levels of Josh.
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