Joshua Leifer

Joshua Leifer is a journalist whose essays and reporting have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Guardian, and elsewhere. He is the author of Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life and an editorial board member at Dissent.

The ADL Goes Full Bully

The ADL Goes Full Bully The ADL Goes Full Bully

The organization’s new campaign against anti-Zionist and Palestine-solidarity groups is a clear sign that it lacks the credibility to lead on civil rights issues.

May 6, 2022 / Joshua Leifer

The Damning Legacy of Clintonism

The Damning Legacy of Clintonism The Damning Legacy of Clintonism

A conversation with Lily Geismer about her new book Left Behind, the misguided market guided policy of the New Democrats, and the failures of Bill Clinton. 

Apr 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer

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Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue

The rest is commentary…

Mar 24, 2020 / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer

The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left

The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left

A new book asks why the left fell out of love with Zionism, but what it reveals is why liberal Zionists fell out of love with the left.

Feb 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer

Jewish IfNotNow Protest

Young Jews Will Not Stand By While Major Jewish Groups Fund a Blacklist Young Jews Will Not Stand By While Major Jewish Groups Fund a Blacklist

The Canary Mission scandal reveals a profound failure of leadership that a rising Jewish movement will not tolerate.

Oct 23, 2018 / Joshua Leifer

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