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Emily Tamkin

Emily Tamkin

Emily Tamkin is a global affairs journalist. She is the author of "The Influence of Soros" and "Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities."

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker interviews Zohran Mamdani during his New York City mayoral campaign, April 7, 2025. (Screenshot via YouTube)
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American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin April 29, 2026April 29, 2026

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Years ago, I went to a therapist who practiced […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California. June 1, 2019. (Gage Skidmore via Wikicommons)
Posted inOpinion

Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin March 6, 2026March 6, 2026
Alt-right protestors with flags
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Think the left is politically violent? Young Republicans have a wake-up call for you

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin October 17, 2025October 16, 2025
Palestinians walk through rubble following an Israeli airstrike on the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023. (Wafa-APAimages via Wikimedia Commons)
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I know why leftists aren’t celebrating this cease-fire

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin October 14, 2025October 14, 2025
a tattered Israeli flag waves from the top of a residential building
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The extremist Zionist group Betar is doing antisemites a big favor

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin April 14, 2025April 14, 2025
(From left) Rabbi Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association, Elon Musk and right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro stand on stage at an EJA conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. (JTA/Courtesy EJA)
Posted inOpinion

Is Musk’s visit to Auschwitz the kind of Holocaust remembrance we really want?

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin January 23, 2024
President Joe Biden, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Central Synagogue in New York City host a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 11, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Bonnie Cash-Pool-Getty Images)
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President Biden, Jewish American safety is your responsibility, not Israel’s

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin December 12, 2023December 12, 2023
Sen. Dianne Feinstein walks to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol Building, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)
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After yet another health scare, why won’t Dianne Feinstein step down with dignity?

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

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