Yair Rosenberg
Previously a senior writer at Tablet Magazine, he has also written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and his work has received recognition from the Religion News Association and the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies.
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Ahmad Gharabli / AFP / Getty Netanyahu Flinched
The Israeli prime minister and his radical allies pushed the country to the brink—and inspired the greatest mass movement in its history.
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Joan Marcus / DKC / O&M Co. A ‘Parade’ of Anti-Semites on Broadway
Anti-Jewish bigots steal the show in the revived musical. And that’s why it works.
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The Atlantic; Blobfish Why Are 1 Million People Playing Brotato?
An odd new group of games is challenging the conventions of its industry.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty How to Take Back Control of What You Read on the Internet
Social-media algorithms show us what they want us to see, not what we want to see. But there is an alternative.
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Spencer Platt / Getty The Invisible Victims of American Anti-Semitism
If a hateful act doesn’t fit a preset political narrative, the public rarely notices it.
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Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg / Getty Republicans Keep Underestimating Joe Biden
And that’s good for the president.
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Issam Rimawi / Anadolu Agency / Getty From This Hill, You Can See the Next Intifada
What happens when Israel’s lawbreakers become lawmakers
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Getty The Israeli Government Goes Extreme Right
The country’s longest-serving prime minister is returning to power—and bringing radicalism with him.
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Getty; The Atlantic Chappelle Was Right
It really is getting harder to joke about anti-Semitism—just not for the reasons he thinks.
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The Atlantic Elon Musk Is No Aberration
The proud new owner of the internet’s dumpster fire isn’t to blame for its issues—yet.
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Edward Berthelot / GC Images / Getty Kanye West Destroys Himself
By embracing anti-Semitism, he has become the author of his own demise.
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Getty; The Atlantic How Not to Talk About the Holocaust
A simple guide to discussing Jewish genocide
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Ariel Schalit / AP A Familiar Script in Israel Might Have a New Ending
Extremists are trying to break the fragile but growing ties between the country’s Arabs and Jews.
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Ronny Hartmann / AFP / Getty Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism
Unlike many other bigotries, anti-Semitism is not merely a social prejudice; it is a conspiracy theory about how the world operates.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Yair Lapid: Extremist Violence Is a ‘Stain on Israel’
Israel’s prime minister in waiting wants zero tolerance toward Jewish terrorism. Whether he can bring his own coalition on board with that stance is an open question.
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The Atlantic Removing a Hyphen Won’t Stop Anti-Semitism
Symbolic gestures aren’t what’s needed in the fight against anti-Jewish bigotry.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Mark Zuckerberg Is Doubly Wrong About Holocaust Denial
Facebook fails to comprehend the nature of Holocaust denial and other forms of bigotry—and so it's aiding their spread, instead of combatting them.
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'Homeland' Is Anything but Islamophobic
Despite accusations from critics and scholars, the show actually challenges stereotypes about "good" Americans and "evil" Arabs and Muslims.
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Why 'The West Wing' Is a Terrible Guide to American Democracy
It's good TV, but politicians from Burma to Brussels are wrong to believe it will teach them about how to emulate the U.S. system.
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What Tony Blair Can Teach Mitt Romney About Faith in Politics
Pundits say a politician can't run for office successfully while running away from his religious beliefs. The former prime minister offers a surprising counterexample.
