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From space Jews and Einstein’s rabbi to conspiracy theorists and anti-Semites in the Ivy League
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Watching even Trump’s handpicked candidates concede their elections reveals how his unique malignancies have reshaped our politics—and how we might move past them.
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Postcard From Jerusalem
Plus: Lessons from the latest Republican defeat in Georgia, and weekend reading
I’m an accidental journalist, connoisseur of conspiracy theories, and recovering internet addict who fell into this work when I discovered that people were inexplicably willing to pay me to say things I wanted to say anyway. Over the past decade, I’ve covered everything from elections in America and Israel, to the translation of Harry Potter into Yiddish, to Muslims and Jews in comic books, to anti-Mormonism in American politics, to religious Jews in baseball. Before that, I studied history and Jewish studies at Harvard, where I was the movies editor of the school paper. (Professionally, it’s all been downhill from there.) These days, I live in New York with my family, and in my spare time, I compose and sing original Jewish music and create bots that troll anti-Semites on Twitter.