Celeste Marcus
@Celestemarcus3
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Author of a biography of Chaim Soutine Executive editor @readliberties cohost of @notadialoguePOD 🇮🇱🇵🇸
Joined April 2021
I wrote about the blood libel and its uses for American bigots across the political spectrum for @prospect_uk
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Such a pleasure to have @Celestemarcus3 on the Long View, at the @kennaninstitute, and to talk with her about her remarkable biography and critical study of Chaim Soutine, a giant of modern art whose life spanned early 20th-century Europe.
🎥 The Long View #003 with Celeste Marcus is now available on YouTube and Spotify! @mkimmage and @Celestemarcus3 discuss the life and art of Chaim Soutine and the themes that shaped his work. Watch or listen here: ▶️YouTube:
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In his eulogy at Charlie Kirk’s funeral, Tucker Carlson referred to those who conspired to kill Jesus as “guys sitting around eating hummus”. It’s an ancient antisemitic trope, writes @Celestemarcus3. https://t.co/9qWIEKTCgG
prospectmagazine.co.uk
In the United States, an ancient hatred is coming to the fore
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This essay is so intelligent and lucid about a subject that is relentlessly enflamed! Proud to have it up today
I wrote about the boycotting and cancellation of Israeli artists for @readliberties. My 3000-word essay is up now on the Liberties Sidebar. https://t.co/FOe3fqnYVl
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Ellen Halliday and Alona Ferber speak to two experts on the two-child benefit cap about its removal. Plus: @Celestemarcus3 on antisemitism. https://t.co/WjyLpirklJ
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If you don’t know what protective presence is, I explain it in this essay https://t.co/PYb0d3mk08
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A staggering proof of the indestructibility of human spirit This is one of the most moving things I’ve ever seen
Palestinians gathered in the ruins of southern Gaza to celebrate a mass wedding of more than 50 couples, a rare moment of hope after two years of war and tragedy.
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Yesterday, stones were thrown at my house from the nearby army post, and the soldiers assisted the settler in throwing them. Later, the same settler returned with soldiers and attempted to break into my home to search it, but I prevented him from entering.
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1/3 A short while ago: apartheid forces raided the small village of Hraibat al-Nabi and bulldozed three residential homes. Ten residents, including women, children and infants, were left homeless.
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Rereading a passage of Suttree reminded me of this, wherein I reread a passage of Suttree and write about it and think about the other times I've read and reread passages of Suttree. https://t.co/TMuy1l1gwI
libertiesjournal.com
After reading a large paragraph in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s short introduction to Sense and Nonsense, I took a hampered but hopeful breath and eyed the generous white space of the Northwestern...
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You know what our ancestors didn’t foresee? The utility of their own persecution for a Jewish government that wants to treat a different minority the way that our overlords treated us.
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During a long phone call on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked President Donald J. Trump for more support in his push for a pardon from Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, who Trump already penned a letter to in November urging him to pardon Netanyahu, according
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“Even the most progressive feminist carries the burden of internalized shame around sexual abuse. To speak about it at all requires immense courage. To share it publicly is even harder, as every mention, every discussion of it, reignites the pain and the shame.”
Male former hostages are now courageously speaking out about the sexual abuse they endured in Hamas captivity, inspiring others to break their silence. Their testimonies have led to a surge in men reaching out to Israel’s hotline for sexual assault survivors.
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If you don’t know what protective presence is, I explain it in this essay https://t.co/PYb0d3mk08
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IF YOU ARE BASED IN NYC AND ARE INTERESTED IN DOING PROTECTIVE PRESENCE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE A MEETING AT 6:30 PM NEXT SUNDAY DECEMBER 7th RUN BY ARIK ASCHERMAN, ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND MOST COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS EVER Email Torat.Tzedek@gmail.com for details
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Because the people who made that list don’t actually care about fighting real, dangerous antisemitism. If they did, you’d be sitting at the top of that list forever. You’re a disgusting antisemite.
Why wasn’t I nominated for antisemite of the year
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