@fathomjournal published over 130 pieces in 2024. There was hopefully something for everyone (we used to promise that there would be one essay in every issue that someone wouldnt like!). Here are 13 of my favorites - a thread.

Written before impeachment failed to get the requisite votes, Omer-Jackaman argues the process represented a political witch-hunt and the disenfranchisement of @AyOdeh's voters

Ilouz asks why, when the left generally upholds the principle of empowering minority groups with the right to determine what constitutes abuse of or discrimination against its members, it singularly refuses to do so in the case of antisemitism

Long but important thread about what went on in the ground in Iran during the war.

(if I wanted to channel Jonathan’s Jewish guilt I’d ask why no mensch of the week for previous articles…but that would be harsh).

A very well deserved unholy podcast ‘mensch of the week’ for @goldman1007 who wrote this interesting piece in Thank you to @leviyonit and @freedland

(if I wanted to channel Jonathan’s Jewish guilt I’d ask why no mensch of the week for many previous articles…but that would be harsh).

Jeffrey Bernstein reviews a new translation of Theodor Adorno’s 1962 lecture, Fighting Antisemitism Today. What did antisemitism look like in Adorno’s ‘today’ and how does it look different in ours?

Daniel Goldman @goldman1007 issues a call to action to Religious Zionists in Israel, arguing that what was once a niche strand of thought - a theology promoting violence against Palestinians - has now become mainstream and possessed of real political power

Adam J. Sacks chronicles the history of left and left-adjacent attraction to Islamist ideology from early Soviet accommodation with political Islam to Foucault’s embrace of the Khomeini revolution in Iran

In a podcast recorded Monday @SimaShine1 @AlirezaNader & @JonathanRynhold consider the achievements of Israeli & American action in Iran, the future of the Islamic Republic’s regime, and the US-Israel relationship

New @fathomjournal highlight today with 4 excellent pieces

On Monday, Jack and I were delighted to speak with @SimaShine1 from @INSSIsrael, @AlirezaNader and @JonathanRynhold about the 12 Day War between Israel & Iran. One of 4 pieces @fathomjournal publishing today

“Israel as soon as we made the deal they came out and they dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before. when I say, okay, you have 12 hours you don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them." . Isn't that EXACTLY what one does?.

The erroneous mindset of Israel as a settler-colonial foreign entity clashes with that of Abraham Accords – that Jews & Arabs both have significant religious historical & cultural roots in the Holy Land. Let’s hope this defeat of the former will lead to the expansion of the.

On 7 October he partially succeeded. He turned Israel's world upside down. Yet it ended in disaster for the Palestinian National Movement and the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance.

He also believed Israel’s strength temporary. ‘One day our roles will be reversed’ he calmly told one interrogator in prison. ‘The world will turn upside down for you.’.

It seems clear to me Sinwar increasingly saw himself as a modern day Saladin. In a novel he once wrote, Sinwar’s protagonist, Ahmad – the author’s alter-ego – wonders whether there is a ‘Saladin for this era?’.