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The Holocaust and the BLM movement share the problem of knowing another’s experience. Judith Butler, Cheryl Greenberg, Marianne Hirsch, and Robin D. G. Kelley tackle the core epistemological and moral question of whether we can know another’s experience, and what is at stake in our answer.

JQR editor Natalie Dohrmann chats with contributor Samuel Hayim Brody about Jewish studies and the history of capitalism.

In this JQR blog forum, the third in a series inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, five scholars reflect on scenes from Jewish literature that allow them some purchase on this moment.

The TOC in Brief

Yossi Chajes finds new aspects of Lurianic kabbalistic practice in the relationship between text and image.

Disaster leaves indelible traces on language. How can old words navigate the new and radically discordant? Hannah Pollin-Galay asks that question of several glossaries of Holocaust Yiddish.

A JQR blog forum