Emily Tamkin

Emily Tamkin is a global affairs journalist. She is the author of ‘The Influence of Soros: Politics, Power, and the Struggle for an Open Society’ and ‘Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities.’

Recent Articles
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception, May 16, 2023, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Who won the battle over the White House antisemitism strategy?
The Biden administration’s antisemitism plan sidestepped the IHRA definition favored by the American-Jewish establishment. They claimed victory anyway.
By Emily Tamkin August 8, 2023
Protest against Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during his visit to Washington DC, March 13, 2023. (Gili Getz)
‘A moment of disillusionment’: American Jews torn as Israel turns 75
Grappling with a far-right government and growing awareness of the Nakba, American Jews revealed mixed feelings marking Israel's independence.
By Emily Tamkin June 2, 2023
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  4. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
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  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
  3. ‘The soldiers opened the way for the settlers’: Pogroms surge across West Bank
  4. The unexceptional violence of Israel’s ‘Haredi battalion’
  5. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  3. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
  4. Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire?
  5. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen