I wrote about Bernie. And what having a Jewish president might mean. And his life and being a Jew in public in America and how we do it. newrepublic.com/article/156552…
there are tons of things i could quote from this piece— it’s long and took me ages to think out and write — but i wrote about biblical exegesis and christian hegemony and what precisely it means that so many politicians call themselves “people of faith” newrepublic.com/article/156552…
antisemitic antileftism is an old and hoary tradition in america. sanders was certainly familiar with it by the time of his bar mitzvah. newrepublic.com/amp/article/15… 
and with many thanks to @RyuSpaeth for allowing me to write in the structure of a 13th century exegete and to @BogieStrkr for catching myriad factual errors newrepublic.com/amp/article/15…
At any rate, however you feel about Bernie (and I’ve felt a lot of different ways before arriving at my present admiration), this was an example of writing a piece I wanted to see in the world and hadn’t. And thank you for reading it. newrepublic.com/article/156552…
so many of you reached out and said you were moved by this piece!!! thank you!!! it is always scary to dress up your heart in exegesis and send it out into the world. it means a lot to know it resonates. newrepublic.com/article/156552…
