Jacob A.C. Remes is a New York Jew, a member of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and a history professor at NYU.
Opinion An honest conversation about JFREJ The ADL recently accused the Jewish progressive group of being "out of touch" with mainstream Jewish values By Jacob A.C. Remes Aug 16, 2022 | 3 min read
News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class By Louis Keene Apr 30, 2026 | 4 min read
Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’ By Robert Zaretsky May 6, 2026 | 7 min read
News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law By Hannah Feuer and Jacob Kornbluh May 5, 2026 | 4 min read
Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill By Ami Dube May 1, 2026 | 4 min read
Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there By Gayle Kirshenbaum May 8, 2026 | 5 min read
Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel By Alanna E. Cooper May 8, 2026 | 4 min read
Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today By Olivia Haynie May 8, 2026 | 4 min read
Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help. By Benyamin Cohen May 8, 2026 | 6 min read