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Guernica editor who published Israeli writer’s coexistence essay resigns, saying she disagreed with retraction

Andrew Lapin in JTA · 7 Apr

Jina Moore, the editor-in-chief of Guernica, a literary magazine, has resigned after a disagreement over the retraction of an essay by Israeli writer Joanna Chen about the war in Gaza.

0 Israel

Meditations on the Trauma of Jews, Israelis, and Palestinians

Jay Michaelson in Future of Jewish · 27 Mar

The essay discusses the convergence of political and emotional turmoil experienced in the context of Israel, the Palestinians, and the Jewish community, particularly highlighted through a controversy involving an article critical of Israel in a leftist literary journal.

0 Politics Ethics

The ‘Guernica’ Uprising: No Room For Empathy

Gary Rosenblatt in Between The Lines · 13 Mar

Joanna Chen, an Israeli writer and translator of Hebrew and Arab poetry, wrote an essay titled "From the Edges of a Broken World" about her struggle to empathize with both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

0 Politics Literature

An elite literary journal imploded over an essay about the war — because it dared to humanize Israelis as well as Palestinians

Nora Berman in Forward · 11 Mar

Guernica, a prestigious literary magazine, faced backlash and mass resignations after retracting an essay by Israeli writer Joanna Chen that humanized both Israelis and Palestinians.

0 Literature Politics

Guernica magazine retracts Israeli writer’s coexistence essay that co-publisher called an ‘apologia for Zionism’

Andrew Lapin in Forward · 11 Mar

Guernica magazine retracted an essay by Israeli writer and translator Joanna Chen titled "From The Edges Of A Broken World" after criticism from staff members and others.