Writer, reporter, editor, all-around delight. Work lots of places. Author of THE INFLUENCE OF SOROS and BAD JEWS. Working on new book on Holocaust remembrance. Don’t yell at me. emilyctamkin@gmail.com. emilyctamkin.substack.com.https://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mwvqptq66k2vMark, I have a piece for you https://forward.com/opinion/851927/michigan-jewish-voters-choice-between-rogers-el-sayed/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvqptq66k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mwqwc4ldnk2b"the decision not to select one definition shows that it is focused more on fixing the problem than prematurely picking just one method to solve it" Me for @forward.com on Mamdani's antisemitism strategy https://forward.com/opinion/852941/nyc-mayor-mamdanis-antisemitism-policy-no-definition-of-antisemitism/30 Sep 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqwc4ldnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mwbmtk3ozc2xFor @forward.com, I wrote about Jewish Democrats in Michigan (and elsewhere) and how sometimes the most important part of a decision is understanding that you are deciding between a certain set of choices https://forward.com/opinion/851927/michigan-jewish-voters-choice-between-rogers-el-sayed/24 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbmtk3ozc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mw46yzj5bc2xCongratulations to @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social on the publication of Crossing the Red Line. There are so many who would have us forget that to report on foreign policy is to report on power. Fortunately, Akbar never does. https://wwnorton.com/books/978132411819022 Sep 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw46yzj5bc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mv452ve5xc2zSome thoughts on Dana Nessel's remarks and the discourse https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/to-live-in-the-world09 Sep 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv452ve5xc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3muzpcpwh6k24For @forward.com, a very personal essay on the stories we tell at the High Holidays and my last year of new motherhood and family health crisis. An early Shanah Tovah to you and yours. https://forward.com/opinion/849056/kol-nidre-yelling-at-god-rosh-hashanah-jonah-job-days-of-awe/08 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzpcpwh6k24https://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3muuwd7czx22q"Germany's leading Jewish organization reacted with alarm to the result. 'I am personally appalled by this election result,' Central Council of Jews President Josef Schuster told Die Welt." https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2026-09-06/ty-article/far-right-afd-wins-historic-german-state-election-exit-polls-show/000001a0-7783-d6c0-a1a9-7fe72c43000006 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuwd7czx22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mukenkzx7c2hWrote a little thing on JD Vance's attempt to address Jews https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/jd-and-jews?r=isdo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true02 Sep 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukenkzx7c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mufjkm7dj22sA mini interview on learning Czech for this month's ET Speak Home https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/et-speak-home-a-monthly-mini-interview-6e331 Aug 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufjkm7dj22shttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mtywmxtb3c2mTim Curry the first person I can remember watching and thinking "wow that's a great actor" (for I believe his star turn in Muppet Treasure Island but no matter)26 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtywmxtb3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mtybggr7ds2mSome disorganized thoughts on conflation https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/two-things-i-think-are-true26 Aug 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtybggr7ds2m