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/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/3mtybggr7ds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mtgmyecmic2wWrote a little thing on a current use of the phrase “bad Jews” https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/a-little-observation-about-the-phrase19 Aug 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgmyecmic2whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3msvaubqdkc2zWrote a little thing on my grandfather https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/on-my-grandfather-and-jewishness12 Aug 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvaubqdkc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3msh46vt3uc23Wrote this after New York's primary but feels relevant after Michigan's, too https://forward.com/opinion/833549/new-york-primaries-mamdani-avila-chevalier-lasher/06 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh46vt3uc23https://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3msdxyrgqnc23It is interesting, to me, that people will debate whether El-Sayed poses a threat to Jewish voters and not ask the same of Rogers's election denial.05 Aug 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdxyrgqnc23https://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mrxhaeuaq223Primo Levi's birthday so sharing this (again?) https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/the-topic-would-be-entirely-up-to31 Jul 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxhaeuaq223https://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mrt44fswgk2wA friend sent me this post so blame him, not me, for this self promotion https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bad-jews-emily-tamkin/1140834181?ean=9780063074019 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrt44fswgk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mr6la4tooc2zFor @forward.com, I wrote about the Trump administration (deliberately) misunderstanding the point of the ICC https://forward.com/opinion/839540/rubio-icc-trump-netanyahu/21 Jul 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6la4tooc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mqxb7uyldk2jIt (third place) is coming home18 Jul 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxb7uyldk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mquyatmhwk2jArno is great in part because he takes different points of view seriously. I hope that you, reader, will take this piece seriously, too. Shabbat Shalom. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquyatmhwk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyctamkin.bsky.social/post/3mqonv3elys2hOn antisemitism and what it’s not and is (yes again) https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/criticism-v-conspiracy15 Jul 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:2spry6tj5jfrix64d22kefis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqonv3elys2h