by Lynne Golodner | Jan 22, 2025 | Nonfiction
First stop: Medieval Jewish Prayer House—Középkori Zsidó Imaház American historians say Hungary’s political system is dangerous, but conservatives find inspiration in its Christian government. I expected dark shadows in Budapest storefronts, people yearning for...
by Joanna Chen | Nov 18, 2024 | Nonfiction
A poster left by a participant taking part in a candlelight vigil and silent protest organized as part of the #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies | August 11, 2014 near the United Nations in New York.Photo credit: DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images Late last week, I switched...
by Lori Yeghiayan Friedman | Nov 17, 2024 | Nonfiction
Dad in the beige easy chair, a precursor to the blue chenille chair. Los Angeles, California. 1980sPhoto courtesy of the author The morning after my father’s first heart attack, I took the train from San Diego to Los Angeles to see him. It was December, near the end...
by David Rocchio | Oct 4, 2024 | Nonfiction
Editor’s Note: Consequence has always been on the lookout for impressive drama that deals with our themes. This is one reason why we are so excited to partner with acclaimed filmmaker David Rocchio, the Founder and Director of Stowe Story Labs. In this excerpt...
by Alan Stoskopf and Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady | Aug 17, 2024 | Nonfiction
At first, nineteen-year-old Ilia Kashtalianov was not sure why he started painting the walls of his university dorm room in Kyiv. Once he began, he couldn’t stop. The multicolored images appeared as a hallucinatory mash-up of Chagall folk motifs and ghost-like...
by Teens in Print | Jul 7, 2024 | Nonfiction
Editor’s Note: This publication marks the launch of Consequence Forum’s newest series, the Young Writers & Artists Project. The follow three pieces are in collaboration with Teens in Print (TiP), a writing program directed by Mohamed Barrie that encourages and...
by Reed Kuehn | Jun 8, 2024 | Nonfiction
by Laura Bernstein-Machlay | Apr 1, 2024 | Nonfiction
Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED I don’t like my last name. Well, the first part of the hyphenation, the Bernstein. As a child, I thought it lumbering, inelegant. The name comes from a father I haven’t interacted with in decades. It brings...
by Jenn Budd | Mar 3, 2024 | Nonfiction
A sign for a restaurant at the Del Rio port of entry. Photo: Jenn Budd. Few Americans understand the policies that make up the immigration deterrence operations of the US Border Patrol. These mandates are often confusing and can change drastically from one...
by Peter Balakian and Cathy Caruth | Jan 29, 2024 | Nonfiction
From left: Harvard president Claudine Gay; Penn’s Liz Magill; Pamela Nadell, a professor of history and Jewishstudies at American University; and Sally Kornbluth, president of MIT. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images....
