Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen does not think Gaza is an “open-air prison.” No, she insists it is something much worse: Gaza, she writes, is akin to a Jewish ghetto in the time of the Nazis, now in the process of being “liquidated.” Does this ring true to you? How is Gaza like a Jewish ghetto […]

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist. Gessen is also non-binary and trans, and insists on being referred to as they/their. They have been married and divorced twice and are now engaged, as of mid-December, to someone who is likely to be their third wife. Or husband. I’m not sure. They have been described — perhaps […]