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Isaac Fried

Local Arts in #ProspectHeights Brooklyn: Phantasm

A group exhibition @ Art Cafe + Bar, via Emergence Arts

3 min readMar 13, 2022

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Isaac Fried

Local Arts in #ProspectHeights Brooklyn: Imaginary Cartography

A solo show from Emily Garfield @ Endless Life Brewing, via Emergence Arts

1 min readMar 13, 2022

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Isaac Fried

In the Footsteps of The Black Jews of Harlem

This series was previously published in WAX Digital Magazine, 2017–2018

33 min readSep 30, 2020

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In the Footsteps of The Black Jews of Harlem

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Isaac Fried

Tales of a Yemenite Millennial

At seventeen years old, Ebrahim Anaam is as much of a millennial as it is possible to be. When I met him in August, he was working a…

5 min readSep 30, 2020

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Isaac Fried

Running a deli in Harlem is difficult work.

It’s easy to see why running a deli demands a man on deck at all times. Between 116th and 125th Street, Malcolm X sports no less than…

5 min readSep 30, 2020

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Isaac Fried

Grandma’s House: The Vanishing Family Brownstone

The man who owns 11 West 122nd street was friendly enough. “I’m sorry, I’ve got a meeting,” he said with an ingratiating smile, hovering…

6 min readSep 30, 2020

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Isaac Fried

Welcome to Paradise. Please Don’t Step on the Cat.

It’s not unusual to pass by street vendors selling selections of assorted Africana. But if you want the full kaleidoscope of African…

4 min readSep 30, 2020

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Welcome to Paradise. Please Don’t Step on the Cat.

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Isaac Fried

Reading “Oedipus” in the Time of Corona: Lessons in the Patriarchy

Introduction

17 min readMay 19, 2020

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Reading “Oedipus” in the Time of Corona: Lessons in the Patriarchy

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Isaac Fried

The Mediation of Labor in the Time of Corona

The picture is adorable: a harassed-looking mother, her hair disheveled, bends over to scan a laptop screen as her daughter hangs…

9 min readApr 30, 2020

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Isaac Fried

The Poetics of Exile: Darwish and Kafka

Reading Darwish, we are struck by a vision of poetry that stands between reality and myth. “Language will take the place of reality,” he…

16 min readDec 18, 2019

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Isaac Fried

Isaac Fried

Community College Professor at Passaic County Community College; formerly @YUCommentator and @theharlembee; MA Phil University College Dublin

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