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October 2020

October 17, 2020

Dear Vice Chancellor, don’t let Gavin Williamson bully you into adopting IHRA

Dear Professor Schofield RE: The Secretary of State’s request that Lancaster University adopts the International...

December 2019

December 21, 2019

How (not) to tackle antisemitism in the Age of Boris

For some in the Jewish community, the defeat of the Labour Party in the UK...

December 07, 2019

Archbishop Justin, you need some new Jewish friends

“If we leave our echo-chambers and make a conscious effort to listen to people and...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

Chief Rabbi, we need a better way to fight antisemitism than attacking Labour

Dear Chief Rabbi Mirvis As you say in your article in The Times this week...

November 13, 2019

As a British Jew I’m not fearful of a Corbyn government but I’m horrified at how antisemitism is being used against him

I’ve been told to fear the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister. I’ve been...

August 2019

August 01, 2019

The BBC debated antisemitism, but who got ‘muddled’, Melanie Phillips or Robert Cohen?

We were 38 minutes into a live 45 minute BBC radio debate on antisemitism when...

June 2019

June 21, 2019

The Church of England is stifling Palestinian solidarity – IHRA is to blame

If anyone tries to tell you that adopting the IHRA document on antisemitism does not...

May 2019

May 09, 2019

How Jonathan Sacks dumbs-down Jewish history to defend Zionism

"How can Anti-Zionism be the new antisemitism?” asks Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his latest six...

March 2019

March 04, 2019

British MPs won’t get to see ‘WitchHunt’ in the House of Commons – the very place it needs to be shown

A new documentary ‘WitchHunt’ about the long running accusations of antisemitism in the British Labour Party was...

October 2018

October 18, 2018

Christian-Jewish dialogue must be more than taking tea and talking antisemitism

“No religion is an island” – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, November 1965 Dear Archbishop Justin...

September 2018

September 06, 2018

If you want a fair definition of Zionism, it’s best to ask a Palestinian

There are lots of good reasons to think the IHRA document, now adopted "in full"...

September 02, 2018

Sacks V. Corbyn: Why conflating anti-Zionism makes fighting antisemitism impossible

Earlier this week Rabbi Jonathan Sacks made himself look foolish, tarnishing his worldwide reputation as...

July 2018

July 28, 2018

The Jewish establishment’s ‘War Against Corbyn’ risks bringing real antisemitism to Britain

Greetings from Britain, where the Jewish community is facing an “existential threat to Jewish life”....

April 2018

April 08, 2018

As Israel turns 70 it’s high time we Jews ditched Zionism for the sake of everyone

When Israeli soldiers shoot, maim and kill unarmed Palestinian protestors living under Israeli siege in...

February 2018

February 17, 2018

I faced my Jewish racism, can you do the same?

- A call to Jewish students for Israeli Apartheid Week 2018 We need to talk about...

November 2017

November 08, 2017

Dear Simon Schama, you need a history lesson on Zionism

Dear Professor Schama I’ve just read your letter to The Times this week about Zionism...

July 2017

July 07, 2017

Brace Yourselves for Costly Palestinian Solidarity

Well, you can't say you haven't been told. The Christian community in Occupied Palestine has...

December 2016

December 03, 2016

“OMG! I’ve just renounced my right to Jewish national self-determination.”

Okay, here goes. I'm renouncing my right to Jewish national self-determination. OMG! There. I've done...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

Thank you Chief Rabbi. Now I know. Judaism is to blame for the Palestinian Nakba.

Dear Rabbi Mirvis When it comes to defining Zionism, you have brought crystal clarity. You...

May 08, 2016

Letter from an anti-BDS Arab to a Jewish BDS supporter [and this Jew’s BDS response]

A member of my family sent me this open letter to BDS supporting Jews, hoping...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Did the BBC cover up the antisemitism of Gaza’s children?

Has a mistranslation in a BBC documentary created an image of innocence where none should...

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