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July 2020

July 01, 2020

Annexation (even when delayed) is the great truth teller on Israel/Palestine

The July 1st deadline has come and gone, and annexation hasn’t arrived. But don’t celebrate...

June 2020

June 06, 2020

As Jews, we’ll never address racism while clinging to Zionism

If you can’t make the connections, it’s best to keep quiet. If you can’t see...

April 2020

April 18, 2020

Edgy Jewish reflections on a Covid-19 exit strategy

The last blog post I published was sent from a world which no longer exists....

February 2020

February 22, 2020

Tom Stoppard’s first Jewish play leaves Zionism offstage

This week I went to see Sir Tom Stoppard’s new play Leopoldstadt, which opened in...

September 2019

September 21, 2019

The Climate Emergency makes Zionism obsolete, but Judaism could help save the planet

The Climate Emergency makes Zionism redundant as a future response to antisemitism; it’s already responsible...

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...

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 10, 2019

Only by moving beyond Zionism will Christian-Jewish dialogue progress

Christian-Jewish interfaith dialogue is looking ever more morally compromised when it comes to Israel When...

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...

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"...

June 2018

June 24, 2018

Dear Ed Husain, don’t let your call for moderate Islam give Israel a blank cheque

Dear Ed Husain I’ve just finished reading your new book ‘The House of Islam’, and...

May 2018

May 25, 2018

They prayed for the dead of Gaza, now it’s time to say Kaddish for Zionism

I’ve seen the Jewish future in Britain and it looks good. The next generation of...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

Dear Natalie Portman, your liberal Zionism won’t save your Jewish values

"Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust....

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...

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...

June 2017

June 12, 2017

So many bad ways to mark the Balfour Declaration – but here’s one good one

How to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration this November? You can be...

April 2017

April 02, 2017

Zionism, Apartheid and the Delegitimisation of Passover

'Delegitimisation' is the favourite attack word used by defenders of Israel's unique (mis)understanding of democracy....

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...

August 2016

August 13, 2016

Two years on, Scotland’s Jews concerned over Gaza – but for all the wrong reasons

When it comes to antisemitism and the impact of Israel-Palestine on our daily lives, the...

September 2015

September 06, 2015

This High Holidays I’m Challenging the ‘Modern Jewish Sacred’

We are entering the Jewish High Holidays. A period of reflection, of repentance, of returning...

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