Solidarity, commitment & struggle: in memory of Awdah Hathaleen
Palestine-Israel

Solidarity, commitment & struggle: in memory of Awdah Hathaleen

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6 Min
By: Aron Wander
Conditional humanity
The Pickle International Affairs

Conditional humanity

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4 Min
By: Francesca Newton
Doikayt in Medway
Jewish Identity

Doikayt in Medway

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12 Min
By: Ella Halpern-Matthews

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We have an Oscar – but where is international law?

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5 Min
We have an Oscar – but where is international law?
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The pro-Israel establishment couldn't tarnish Zohran Mamdani. Will this time be different from all other times?

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6 Min
The pro-Israel establishment couldn't tarnish Zohran Mamdani. Will this time be different from all other times?
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No bad words, and no good deeds

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3 Min
No bad words, and no good deeds
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The religious authorities we deserve

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6 Min
Among the grandeur of the Vatican, a pope intimately greets a gathering of people. Credit: Alfredo Borba
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A parable of the Magpies
The Pickle International Affairs

A parable of the Magpies

How Saudi investment in Newcastle football club might teach Britons to let go of their main character syndrome

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5 Min
By: Matthew Gordon

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Palestine-Israel

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Solidarity, commitment & struggle: in memory of Awdah Hathaleen
Palestine-Israel

Solidarity, commitment & struggle: in memory of Awdah Hathaleen

"I keep thinking that there must have been a mistake, or that Awdah will show up at a protest demanding the return of his own body."

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6 Min
By: Aron Wander
Trading with impunity
Palestine-Israel The Pickle

Trading with impunity

The Israeli stock market is at historic highs as the country enacts forced starvation. The UK wants its share of the profits.

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3 Min
By: Evan Robins
We have an Oscar – but where is international law?
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Palestine-Israel

We have an Oscar – but where is international law?

We're being beaten up and humiliated every day – and no one is watching anymore.

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5 Min
By: Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini
No bad words, and no good deeds
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UK Politics Palestine-Israel The Pickle

No bad words, and no good deeds

Banning direct action won’t make anger at genocide disappear – no wonder people are chanting.

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3 Min
By: Kate Greenberg

The Pickle

A parable of the Magpies
The Pickle International Affairs

A parable of the Magpies

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5 Min
By: Matthew Gordon
Conditional humanity
The Pickle International Affairs

Conditional humanity

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4 Min
By: Francesca Newton
Trading with impunity
Palestine-Israel The Pickle

Trading with impunity

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3 Min
By: Evan Robins
The youth shall see visions
UK Politics The Pickle

The youth shall see visions

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4 Min
By: Asha Sumroy

Culture

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How the Oxford Literary Festival became a haven for the right
Culture

How the Oxford Literary Festival became a haven for the right

Behind the liberal festival facade, the OLF is providing a platform for the right-wing Free Speech Union and cashing in on culture wars – and it's not alone.

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14 Min
By: Eli Cugini
Memorial Gestures exhibition review: a sensitive interweaving of past and present
Culture

Memorial Gestures exhibition review: a sensitive interweaving of past and present

The dark depths of the archive are transformed into art, in Sunny Bank Mills' latest show.

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3 Min
By: Emma Louise Rixhon
Bubble Schmeisis review
Culture

Bubble Schmeisis review

Bubble Schmeisis takes its final schvitz.

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2 Min
By: Georgina (Gigi) Daniels
The impossibility of Israeli grief
Palestine-Israel Culture

The impossibility of Israeli grief

Zionism has long made an enemy of mourning, preventing Israeli society from sitting with loss before it is once again time to take aim and kill.

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5 Min
By: Michael Sappir

Antisemitism and Anti-Racism

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Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism The Pickle

Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.

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7 Min
By: David Feldman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever
‘The choice is one between anti-racism and Zionism as such’
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism

‘The choice is one between anti-racism and Zionism as such’

A response to the authors of Facing antisemitism.

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8 Min
By: Eli Machover
The state of anti-antisemitism
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism

The state of anti-antisemitism

An interview with the authors of a new Runnymede Trust report.

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12 Min
By: Vashti Editors
The ADL is at the gates, courtesy of the Board of Deputies
The Pickle Antisemitism and Anti-Racism

The ADL is at the gates, courtesy of the Board of Deputies

A concerning partnership is developing between the ADL and the BoD.

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6 Min
By: Evan Robins

UK Politics

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The youth shall see visions
UK Politics The Pickle

The youth shall see visions

Good thing they know that direct action, not just a vote, brings visions about.

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4 Min
By: Asha Sumroy
No bad words, and no good deeds
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UK Politics Palestine-Israel The Pickle

No bad words, and no good deeds

Banning direct action won’t make anger at genocide disappear – no wonder people are chanting.

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3 Min
By: Kate Greenberg
The proscription of Palestine Action: An explainer
UK Politics Palestine-Israel The Pickle

The proscription of Palestine Action: An explainer

Vashti stands with PA.

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14 Min
By: Vashti Editors
A Vashti trans rights reader
The Pickle UK Politics

A Vashti trans rights reader

A collection of our work on trans rights and transphobia.

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11 Min
By: Vashti Editors

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Jewish Identity

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Doikayt in Medway
Jewish Identity

Doikayt in Medway

A political and oral history of "hereness" in one of Britain's oldest Jewish communities.

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12 Min
By: Ella Halpern-Matthews
What happened at Mount Sinai?
Jewish Identity The Pickle

What happened at Mount Sinai?

This is what we think we know: the poorest people of many ethnicities came together at a mountain.

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6 Min
By: Lev Taylor
Among the grandeur of the Vatican, a pope intimately greets a gathering of people. Credit: Alfredo Borba
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The Pickle Jewish Identity

The religious authorities we deserve

In choosing service, humility and compassion over deference to power and wealth, Pope Francis offers a model of what Jewish communities should expect from their institutions.

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6 Min
By: Matthew Gordon
In the name of faux ‘unity’, the Board is punishing progressives
The Jewish Left Palestine-Israel Jewish Identity

In the name of faux ‘unity’, the Board is punishing progressives

It’s Phil’s way or the highway.

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5 Min
By: Gabriel Kanter-Webber

History

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A man is lighting the candles on a menorah. He is surrounded by young boys, some of whom are wearing kippahs. The photo is in black and white.
History

On writing British Jewish history

Joseph Finlay reviews An unorthodox history: British Jews since 1945, Gavin Schaffer's new book that tells British Jewish stories from the position of the fringes rather than the mainstream

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9 Min
By: Joseph Finlay
From the jaws of victory
The Pickle History

From the jaws of victory

The twentieth century’s lessons unlearned.

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4 Min
By: Francesca Newton
Blood on our doorposts, blood on our doorsteps
Jewish Identity Palestine-Israel History

Blood on our doorposts, blood on our doorsteps

This Passover, there can be no turning away from Gaza.

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5 Min
By: Rebecca Metzer
A new קינד on the podcast block
Culture History

A new קינד on the podcast block

The Cockney Yiddish Podcast explores the evolution of the diasporic language and the symbiosis necessary to its survival thus far and to its revival, today.

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5 Min
By: Aleph Ross

The Jewish Left

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In the name of faux ‘unity’, the Board is punishing progressives
The Jewish Left Palestine-Israel Jewish Identity

In the name of faux ‘unity’, the Board is punishing progressives

It’s Phil’s way or the highway.

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5 Min
By: Gabriel Kanter-Webber
In Czechia, dissenting diasporism forges new paths
The Jewish Left

In Czechia, dissenting diasporism forges new paths

A declaration of independence from the "voice of Israel in Europe."

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6 Min
By: Adam Hinden, Eliška Vinklerová
Remember the future?
The Pickle The Jewish Left

Remember the future?

The secular new year reminds us of the need to create something to look forward to.

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4 Min
By: Francesca Newton
Vashti in Conversation: Solidarity is the Political Version of Love
The Jewish Left

Vashti in Conversation: Solidarity is the Political Version of Love

Watch editors Kendall Gardner and Francesca Newton in conversation with JVP's Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise.

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1 Min
By: Vashti Editors

International Affairs

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A parable of the Magpies
The Pickle International Affairs

A parable of the Magpies

How Saudi investment in Newcastle football club might teach Britons to let go of their main character syndrome

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5 Min
By: Matthew Gordon
Conditional humanity
The Pickle International Affairs

Conditional humanity

Making two of the necessary steps towards justice mutually exclusive is strange politics.

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4 Min
By: Francesca Newton
The pro-Israel establishment couldn't tarnish Zohran Mamdani. Will this time be different from all other times?
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International Affairs

The pro-Israel establishment couldn't tarnish Zohran Mamdani. Will this time be different from all other times?

A tidal wave of abuse is in motion. Mamdani can still prevail.

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6 Min
By: Ari Paul
Impunity is fuelling Israel’s spiralling aggression
Palestine-Israel International Affairs The Pickle

Impunity is fuelling Israel’s spiralling aggression

Israel attacked Iran not out of fear but out of hubris.

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4 Min
By: Ben Reiff

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