Jewish Identity
Sometimes we win
The Exodus story teaches us that we must never lose sight of our ability to create a better world, no matter how impossible that may seem.
Jewish Identity
The Exodus story teaches us that we must never lose sight of our ability to create a better world, no matter how impossible that may seem.
The Pickle
For Israel and its allies, Iran’s attack has ushered in a new political reality in which Palestinians once again fade from view.
The Pickle
Since 7 October, the principal dividing line on Israel-Palestine has been supporting or opposing a ceasefire. For a faction accustomed to taking the middle ground, that has posed a unique dilemma.
Culture
Artist, poet and writer Joshua Leon speaks to Vashti about his first solo exhibition on the construction of British Jewish identity.
The Pickle
What a reductive analogy can tell us about the unfolding catastrophe.
The Jewish Left
The Jewish feminist movement in the UK has left a complicated and contested legacy.
The Pickle
The UN Security Council’s first call for an immediate ceasefire is little more than a nod.
‘By my death I wish to make the strongest possible protest against the passivity with which the world is permitting the extermination of the Jewish people.’
As some Israeli soldiers light Hanukkah candles on the ruins of Palestinian homes in Gaza, we must look to the rich Jewish tradition of opposing tyranny.
Last weekend’s March Against Antisemitism was in fact a march against solidarity with Palestinians.
Moshé Machover assesses Israel’s Gaza war in its historical context – and offers a stern warning.
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Across the West Bank, Hamas’ 7 October attack has become the latest pretext for accelerating the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Portraits of the activists defying repression and persecution to protest Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
Transness implores us to know each other again, and again.
A new literary form emerges under genocide.
The materials helping us understand the situation on the ground and the world letting it happen.
Revelations about a ‘masterplan’ for ethnic cleansing have triggered historic protests across Germany. But off the streets, centrists are bending to far-right demands.
As Israel’s brutal war on Gaza rages on, we need approaches to Jewishness that reject this violence while claiming visions of religious purpose and shared life, wherever Jews may be.
Exploring the responses of British Muslims and Jews to a new era of mass protest.
‘By my death I wish to make the strongest possible protest against the passivity with which the world is permitting the extermination of the Jewish people.’
Vashti speaks to the hosts of a new podcast exploring what British Jews really think.
Examining the social and political context of Polish MP Grzegorz Braun’s December attack.
The Museum of London Docklands’ new exhibition 'Fashion City' explores the complex relationship of Jewish migration to the capital's fashion.