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Antisemitism & Antiracism Jewish Culture The Pickle UK

The battle of Nelson Street

A Muslim mayor fights to save the Jewish East End.

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Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ The Pickle UK

The Pink Peacock’s premature demise

Members of the collective tell Molly Lipson why the radical Govanhill cafe has been forced to close its doors for good.

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Palestine-Israel The Jewish Left The Pickle USA

When the rabbis are anti-Zionists

In the US, a new generation of rabbinical students is shattering the communal consensus, writes Sam Stein.

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Antisemitism & Antiracism Europe The Pickle

Resisting Germany’s ‘Theatre of Memory’

In his new book, reviewed for Vashti by James Leveque, Max Czollek calls on Jews to cease cooperating with Germany’s memorialisation agenda.

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The Jewish Left The Pickle UK

The fall and rise of London’s Yiddish scene

After decades of decline, the once thriving culture is bouncing back, writes Tamara Micner.

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The Nakba never ended

And Britain remains complicit.

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The Soviet-Jewish experience, revisited

A new book presents ambivalence as its core motif.

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Europe The Far Right The Pickle

Italy’s new Jew-ish bogeyman

Elly Schlein is taking on Meloni’s “post-fascists”.

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Palestine-Israel The Jewish Left UK

Zoomers are breaking up with Zionism

As Israel approaches its 75th anniversary, Robert Cohen looks at why young British Jews are less supportive of Israel than their parents and grandparents.

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Antisemitism & Antiracism The Pickle UK

Braverman v the Board

What happens when Jews won’t be good?