Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
Why are anticolonial academics being accused of antisemitism?
Because we’ve uncoupled antisemitism from the coloniality of race – something Israel’s advocates are only too pleased about.
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Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
Leading British academics and Israeli citizens call on universities to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism
The 66 scholars join a broadening coalition of left-to-moderate Jews across the world who oppose the controversial definition.
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
We 66 British academics and Israeli citizens reject the government's imposition of the IHRA
The flawed definition threatens not only the fight against antisemitism, but Palestinian self-determination, academic freedom and our right to criticise the Israeli government.
History
We must resist Netanyahu's cynical right-washing of the Holocaust
The Israeli PM’s plans to appoint an anti-Palestinian racist to lead Yad Vashem conveys the danger of particularising the Shoah, writes Naomi Magnus.
Culture
Strangers in a strange Land: Jewish sci-fi, Afrofuturism and visions from Palestine
Considering Jewish, Black, and Palestinian writers' visions of persecution and liberation across the universe.
Palestine-Israel
The IHRA censors Palestinians by design, not by accident
What constitutes ‘legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’ criticism of Israel is determined by individuals who believe BDS and discussion of Israeli apartheid to be beyond the pale.
Palestine-Israel
Israel is using the IHRA to silence its critics
A network of government-funded NGOs are pushing the definition in an effort to redefine antisemitism and quash Palestinian dissent.
History
The queer surrealist lovers who took on the Nazis
Remembering the queer, anti-Nazi art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
Palestine-Israel
Palestinians come home for Christmas
69 years after their village was razed on Christmas Eve, these Palestinians are determined not to let the pandemic prevent them from celebrating and mourning on their ancestral land.
The Jewish Left
Jewish care home workers are striking. Will the community stand with them?
At Sage in Golders Green, staff are demanding fair wages and working conditions. British Jews could view this as a threat to our elders – or as fundamentally in our interests.
Culture
Can film unteach Hasbara?
A new documentary considers whether exposure to video footage of the plight of Palestinians can change the hearts and minds of Israel’s fiercest advocates.
The Far Right
An audience with Talia Lavin, American Nazi-hunter
Like a schlubby Jewish Virgil, the American journalist leads readers of her new book through the circles of white supremacist hell.