Culture
Vashti speaks to Michael Rosen
A few months ago, Vashti spoke to the author and broadcaster Michael Rosen about his new book, ‘The Missing’, and much else besides.
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Palestine-Israel
Israel is in denial about police brutality
Israeli politicians have expressed remorse at Eyad Hallaq’s killing, but it’s clear they view it as an aberration.
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
Jewish antiracism must start at home
#JewsForBlackLivesMatter risks reinscribing Ashkenormativity.
UK Politics
Stop calling Cummings a 'svengali' – and not just because it's an antisemitic trope
We’re raging against the man, not the machine.
Palestine-Israel
The Board of Deputies’ neutrality on annexation will doom it
The Board gained prominence through its forthright stance on Labour antisemitism. Its mealy-mouthed response to annexation will condemn it to irrelevance.
UK Politics
Starmer is serious about antisemitism – but not other racisms, it seems
Starmer has adopted the Board of Deputies’ Ten Pledges and with them, the Board’s disregard for forms of racism beyond Jew-hatred.
Jewish Identity
This Passover is different from all others
Three Jewish women reflect on Pesach under lockdown.
UK Politics
Coronavirus demands justice, not charity
‘North West London – COVID-19 Support For The Vulnerable’, one of the roughly 1,500 mutual aid groups established around the UK in the past fortnight, already has over 7,000 members. Each day, dozens offer and request alleviation of life under lockdown, with varying degrees of Jewishness. “My near 90
Palestine-Israel
Trump's peace plan won't just entrench the Israel-Palestine conflict – it will radically destabilise it
By mainstreaming the fantasies of the annexationist hard-right, this plan paves the way for an escalation of unforeseeable proportions.
UK Politics
Boris Johnson’s BDS ban must be opposed – not least by British Jews
The law would forbid even boycotts focused solely on the occupation, thereby framing opposition to the occupation as opposition to Israel as a whole.
UK Politics
It isn’t an easy time to be a new Jewish Labour MP - but it’s an important one
At this dark hour, the Jewish left must not shrink away. Our resolve to build an anti-racist movement must be hardened.
The Jewish Left
Young Jews are reviving the Jewish left - will they succeed?
The seeds are being sown for a new Jewish left with a renewed desire for a better world.