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.
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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.
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
Why I stand with Jeremy Corbyn
The former Labour leader understands far better than his successor, who suspended him this week, that racism is born of a broken world - one we must utterly transform.
History
The forgotten women's rituals of Yom Kippur
Cemetery- and grave-measuring were part of a female clerical role in Ashkenazi Jewish life, and powerful tools of ancestral connection.
History
Happy Yom Kippur!
Vashti revisits the Yom Kippur Ball.
The Jewish Left
Vashti meets Pink Peacock, the world's first queer Yiddish cafe
The founders of the Glasgow establishment, due to open later this year, share their vision of luxury for all.
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
“I don't think he would have the boldness to stand up in shul and say that”
In private messages to his former congregants, a leading British rabbi sounds off on race, gender and sexuality.
The Far Right
Spain’s Jews gave Vox an easy ride. Now they’re regretting it
Many Jewish organisations sat idly by while the far-right stoked Islamophobia. It was only a matter of time before the party and its supporters came for them, too.
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
How not to tackle antisemitism on the left
Zero tolerance plus zero discretion equals zero results.
Palestine-Israel
"Resist": The political street art of Jerusalem
A reading of the politics written onto the city walls.