The Far Right
A faustian pact between Chabad and Orbán
How Hungarian Ultra-Orthodoxy found an ally in Europe’s most notorious antisemite.
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Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
If Black lives matter to us, Palestinian lives should too
George Floyd and Eyad Hallaq were killed in the same week. The British Jewish press has spilt much ink on the former – and barely a drop on the latter.
Palestine-Israel
Water, water everywhere
A contest over a spring exposes Israel’s water apartheid.
Culture
Will the last Jew to leave Europe please turn out the lights?
Joann Sfar has been called France’s “messiah of the comic book”. Why is his new novel so full of despair?
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.
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