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Happy Yom Kippur!
Vashti revisits the Yom Kippur Ball.
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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.
The Far Right
A faustian pact between Chabad and Orbán
How Hungarian Ultra-Orthodoxy found an ally in Europe’s most notorious antisemite.
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.