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.
Tag: antisemitism
A network of government-funded NGOs are pushing the definition in an effort to redefine antisemitism and quash Palestinian dissent.
The Queer, Anti-Nazi Art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
Like a schlubby Jewish Virgil, the American journalist leads readers of her new book through the circles of white supremacist hell.
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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.
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Where next for the Jewish left?
Vashti launched a year ago at a more innocent time. On the eve of her 1st birthday, she asks: where next for the Jewish left?
Many Jewish organisations sat idly by while the far-right stoked Islamophobia. It was only a matter of time, however, before the party and its supporters came for them, too.
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How not to tackle antisemitism on the left
Zero tolerance plus zero discretion equals zero results.
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A faustian pact between Chabad and Orbán
How Hungarian Ultra-Orthodoxy found an ally in Europe’s most notorious antisemite.
Joann Sfar has been called France’s “messiah of the comic book”. His buoyantly optimistic early work rewrote narratives of Jewish-Muslim animosity by sketching a shared history and delineating a path forward for interfaith relations. So why is Sfar’s new novel so full of despair?