Tag: holocaust

Letter

We 66 British academics and Israeli citizens reject the government’s imposition of the IHRA

Post author By Various
Post date 4th February 2021
11 Comments on We 66 British academics and Israeli citizens reject the government’s imposition of the IHRA

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson at 10 Downing Street, 21 May 2020. Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street

The flawed definition threatens not only the fight against antisemitism, but Palestinian self-determination, academic freedom and our right to criticise the Israeli government.

Tags academia, antisemitism, gavin williamson, holocaust, ihra, Israel, labour, palestine, racism, universities

Opinion

We must resist Netanyahu’s cynical right-washing of the Holocaust

Post author By Naomi Magnus
Post date 27th January 2021
No Comments on We must resist Netanyahu’s cynical right-washing of the Holocaust

Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the Holocaust Museum in Berlin, 18 January 2020.

The Israeli PM’s plans to appoint an anti-Palestinian racist to lead Yad Vashem conveys the danger of particularising the Shoah.

Tags antisemitism, holocaust, holocaust memorial day, Hungary, Israel, netanyahu, palestine, poland, shoah, viktor orban, zionism

Essay

The queer surrealist lovers who took on the Nazis

Post author By Anna George
Post date 15th December 2020
No Comments on The queer surrealist lovers who took on the Nazis

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, 1920. Jersey Heritage Collections.

The Queer, Anti-Nazi Art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.

Tags antifa, antifascism, antisemitism, art, gender, holocaust, homophobia, misogyny, nazis, queer, surrealism

Report

Spain’s Jews gave Vox an easy ride. Now they’re regretting it

Post author By Eleanor Rosenbach
Post date 24th August 2020
No Comments on 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, however, before the party and its supporters came for them, too.