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Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover
The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.
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No bad words, and no good deeds
Banning direct action won’t make anger at genocide disappear – no wonder people are chanting.
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The proscription of Palestine Action: An explainer
Vashti stands with PA.
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Impunity is fuelling Israel’s spiralling aggression
Israel attacked Iran not out of fear but out of hubris.
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Starmer’s politics of the ‘intolerable’
Every day he fails in his duty to Palestinians.
Jewish Identity
What happened at Mount Sinai?
This is what we think we know: the poorest people of many ethnicities came together at a mountain.
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A diary entry
"You wonder what you are doing there, with your bloody grammar exercises, with your godforsaken vocabulary sheets."
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From the jaws of victory
The twentieth century’s lessons unlearned.
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A Vashti trans rights reader
A collection of our work on trans rights and transphobia.
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The religious authorities we deserve
In choosing service, humility and compassion over deference to power and wealth, Pope Francis offers a model of what Jewish communities should expect from their institutions.
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Against destiny
On not doing what you’re supposed to.
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Fascism's fanzines
America’s right-wing Jewish press is cheerleading genocide abroad and repression at home.