The Jews in Defiance of History
A peaceful scene greeted me in Russia in mid-February 2022, nine days before Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.
A peaceful scene greeted me in Russia in mid-February 2022, nine days before Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.
In 2020, following Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the UK Labour Party was found guilty by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission of three breaches of the Equality Act for its treatment of Jewish members. At its 2022 conference current leader Keir Starmer was able to boast that the party has ‘ripped antisemitism out by its roots’ (and to celebrate a barely believable poll lead of 33 per cent over the Conservatives).
There are so many books about antisemitism that it seems foolhardy to try to summarise the full scope of literature on the subject, never mind choosing just three to recommend.
At Labour Friends of Israel lunch, the party leader condemns those who ‘focus obsessively on the world’s sole Jewish state and hold it to standards no other country is subjected.’
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Hating Jews—the Enduring Curse, Tikkun
Survey also finds majority of UK respondents believe fewer people care about Holocaust today than used to
Earlier this year, an “open letter” appeared in print and online, which opened, “We the undersigned regret any attempt to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s IHRA definition of antisemitism [sic].”
Employees at Google and Amazon launched a petition drive this week to persuade both companies to end their contracts with the world’s only Jewish state.
In this comprehensive critique Cary Nelson argues that the recent ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ on Antisemitism should be rejected because it accommodates, rather than challenges, what has been called ‘the new antisemitism’.
In this comprehensive critique Cary Nelson argues that the recent ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ on Antisemitism should be rejected because it accommodates, rather than challenges, what has been called ‘the new antisemitism’.