As anti-Semitism surges, tolerance resurfaces at unexpected moments
Also this week: The enduring glamour of America, and the agony of clichés.
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The Kremlin will exploit the Dagestan terror attacks
Instead of facing a growing threat from Islamist militants, Russia will try to pin the blame on Ukraine.
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Sarah Sackman: “My Labour values and my Jewish identity were in tension”
The candidate for Finchley and Golders Green reflects on the Corbyn era and how the party has changed since.
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The films changing how we understand the Holocaust
The genocide has been endlessly churned through the Hollywood machine, resulting in melodrama, insensitivity and triteness. Three new films attempt…
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Anti-Semitism is rife in Britain – but be wary of simple media narratives
The row over a London police officer calling a man “openly Jewish” at a pro-Palestinian march reveals the perils of…
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Why I was banned from Germany
In the name of protecting Israel’s security, the German government has sunk to farcical new authoritarian lows.
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Escape from the oldest hatred
In Rachel Cockerell’s Melting Point, the forgotten story of America’s Jewish homeland sheds light on the tragedies of the present.
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Who dares to “hijack” the Holocaust?
Jonathan Glazer’s abject Oscars speech for The Zone of Interest served to downplay the inhumanity his film so powerfully depicts.
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How the Israel-Gaza war broke British politics
The UK is sliding towards Trumpian divisive politics, hate not hope. Calm and proportion are badly needed.
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British anti-Semitism is spiking dramatically
More instances of anti-Jewish hate were recorded in 2023 than in any other year since 1984.
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Rochdale’s by-election brings the Gaza war to Britain
A neglected former mill town is a microcosm of a fractured nation.
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Britain’s anti-Semitism problem
How stereotypes and conspiracy theories about Jews have become a part of our common culture.
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What Labour’s by-election woes mean for Sunak
Another Labour candidate has been suspended for anti-Semitism – is the opposition stalling?
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Labour’s withdrawal of support for Azhar Ali has come too late
Keir Starmer’s reputation for purging anti-Semitism from the party has been diminished.
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Why the Azhar Ali affair is so damaging for Labour
The party’s delayed suspension of its Rochdale candidate for anti-Semitism has undermined its political and moral credibility.
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The culture war claims Claudine Gay
How the Ivy League hearings on anti-Semitism reveal the wounded American elite.
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The fightback against US anti-Semitism has begun
American Jews no longer believe “it can’t happen here”. It can and it has.
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Jewish progressives are deeply critical of Israel, yet inextricably tied to it
The horrendous killing and abduction of Israeli civilians placed many Jewish activists in unfamiliar territory.
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The founding of Israel wasn’t a colonial act – a refugee isn’t a colonist
It’s understandable that Palestinians have been indoctrinated with Jew hate, but there is no such excuse for Western students.
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This generation will never see Gazans and Israelis become fellow citizens
We are caught in three wars: against Hamas, against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and against anti-Semitism.
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