Author Archives: Antony Lerman

Yale Announces New Program for the Study of Antisemitism to Replace Discredited YIISA

Posted on 21/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

The Yale Provost, Peter Salovey, wrote to friends of the university on 20 June announcing the establishment of the Program for the Study of Antisemitism (YPSA), which will replace the axed Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism. He … Continue reading →

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Acting responsibly as a trustee is what counts, not your views on Hamas – response to Martin Bright

Posted on 18/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

This piece is cross-posted from the Independent Jewish Voices website where it was published yesterday. Here’s the backkground: Martin Bright, the political editor of the Jewish Chronicle, originally attacked two organizations, Forward Thinking and CitizensUK/London Citizens, which develop dialogue with … Continue reading →

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Leading Holocaust Scholar Lipstadt Accepts Advocacy Sometimes Trumped Scholarship at Axed Yale Antisemitism Centre

Posted on 17/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

Critics of Yale’s decision to close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) were dealt a severe blow on 16 June when the highly respected Holocaust scholar and expert on antisemitism, Professor Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University, … Continue reading →

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A Damp Squib?: Doubts About the New UK ‘Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace’ Movement

Posted on 15/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

Yachad, a new ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ movement, inspired by the American J Street liberal, political lobby group, was launched in the UK in April. Much heralded and anticipated, since its website went live, little has been heard from it. Is Yachad … Continue reading →

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How Feelings of Jewish Insecurity are Aggravated by the Community Security Trust

Posted on 13/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

I have always given credit to the Community Security Trust, the private charity that monitors and combats antisemitism in the UK, for its efforts to record expressions of antisemitism as diligently and rigorously as possible. Some accuse CST of deliberately … Continue reading →

Posted in Antisemitism, British Jews | 4 Comments

Antisemitism Research Just Improved: Yale’s ‘Initiative’ for Studying Antisemitism is Axed

Posted on 10/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

For some years now I have argued that the academic study of contemporary antisemitism has been badly compromised by the growing politicisation of the subject. Back in September 2008, in an op-ed piece for Ha’aretz, I wrote: Practically the entire … Continue reading →

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Jewish Chronicle: End the Witch-Hunt

Posted on 07/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

This piece is cross-posted from Independent Jewish Voices Three weeks ago the Jewish Chronicle published a front page attack on the Pears Foundation for providing funds to Forward Thinking, a charity aiming to build greater understanding ‘between the diverse grassroots Muslim communities and the wider … Continue reading →

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Don’t Distort Macpherson Report’s Recommendations on Racism to Attack the UCU

Posted on 06/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

One highly significant consequence of the UCU vote on the EUMC ‘working definition’ of antisemitism has been the claim that the decision means that the UCU has rejected the Macpherson Report’s definition of racism. And that this justifies attacking the … Continue reading →

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The Farcical Attack on the UCU For Voting Against Use of the EUMC ‘Working Definition’ of Antisemitism

Posted on 02/06/2011 by Antony Lerman

There’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth from those sickened by the Universities and Colleges Union’s decision to ban use of the European Union Monitoring Centre’s ‘working definition’ of antisemitism. At the UCU’s annual congress in Harrogate a large … Continue reading →

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A Millstone Round His Neck: Obama’s Yes to Bibi’s ‘No Negotiations Unless Palestinians Recognize Israel as Jewish State’

Posted on 30/05/2011 by Antony Lerman

I watched live coverage of the press conference given by President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron at Lancaster House on 25 May. Towards the end, a journalist asked Obama an intelligent question about the Middle East speech he made … Continue reading →

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