Tag Archives: antisemitism

No, it isn’t time for the Jews to leave Europe

Posted on 26/03/2015 by Antony Lerman

“Is it time for the Jews to leave Europe?” is the title of the 11,000-word cover story in the latest issue of the Atlantic magazine written by the American Jewish journalist Jeffrey Goldberg. His answer? “Yes”. Why, while purporting to write … Continue reading →

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Muslim hostility to Israel and Jews in Europe: is it antisemitism as we know it?

Posted on 17/09/2014 by Antony Lerman

On 4 August I posted a piece by the Washington-based historian and independent scholar Dr Steven Beller in which he discussed the question: ‘Anti-Jewish hostility provoked by the Gaza offensive: is antisemitism the right word for it?’ It generated a lively response in … Continue reading →

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British Zionism, Jews and Gaza

Posted on 04/09/2014 by Antony Lerman

Most Zionist organizations and Jewish leaders in the UK found it very difficult to cope with the fallout from Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. They were criticized from the right and the left. The right-wing Zionism they espouse ever more aggressively … Continue reading →

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The end of liberal Zionism – my op-ed in the New York Times

Posted on 22/08/2014 by Antony Lerman

I have long been convinced that only one form of Zionism has any agency and significance today: it’s the dominant Zionism in Israel, xenophobic and exclusionary, a Jewish ethno-nationalism inspired by religious messianism, carrying out an open-ended project of national self-realization … Continue reading →

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Combating antisemitism and defending Israel: a potentially explosive mix

Posted on 08/08/2014 by Antony Lerman

If any more evidence were required to demonstrate that the Community Security Trust (CST), the private charity that describes its mission as monitoring and combating antisemitism on behalf of the British Jewish Community, is abusing its mandate by providing political … Continue reading →

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Gunter Grass, antisemitism and the inflation of evil

Posted on 17/04/2012 by Antony Lerman

My post on openDemocracy, published on 16 April 2012: The Israel factor has politicised the business of assessing antisemitism such that the vitriolic disagreement surrounding it has become about far more than just facts, intelligent judgment and expertise. What does … Continue reading →

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Now Ken has apologised to London’s Jews, was Freedland right to say ‘I won’t vote for him’?

Posted on 30/03/2012 by Antony Lerman

A day or two after Jonathan Freedland wrote an op-ed published in the Guardian announcing that he could not vote for Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London, because ‘he doesn’t care what hurt he causes Jews’, I started to write a … Continue reading →

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Muslims and Jews: beyond clichés and mutual demonisation

Posted on 27/02/2012 by Antony Lerman

A fascinating and important workshop on relations between Muslims and Jews, organized by the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck University of London, began with a nuanced account of the treatment of Jews and Muslims in English … Continue reading →

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My book’s done, now back to blogging

Posted on 16/02/2012 by Antony Lerman

Dear Blog: I missed you. Yes, it’s true. I gave up blogging temporarily while I worked intensively on my book, an exploration of my engagement with Zionism and Israel going back 50 years. Much of the last four or five … Continue reading →

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A Hungarian Jewish novelist meets the challenge of being different in difficult times

Posted on 26/09/2011 by Antony Lerman

Gabor Szanto is a Hungarian novelist, short story writer, poet, translator and cultural entrepreneur whose Jewish identity informs all that he does. A key figure in the revival of Jewish life in Hungary post-1989, Szanto is the founding editor of … Continue reading →

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