On Yom Kippur, 2 October 2025, the United Kingdom was shocked by a murderous attack on worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester. Shocked, but not surprised – such was the reaction within the Jewish community. Anti-Jewish hate speech has gone hand in hand with the demonisation of Israel and of those associated with it. It … Continue reading The ‘Genocide’ narrative and ritual vilification: South Africa’s discursive distortion, and Manchester’s complicity in anti-Jewish violence
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Antisemitism and the fight against racism. My thoughts on the Runnymede Trust report ‘Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity’
Left: Me in a playful mood exploring so-called 'pride in heritage'; Right: Great-grandfather Rabbi Meir Matras who escaped pogroms in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in present-day Ukraine. In January 2025 the Runnymede Trust published a short report entitled ‘Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity’, authored by members of the Birkbeck Institute for … Continue reading Antisemitism and the fight against racism. My thoughts on the Runnymede Trust report ‘Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity’
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