Emma Alberta Webb

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Apr 8, 2016, 1:02 AM

In Labour’s anti-Semite ‘witch-hunt,’ don’t be surprised when the leadership doesn’t bite its own tail

I wrote this little op-ed before the recent news about IRA glorifying Labour Shadow Cabinet minister John McDonnell emerged just yesterday, and it has turned out to be rather prophetic. McDonnell has gotten himself into a bit of a...

Jan 29, 2016, 1:45 AM

The Assured Safety of Britain’s Jewry Should Be Our Holocaust Memorial Monument, Not a Statue

On Holocaust Memorial day, David Cameron announced a new memorial would be built by parliament. He said it would be “a permanent statement of our values as a nation”, something for “generations to come”. It was praised by the...

Jan 21, 2016, 8:05 PM

UK universities are mad for ‘safe spaces,’ unless you’re a Jew, Israeli or Zionist

The ‘Rhodes Saga’ has brought ‘safe spaces’ out from the shadows of student politics into the sight of the broader public. This may not be such a bad thing, because whilst Oxford students quibble over the removal an historical...

Aug 12, 2015, 11:05 PM

Free Speech and the Alienation of Israeli Students at British Universities

Repost, because not much (nothing?) has changed; originally posted 10th of February 2015 on Student Rights blog In the wake of the Paris shootings, with the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill in its final Parliamentary stages, debates about free speech and its...

Feb 22, 2015, 4:58 PM

A Call for British Bravery: Anti-Semitism, Islamism, and the Non-Jews.

Last night’s panel discussion (19th February 2015) at the Central Synagogue, London, had an atmosphere like no other. Agreement between the audience and panelists was unprecedented; almost every point was applauded, such that panelists actually had to stop the...

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Emma has an MA Jewish Studies from King's College, London, and a BA Theological and Religious Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.