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Jul 11, 2025, 7:38 AM

To Those I’ve Lost (In The UK)

Never forgotten

Dear well intentioned ones, We need to talk. Yes, you there. Typing furiously away in response to my lived experience online; someone who you used to know, who you thought existed in the same black and white world which you inhabit....

Ella Ben Emanuel

Jul 8, 2025, 3:14 PM

Saying Goodbye to Britain for Good

pro-palestinian protest in London (source: Wikipedia)

A farewell letter to the country that raised me — and betrayed me

Jul 4, 2025, 4:10 AM

On Alan Rusbridger: champion of an ethical press

Two weeks ago, the universally esteemed former editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, wrote a piece in Prospect magazine, which he now edits, having served a six-year stint from 2015 to 2021 as head of an Oxbridge college. It...

May 22, 2025, 5:27 AM

Behind the Headlines: When Hate Went Mainstream

Behind the Headlines: The History of Modern Israel is a series that looks beyond the news cycle to explore the key moments, ideas, and people that have shaped the modern State of Israel. Each article offers context, highlights often...

May 21, 2025, 1:11 PM

Choices and Consequences

Many times, during the long existence of the Jewish people we have stood before many dilemmas. Since the second exile, we have lived as minorities in most of the countries in the world. Some experiences have been better than...

May 7, 2025, 11:26 AM

Jewish Students Are Still Being Targeted on UK Campuses

Jewish students are still being targeted on UK campuses, and yet universities are not doing nearly enough to protect them. University is meant to be a time of growth, newfound independence, and community. But for many Jewish students across the...

May 5, 2025, 2:10 PM

Is Israel on the road to a theocracy?

‘Every civilisation begins in theocracy and ends in democracy’, wrote Victor Hugo. Appealing though it is, this aphorism starts to fall apart when the terms ‘beginning’ and ‘ending’ are unpacked. Theocracies and democracies in different parts of the world...

Apr 23, 2025, 4:28 PM

Reflections on antisemitism in South Africa and Britain

Antisemitism in the South Africa of my childhood played a significant part in shaping my personality. It was crude and confrontational but I seldom felt threatened by it and I regarded its barbs simply as an unpleasant aspect of...

Apr 15, 2025, 7:33 PM

The NEU has a blind spot for Antisemitism

A National Education Union balloon in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Each spring, the National Education Union (NEU) gathers for its annual conference. And each spring, education quietly takes a back seat to a different obsession: Israel. The NEU is Britain's largest teaching union, with over 510,000 members. It represents more...

Apr 15, 2025, 8:40 AM

Diaspora Jews, the Mother: Israel, the Baby

Understanding the ombilical interdependency between Diaspora Jews and Israel - by Frederic Eger - The Jewish Diaspora has played an indispensable role in the existence and development of the State of Israel since its creation until today. This relationship is...

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