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January 2017

January 01, 2017
There’s a part of me thinking that Donald Trump’s inauguration can’t come soon enough. I’m...

December 2016

December 03, 2016
Okay, here goes. I'm renouncing my right to Jewish national self-determination. OMG! There. I've done...

November 2016

November 06, 2016
A leading member of the British Jewish establishment has written: “Zionism and Zionistic activities not...

October 2016

October 22, 2016
How do you explain the tragedy of Palestinian history in just two and half minutes?...
October 08, 2016
Inspired by a visit to the Jewish Museum in Berlin, August 2016   1. As...
October 01, 2016
This is the text of my talk given on Friday 30 September 2016 at Victoria...

September 2016

September 16, 2016
With 2017 marking 50 years of the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and the...

August 2016

August 13, 2016
When it comes to antisemitism and the impact of Israel-Palestine on our daily lives, the...

July 2016

July 12, 2016
I've noticed, that in Britain at least, those Jews most willing to raise a critical...

June 2016

June 19, 2016
I doubt I will have a more significant vote to cast in my lifetime than...

May 2016

May 26, 2016
The space available to be Jewish is shrinking rapidly. Ironically, it's both pro and anti-Zionist...
May 15, 2016
Dear Rabbi Mirvis When it comes to defining Zionism, you have brought crystal clarity. You...
May 08, 2016
A member of my family sent me this open letter to BDS supporting Jews, hoping...
May 01, 2016
Too often I see those in solidarity with Palestinians lose the plot and allow opponents...

April 2016

April 16, 2016
Celebrating Passover can be tricky for us awkward Jews. Liberation and freedom have become the...

March 2016

March 19, 2016
Fear, intimidation, distress and discomfort. That's the lexicon of life for young liberal Zionists in...

February 2016

February 17, 2016
It's shocking. But that's the point. You're not supposed to do this. But he has....
February 06, 2016
Sometimes it's easier to say it in verse. What follows was inspired by reactions to...

January 2016

January 24, 2016
For Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2016    "In the long run, the sharpest weapon...
January 20, 2016
This week a pro-Israel rally due to take place in Manchester in the north of...
January 03, 2016
I’m setting out my stall for the year as a digital Jewish activist focusing on...

December 2015

December 02, 2015
[The Jewish festival of Hunukkah lasts for eight days. The first candle this year is...

November 2015

November 26, 2015
Marc Ellis first came to prominence with the publication of Towards a Jewish Theology of...
November 25, 2015
The "Jewish Civil War", "Empire Judaism", "Jews of Conscience", the "End of Jewish History". Is...
November 01, 2015
This is just the beginning. The world's most famous living author, JK Rowling, is against...

October 2015

October 21, 2015
My open letter to Britain's Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis  Dear Chief Rabbi Mirvis I've just...
October 14, 2015
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Moving Past Hatred....
October 01, 2015
Palestinian pacification, Franz Kafka, the global arms trade and why the Boycott movement needs to...

September 2015

September 16, 2015
The merits of being on multiple, and contradictory, campaign mailing lists is that I get...
September 06, 2015
We are entering the Jewish High Holidays. A period of reflection, of repentance, of returning...
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