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Protest from ESA RN31 against the ESA opening plenary, which used the “chosen people” as a punchline to belittle Jews

Protest from ESA RN31 against the ESA opening plenary, which used the “chosen people” as a punchline to belittle Jews Open Letter of Protest to the President and Executive Committee of the European Sociological Association: “Jewish people are no laughing matter” This letter from the Research Network 31 “Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism” to the […]

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UNRWA and the Day After the War Professor Rosa Freedman, University of Reading and LCSCA Research Fellow

UNRWA and the Day After the WarProfessor Rosa Freedman, University of Reading and LCSCA Research Fellow Objective: Thinking about the future This paper is based on research and expertise from an academic perspective, including interviews and desk research. It provides some evidence-based ideas to open conversations about the future for humanitarian delivery for Palestinians from […]

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CfP for ESA RN31 for 2024 Conference in Porto

Call for Papers of the Research Network 31 “Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism” for the 16th ESA Conference in Porto, Portugal 2024 The ESA Research Network 31 “Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism” invites the submission of papers for the 16th ESA Conference in Porto, Portugal 2024. We will hold sessions focusing on theoretical, methodological and […]

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7 October: call for contributions to an LCSCA response

7 October: an open call for contributions to an LCSCA response Dear friends and colleagues, The key political and intellectual divide today is between those who stopped to consider the events of 7 October, and those who reached fluently for rationalisation; those who judged the events to be catastrophic, and those who either trivialized them […]

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Yaron Matras: The story of Hugh, or why I’ve joined the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism

Yaron Matras: The story of Hugh, or why I’ve joined the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism At the age of nineteen I left Israel to take up university studies in Germany. It was the early 1980s. Israel had launched a military offensive in southern Lebanon and the only way to avoid serving in […]

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How the hostile environment impacts against Jewish students – by David Hirsh

Leeds University pays damages to Danielle Greyman after failing her essay because it failed to blame Israel for the crimes of Hamas This is a longer version of a piece by David Hirsh, first published in Jewish News.  Leeds University has paid damages to Danielle Greyman to settle her legal claim after she alleged that […]

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Press Release on the ADL Survey on Antisemitism

A new survey finds that the percentage of people in the US agreeing to six or more classic antisemitic statements has doubled since similar surveys in 2014, 2015 and 2019.  The ADL research makes use of work done at King’s College London and Goldsmiths, University of London, and the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary […]

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David Hirsh on the Tuck Report on NUS Antisemitism

David Hirsh on the Tuck Report on NUS Antisemitism An Edited version of this piece will appear in the Jewish Chronicle The National Union of Students (NUS) instructed independent barrister Rebecca Tuck KC to investigate long standing allegations of antisemitism within the organisation. During the investigation itself, the President of NUS, Shaima Dallali, who herself […]

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The first year of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism – in the social media posts of its Academic Director and CEO, David Hirsh

The first year of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism – in the social media posts of its Academic Director and CEO, David Hirsh I couldn’t resist posting this, last New Year’s Eve. It was the first thing we said in public about the new Centre. I think it was the first […]

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The Stephen Sizer verdict – some initial reflections – James Mendelsohn

In May 2022, Rev Dr Stephen Sizer appeared before a Church of England Disciplinary Tribunal, following a complaint made by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in 2018. The verdict was handed down on Tuesday 6 December 2022. This post is an initial explainer of the decision and its wider significance.  Background From 1997-2017, […]

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Zionism and Apartheid: The Analogy in the Politics of International Law – John Strawson – Engage Journal Issue 2 – May 2006

Zionism and Apartheid: The Analogy in the Politics of International Law – John Strawson – Engage Journal Issue 2 – May 2006 – The use of apartheid to describe Israel or Israeli policies has become common place in certain liberal and leftist circles. The wall in the West Bank has become an “apartheid wall”, Israel […]

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Antisemitism: an intimate domination – Brigitte Stora

Antisemitism: an intimate domination – Brigitte Stora – In 2016 my book “Que sont mes amis devenus”, “What have my friends become”, was published. It was an essay written in the first person that told of the long Jewish loneliness, during the 2000s, especially for those who came from the left. After this book, I […]

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