London Centre for the Study
of Contemporary Antisemitism

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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Israel Studies Has an Israel Problem

"...it is also possible that we may be at the beginning of a period of actual discrimination against Jews in the Humanities and Social Sciences. This is so because all Jews in those fields may be assumed guilty of the sin of Zionist sympathies unless they can boisterously demonstrate that they do not belong to the hated supporters of the state of Israel. There are good reasons to be very worried."

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Matthias Küntzel: 9/11 and the globalization of antisemitism

Matthias Küntzel: 9/11 and the globalization of antisemitism London 11 September 2022 – Good morning, dear friends, My name is Matthias Küntzel, I come from Germany and I would like to say in advance that I too regret the death of the Queen. I am opposed to the monarchy, but I will concede that although, […]

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Book Review | Israel’s Moment: International Support and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949.  By John Strawson.

Book Review | Israel’s Moment: International Support and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949.  By John Strawson. ‘Herf’s book forensically demolishes the myth that the West set out to create Israel to promote its interests. Rather, he demonstrates how fragile support for the Jewish state was within the West. That support was mobilised not […]

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France: learn the antisemitism lessons from the Corbyn experience

France: learn the antisemitism lessons from the Corbyn experience. A statement from the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. We are dismayed to learn that the disgraced former leader of the Labour Party in the UK, Jeremy Corbyn, has been invited to meetings of the new Union of the Left in France. Corbyn […]

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CONFRONTING ANTISEMITISM ON THE LEFT: AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN DANIEL RANDALL AND MATTHEW BOLTON

CONFRONTING ANTISEMITISM ON THE LEFT: An exchange between Daniel Randall and Matthew Bolton. Daniel Randall, author of Confronting Antisemitism on the Left: Arguments for Socialists, will present the themes from his book and discuss these questions, and others, in conversation with Matt Bolton, co-author of Corbynism: A Critical Approach. Scroll down for a video of […]

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The AAUP Explains Antisemitism and Gets It Wrong

The AAUP Explains Antisemitism and Gets It Wrong https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/04/27/aaup-errs-taking-sides-defining-antisemitism-opinion “The AAUP compromised its political neutrality in taking sides in the contested debate over the definition of antisemitism, Cary Nelson and Steven Lubet write. The American Association of University Professors for a hundred years has protected its political neutrality by not taking positions on controversial topics […]

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