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David Baddiel ((C) Wall to Wall Media Ltd - Photographer: Laurence Turnbull)
September 1, 2022, 1:53 pm
David Baddiel and Howard Jacobson to join launch of antisemitism centre
Other speakers at the inaugural event of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism will include Rachel Riley, Tracy Ann Oberman and Anthony Julius
By Jenni Frazer
CAA rally against antisemitism
August 31, 2022, 8:10 pm
OPINION: How you can help oppose antisemitism in academia
Lecturer David Hirsh on why he's launching the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism to lead academic research into contemporary antisemitism.
By David Hirsh
Goldsmiths University (Source: twitter)
June 27, 2022, 10:25 am
Goldsmiths University confirms independent probe into antisemitism claims
Goldsmiths, University of London, confirms it is consulting the Equality and Human Rights Commission, with a view to appointing a barrister to begin investigation into antisemitism "at the College" later this summer.
By Lee Harpin
Pro-Israel and Palestine protestors outside SOAS building in 2017
August 5, 2021, 12:22 pm
SOAS ‘ignored claims of institutional antisemitism’
London uni paid out £15,000 to student Noah Lewis last year after he complained that a “toxic antisemitic environment” that forced him to drop out.
By Josh Salisbury
Jewish Labour Movement activists at the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street
December 17, 2019, 3:48 pm
‘Labour should beg Luciana Berger, Joan Ryan and Louise Ellman to rejoin’
Days after Labour was crushed in the General Election, we speak to members of the community who quit the party under Corbyn to find out if they would consider returning
By Jack Mendel
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn last year (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
December 8, 2019, 2:20 pm
OPINION: Competing fears at the ballot box
With election day looming, David Hirsh says the country does not have a crisis of the right or the left, but of our democratic community as a whole
By David Hirsh
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn Photo credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
May 14, 2019, 12:38 pm
OPINION: Why antisemitism and populism go hand-in-hand
David Hirsh says we cannot understand contemporary populism without understanding its relationship to Jew-hatred
By David Hirsh
Ruth Smeeth (left) and Dame Margaret Hodge (right) have been at the forefront of the community's fight against antisemitism in Labour, and have suffered abuse, including death threats.
April 21, 2019, 6:12 pm
OPINION: Labour’s intersection of antisemitism and misogyny
David Hirsh says two vilenesses find each other and come together to form hateful unions which are worse than the sum of their already frightening parts. 
By David Hirsh
February 21, 2019, 4:55 pm
Jewish academic quits Labour: ‘I’m done and most other Jews are done too’
The Goldsmiths sociology lecturer David Hirsh announced his departure from the party in an open letter.
By Mathilde Frot
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the 2013 meeting, where he made the English irony remarks. Picture courtesy of the Daily Mail.
August 23, 2018, 9:24 pm
OPINION: Corbyn to Zionists: Even if you’ve always lived here, you don’t get us
David Hirsh reflects on the Labour leader's latest controversial remark at the 2013 event on the British legacy in Palestine
By David Hirsh
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
July 18, 2018, 10:02 am
OPINION – David Hirsh: Understanding Labour’s disavowal of the IHRA definition
Following Labour NEC's decision to go against the community's wishes over the IHRA definition, David Hirsh explains why its decision was wrong
By David Hirsh
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at at rally (Photo credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
April 23, 2018, 10:41 am
OPINION: The speech Jeremy Corbyn must make, but never will
Honesty from the Labour leader is the only way to end the anti-Semitism scandal that's consumed his party. But, writes David Hirsh, he's incapable of self-criticism.
By David Hirsh
Ken Livingstone confronted by Labour MP John Mann after making his controversial remarks about Hitler
October 4, 2017, 2:52 pm
Special report: ‘Anti-Semitism of contemporary left is a problem for democracy’
Philip Spencer, Emeritus Professor in Holocaust Studies, reviews a new academic book about the anti-Semitism of the ‘anti-racist’ contemporary left
By Philip Spencer
Louise Ellman (left), Wes Streeting (centre) and John Mann (second from right) will be at the JLM conference
August 15, 2017, 2:06 pm
Top Labour MPs to address inaugural JLM One Day Conference
Louise Ellman, Ruth Smeeth and John Mann to join communal figures at the event on 3 September
Protesters wave Palestinian flags and hold placards during a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
July 5, 2017, 12:07 pm
Court says SA union leader’s anti-Israel views constitute hate speech
Jewish community calls for apology from leader of South African COSATU trade union after landmark judgment
By Jenni Frazer
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