Review of ‘The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English’ by Hana Videen
New Humanist
Publication Date: Winter 2021
Theme: Language
Category: Book reviews
Writings
Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
What do British Jews look like? Photo project aims to prove they ‘don’t easily fit’ into categories.
JTA
Publication Date: August 1, 2022
Theme: What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Interviews
Taking Stock
New Humanist
Jews and other minorities are often portrayed using stereotyped imagery. Can we do things differently?
Publication Date: Autumn 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays
I gave up hope of a cure for my chronic condition. And it’s made me happier than ever before
The Guardian
For 30 years, I tried to ‘fight’ it. In the end, I found relief in embracing my identity as a person with a disability
Publication Date: July 28, 2022
Theme: Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Careless Localization: A surprising story
Multilingual
Publication Date: July 2022
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
Warning: This advice on children’s health may cause OCD in linguists
Booklaunch
An extract from 'The Babel Message'
Publication Date: Summer 2022
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
Review of ‘The Escape Artist’ by Jonathan Freedland
Prospect
Publication Date: Summer 2022
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
How to Learn a Language in an Hour
Morocco Bound Review
Publication Date: June 19, 2022
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
A compromised compromise: The limitations of a politics of empathy
Times Literary Supplement
Review of CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?
A guide for the curious, confused, and conflicted
384pp. Bloomsbury. £25.
Daniel Sokatch
Publication Date: June 3, 2022
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
Kilts, mohawks and plumbing: smashing Jewish stereotypes – in pictures
The Guardian
Fed up with media cliches around a ‘typical’ Jewish person, Keith Kahn-Harris and Rob Stothard set out to showcase the community’s diversity – and hear their stories
Publication Date: May 19, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays
Trapped In The Overground: The Sickness Of The Music Industrialist
The Quietus
Keith Kahn-Harris argues that Ian Winwood’s startling memoire Bodies: Life and Death in Music inadvertently makes the case for the superiority of underground music scenes
Publication Date: May 7, 2022
Theme: Metal Music and Culture, Music
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
On (not) celebrating Jewish diversity
JewThink
Publication Date: April 11, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays
The right image: How should Jews be portrayed in the media?
Religion Media Centre
Publication Date: April 8, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Interviews
Is this what a Jew looks like?
Jewish Chronicle
Can Shannon, a Liberal Jew from York, replace the stereotypical image most British people have of Jews - the black-hatted, bearded Strictly Orthodox men? A new book aims to try.
Publication Date: April 7, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Interviews
Beyond black hats and stereotypes: Jews and the visual image
Sanford St Martin Trust (blog)
Publication Date: April 7, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays
What we don’t know about IHRA: Practices of subversion and neglect
conflict and communication online
The debate about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism (IHRA) has generally focused on the meaning of the definition itself and the consequences of its adoption or non-adoption by institutions. Yet we know very little of how IHRA is applied in practice by institutions that adopt it. This article discusses the case of Professor David Miller of Bristol University, where the adoption of IHRA by the university did not prevent his absolution (subsequently overturned by the university) from accusations of antisemitism by one legal opinion that made reference to IHRA itself. This incident demonstrates the possibility that institutions might ‘subvert’ or simply neglect IHRA when dealing with accusations of antisemitism. This possibility is rarely mentioned by activist proponents and opponents of IHRA. There is therefore an urgent need for empirical research into the ways IHRA is understood and applied by institutions that have adopted it.
Publication Date: April 1, 2022
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journal articles
Photographs celebrate diversity of Britain’s Jewish population
Ham and High
Publication Date: April 1, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Interviews
From lockdown to Lebedev, Boris Johnson’s party addiction tells us everything
New Statesman
It's about privilege and power, not just pleasure.
Publication Date: March 15, 2022
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays