In the new Trump era, Jews are being used as pawns
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: November 17, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
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!
The antisemitism reports: against a zero-sum reading
Open Democracy
It is how texts are read, not texts themselves that determine meaning. Applying this post-modernist lesson to the Chakrabarti and Home Affairs Committee antisemitism reports yields new political possibilities.
Publication Date: November 3, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
Better-off siding with Russia or China: there’s no dictator’s dilemma today
Open Democracy
Democracy promotion by the west has been a grubby, hypocritical affair. Is there any hope for doing it properly?
Publication Date: October 30, 2016
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Do I read things differently to other people? A tale of two reports on antisemitism
Medium
Publication Date: October 17, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
How it might have been, and might be yet
Jewish Chronicle
Review of: Judenstaat by Simone Zelitch and Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Publication Date: October 14, 2016
Theme: Culture, Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
Written evidence submitted to The Rise of Anti-Semitism Inquiry by The Home Affairs Committee (Co-authored with Ilan Baron and Yulia Egorova)
Publication Date: October 13, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Reports and policy papers
Why the matter of Jewish Labour members is a vital test case
The Guardian
A ‘unified’ Labour party should not mean a uniform one, where people of certain faiths or views are marginalised
Publication Date: September 27, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Do Metal Scenes Need Retirement Homes? Care and the Limitations of Metal Community
In Varas-Díaz, N. and Scott, N. (eds) Heavy Metal Music and the Communal Experience. Lexington Books, pp. 171–184.
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
Theme: Community, Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
“Coming Out”: Realising the Possibilities of Metal
In: 'Heavy Metal, Gender and Sexuality Interdisciplinary Approaches', edited by Florian Heesch and Niall Scott, Routledge
Publication Date: 2016
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
This antisemitism report deserves Labour’s calm, close attention. No chance
The Guardian
Publication Date: June 30, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
My Two Shekels: Is the rise of extremist politics a threat to Jewish communities?
Jewish News
Publication Date: June 10, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
Does civility in politics matter?
New Humanist
Universities are the centre of some of the fiercest political and cultural battles of our times. Is the tone of that debate important?
[Essay Review of: Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom (Haymarket Books) by Steven Salaita]
Publication Date: Summer 2016
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Politics
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Eclipse of Conservatism
Souciant
Publication Date: June 7, 2016
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Submission to the Chakrabarti Inquiry into antisemitism in the Labour Party
Publication Date: May 18, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Reports and policy papers
Putting the Nordic into Nordic Jewish Studies
Nordisk Judaistik 27 (2) 82-84
Review of: Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries Today, edited by Ruth Illman and Björn Dahla (Åbo,Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2016)
Publication Date: 2016
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Labour’s antisemitism row is scaring me (but, perhaps, not for the reasons you might expect)
Medium
Publication Date: May 5, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
The elephant in the room in Labour’s antisemitism row
The Guardian
These antisemitism controversies aren’t just about antisemitism. They underline the challenge of how we live cordially together in a multicultural society
Publication Date: April 28, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Is Split Over Israel a Luxury Restricted to Countries With No Anti-Semitism?
The Forward
Discusses Dov Waxman's book 'Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel'
Publication Date: April 12, 2016
Theme: Community, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays