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!
Liberals have a history of sparking controversy within British Judaism. Keith Kahn-Harris surveys new books by two trouble-making leaders.
[Review of: This is Not the Way: Jews, Judaism and Israel by David Goldberg (Faber) and Trouble-Making Judaism by Elli Tikvah Sarah (David Paul Books)]
Publication Date: June 15, 2012
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Publication Date: June 14, 2012
Theme: Best Of, Metal Music and Culture, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: June 1, 2012
Theme: Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
British Jews are beginning what will be a long and painful process – to recognise the existence of pluralism on Israel, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publication Date: May 23, 2012
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Having more young people on the board will help, but its a long way from being a fully democratic voice of Anglo-Jewry
Publication Date: April 27, 2012
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Luxembourg City may not be an obvious weekend break destination, but with free entry to clubs and an all-night party bus, it's letting its hair down
Publication Date: April 6, 2012
Theme: Miscellaneous, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Journalism and essays
In this article, drawing on qualitative interviews and documentary analysis, we argue that the Jewish community in Britain has undergone a fundamental shift since 1990 from a ‘strategy of security’, a strategy of communal leadership based on emphasizing the secure British citizenship and belonging of the UK's Jews, to a ‘strategy of insecurity’, where the communal leadership instead stresses an excess of security among Anglo‐Jewry. We demonstrate this based on two case studies: of the Jewish renewal movement in the 1990s and the ‘new antisemitism’ phenomenon of the 2000s. We conclude that this shift is tied to the shift from a monocultural Britain to an officially multicultural one, and that therefore there are lessons that can be taken from it for the study of British and other multiculturalisms.
Publication Date: March 8, 2012
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journal articles
Publication Date: February 23, 2012
Theme: Community, Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: January 5, 2012
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
The use of post-rock ‘n’ roll popular music genres by religious groups is accompanied by a notable ambiguity: Is religious popular music designed to be an instrumental tool for outreach/evangelism, or does it have an intrinsic value in summoning and exploring the transcendent? The article focuses on the previously rarely explored idea that the instrumental use of popular music in Christian and Jewish settings is often much more important than its transcendent qualities. The importance of the instrumental in Christian and Jewish popular music reveals itself in subtle and not-so-subtle signifiers and practices that point to an anxious desire to discipline music’s possible transgressive force.
Publication Date: January 1, 2012
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Music, Religion
Category: Journal articles
A profusion of innovative projects guided by an ethic of collaboration holds out the possibility of creative responses to today's multiple crises, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publication Date: December 24, 2011
Theme: Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Review of: Religion in Human Evolution by Robert Bellah
Publication Date: December 9, 2011
Theme: Religion
Category: Book reviews
Publication Date: December 1, 2011
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book chapters
Review of ‘The Wandering Who?’ by Gilad Atzmon and ‘Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights’ by David Landy
Publication Date: Winter 2011
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Publication Date: November 2011
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: September 22, 2011
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
The legal eviction from their land of a large community on the edge of London raises disturbing questions about deep-rooted discrimination that Jewish historical experience can help to address, say Keith Kahn-Harris, Simone Abel & Shauna Leven.
Publication Date: September 18, 2011
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: September 16, 2011
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
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